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$1.6 Million Awarded to Assess Options for Optimizing Federal Climate Policies

March 25, 2009
Location: New York, N.Y.

The Climate Change Initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) announced today three grants totaling more than $1.6 million. The grants will enable three organizations - the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, Resources for the Future and the World Resources Institute - to conduct nonpartisan research on critical issues in the ongoing debate about cap-and-trade legislation and complementary federal policies.

Senators Convene Climate Experts to Discuss Path to Low Carbon Economic Recovery

March 3, 2009
Location: Washington, DC

Tony Blair joins Senators Bingaman, McCain, Snowe and Stabenow on Capitol Hill for Climate event

Senators, Governors, business leaders and international experts met in the Capitol today to discuss the prospects for U.S. domestic action on climate change.

MEDIA ADVISORY: U.S. Climate Action: A Global Economic Perspective

February 26, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHAT: The U.S. Climate Action: A Global Economic Perspective symposium is a one-day bipartisan event in the U.S. Capitol and Senate Hart buildings bringing together U.S. and international expertise to support the formulation of U.S. policy on climate change by addressing economic concerns and focusing on opportunities. The event has secured the sponsorship of Democrat and Republican Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), John McCain (R-AZ), Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).

Todd Stern, Tony Blair among Political and Business Leaders to Address the Capitol

February 25, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Senators convene top policy-makers, CEOs and economists to Capitol Hill for climate event March 3

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will be among the high-level participants meeting with U.S. legislators and business leaders in the Capitol building on March 3 to discuss the challenges and opportunities for U.S. leadership on climate change, it was announced today. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s climate envoy, Todd Stern, will address an afternoon gathering of the event.

Top Policy-Makers, Economists to Hold Symposium about U.S. Action on Climate Change

February 18, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

U.S. legislators and business leaders will meet with experts on climate change economics and policy at the Capitol building March 3 to discuss the challenges and opportunities for U.S. leadership on climate change, it was announced today. U.S. and international policymakers will join climate experts for the one day bipartisan and bicameral event. The cosponsoring senators to date are Senators Bingaman (D-NM), McCain (R-AZ), Snowe (R-ME) and Stabenow (D-MI).

Measuring Climate Change Progress in China

By Deborah Seligsohn and Hilary McMahon on February 17, 2009

Note to Secretary Clinton: China is measuring its way to progress on climate change.

Stimulus Policies Can Serve Economic and Environmental Goals

By Robert Heilmayr on February 11, 2009

A new Policy Brief provides policymakers with a timely framework for maximizing economic, energy and climate-policy objectives.

As they respond to the worst economic crisis the Un

Green Economic Stimulus Creates Jobs, Saves Taxpayers Money

February 10, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Green components of an economic recovery effort can both create jobs now and offset costs to taxpayers through future energy savings.

Cap or Tax? Key Questions and Answers

By Jonathan Lash on February 3, 2009
Debate is raging about the relative merits of a carbon tax or a cap and trade system as the centerpiece of federal legislation to reduce emissions that fuel global warming. Here is why cap and trade must be the U.S. policy instrument of choice.

The Importance of the USCAP Blueprint

By Jennifer Layke on January 28, 2009

Here is why WRI supports the USCAP Blueprint, which provides a framework to shift the U.S. to a low carbon economy, and a more secure energy future.

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