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MEDIA ADVISORY; Climate Briefing and Opportunity to Meet WRI’s New Climate Director and China Country Director

September 11, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHAT:

Please join the World Resources Institute (WRI) for a journalist-only climate change policy briefing next Friday that will arm you with fresh analysis and insight for this fall’s crowded climate agenda. WRI president Jonathan Lash will give an overview of domestic and international prospects for progress, and how they intersect. WRI’s new Climate and Energy Program Director, Jennifer Morgan, and our new China Country Director Zou Ji (bios attached) will provide unique insight into the UN climate negotiations and Chinese progress and thinking on climate action. This will be followed by a domestic policy panel. WRI analysts will deconstruct the American Clean Energy and Security Act (emission reductions, allowances, offsets, benefits to states etc) and our states policy team will dissect what federal climate legislators can learn from successful state climate actions

The briefing will be followed by a question and answer session and a happy hour for reporters to follow up individually with our climate experts.

Smart Policies Can Cut Emissions by Delivering 24/7 Solar Energy

June 17, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Concentrating solar thermal (CST), a renewable energy technology that can provide electricity around-the-clock, has the potential to replace traditional fossil fuel-based power sources and become a central part of the U.S. power supply.

Policies Needed to Improve Energy Efficiency, Revive Economy in Southeast U.S.

May 7, 2009
Location: ATLANTA, GEORGIA and WASHINGTON, D.C.

Energy efficiency policies in the Southeast U.S. can help reduce electricity use by more than 10 percent over the next six years - saving the same amount of power generated by more than 30 coal-fired power plants, according to a report released today by the World Resources Institute (WRI), the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA), and Southface.

New Report Shows Strong Potential, Economic Benefits for Renewable Energy in Southeast U.S.

April 30, 2009
Location: ATLANTA, GEORGIA; KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, and WASHINGTON, D.C.

More than 25 percent of the Southeast U.S. region’s electric power could come from locally-available renewable energy supplies by 2025, according to findings released today by the World Resources Institute (WRI), Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), and Southface.

MEDIA ADVISORY: WRI, Staples, J & J, GM, Other Corporate Leaders Demonstrate Benefits of Renewable Energy

April 24, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHAT: The World Resources Institute (WRI) will hold a press conference to announce that its Green Power Market Development Group has reached its goal of developing 1,000 megawatts of new, cost-competitive power generated from renewable-energy sources.

Harnessing Nature's Power: Deploying and Financing On-Site Renewable Energy

Timothy Hassett, with Karin Borgerson

March, 2009

This report offers strategies and approaches that can be valuable to a wide range of firms looking at potential investments, contracts, and facility operational decisions regarding use of renewable energy. It provides guidance on how to consider the choice to finance or purchase renewable technologies for use on corporate facilities and advice on where to go for further information.

Green Recovery Matrix

This chart assesses potential green-program impacts per $1 billion of U.S. government economic-recovery spending.

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.

A Green Global Recovery? Assessing U.S. Economic Stimulus and Prospects for International Coordination

Robert Heilmayr, Trevor Houser, Shashank Mohan

February, 2009

Well-tailored “green” components of a recovery effort can create jobs and stimulate the economy while achieving significant energy cost savings for businesses, consumers and the government.

Environmental Stories to Watch in 2009

December 18, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

Environmental Stories to Watch is WRI’s annual survey of emerging issues that could have major impacts on environmental coverage. At the Newseum, WRI President Jonathan Lash unveiled what he predicts will be the four “Stories to Watch” in 2009.

Hedging Energy Prices With Renewable Power

By Alex Perera on December 8, 2008

Additional Contributors: Robert Heilmayr

WRI and a group of corporate green power purchasers explore whether long-term green power contracts can be a win-win for providers and consumers.

Will Climate Policy Take A Back Seat During the Economic Slowdown?

By Jonathan Pershing on October 31, 2008

The financial crisis is currently at the front and center of the national debate, but if we limit our focus to near-term fixes on the economy, we will just defer requisite action on climate.

Nation's First Green Roof and Labyrinth Opens

October 2, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The nation’s first green roof and labyrinth in this ever-greener city opened today at the top of an eight-story office building one block northwest of Union Station.

Sun Is Setting On Critical Renewable Energy Tax Credits

By Payson Schwin on September 5, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

A thriving renewable energy industry is a critical solution to problems such as high energy prices and climate change. But unless Congress extends the renewable tax credits soon, the industry’s steady growth could stall.

Greening the Urban Rooftop

By Nancy Kiefer on March 14, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

The rooftop at 10 G Street is about to get a lot greener—3,000 square feet to be exact. In real estate-scarce cities, commercial property owners nationwide are turning roof space into green space.

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