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WRI Advances Green Supply Chain Initiative

October 1, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) is stepping up its work on greening the supply chains of companies both big and small, thanks to a grant from Walmart.

New Energy Forecasts Show Time is Right for Senate Action

By John Larsen on October 1, 2009

WRI Senior Associate John Larsen answers questions about recent emissions reductions and what they mean for climate legislation.

Statement by WRI’s Jonathan Lash on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

September 30, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Caterpillar President, Experts in Clean Tech & Energy Markets Named Directors at WRI

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

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has elected three new members to its board of directors:  Kathleen A. McGinty, a specialist in clean technologies and operating partner at Element LLC, Douglas R. Oberhelm, group president of sustainable development at Caterpillar, and Dr. Susan Tierney, an expert in energy policy and economics and a consultant at the Analysis Group, Inc.

Statement by WRI's Jennifer Morgan on Major UN Climate Meeting in New York

September 22, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The United Nations met today in a special session to discuss climate change in New York. Jennifer Morgan, climate and energy program director of the World Resources Institute (WRI), today issued the following statement.

Indicators Needed to Illustrate Benefits from Ecosystems

September 21, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Existing data and indicators inadequately measure the important benefits people derive from the services nature provides, according to a working paper released today by the World Resources Institute (WRI).

Eutrophication: Policies, Action, and Strategies to Address Nutrient Pollution

Mindy Selman, Suzie Greenhalgh

September, 2009

This policy note provides an overview of the range of actions, policies, and institutions around the globe that address nutrient pollution and eutrophication.

Online Resource Puts Ecosystem Services Experts at Fingertips

September 15, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) and other leading international environmental organizations today launched the Ecosystem Services Experts Directory, a public online directory that allows journalists, business leaders, and governments to locate and contact specialists in ecosystem services.

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.

Fox’s 24, L.A. Clippers, Others Use Accounting Tool to Cut Climate Emissions

September 1, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The low-carbon diet is a growing trend in the sports and entertainment industries, where Fox TV’s 24 and pro basketball’s Los Angeles Clippers are using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to cut their climate calories.

Options for Addressing Early Action Greenhouse Gas Reductions and Offsets in U.S. Federal Cap-and-Trade Policy

Working Paper: August, 2009

When implemented properly, an early action component of a cap-and-trade program can reward early actors while preserving or enhancing the environmental outcomes of the cap-and-trade program. If designed and implemented poorly, however, early action credits can infl ate the emissions cap and reduce the overall environmental integrity of the program. This paper presents a range of options for addressing early reductions and discusses their implications.

Summary of S. 1502: The Carbon Storage Stewardship Trust Fund Act of 2009

By Sarah Forbes on August 4, 2009

S. 1502 would establish a program managed by the Department of Energy to create a trust fund to ensure prompt compensation for any damages from the geologic storage of carbon dioxide.

Jennifer Morgan to Lead WRI’s Climate Team

August 3, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has named Jennifer L. Morgan as director of its Climate and Energy Program. 

Analysis of Allowances to States Under HR 2454

By John Larsen, Kate Zyla (GCC) and Gabriel Pacyniak (GCC) on July 28, 2009

Here is a brief analysis of the allowances allocated to states and energy consumers under the “Waxman-Markey” American Clean Energy and Security Act, or H.R. 2454.

Tele-Conference to Walk Reporters through Benefits for States and Consumers from Allowance Funds in House Climate Bill

July 28, 2009

WHAT: 

The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Georgetown State-Federal Climate Resource Center (GCC) will hold a tele-conference on their new analysis of the allowances to states and energy consumers under the “Waxman-Markey” American Clean Energy and Security Act, or H.R. 2454.

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