Topic: us policy

The World Resources Institute (WRI) strongly supports passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, which is expected to reach a floor vote in the U.S. House of Representatives this week.

NTPP Member and WRI Transport Director Nancy Kete Comments on Today’s Announcement

Climate experts at the World Resources Institute (WRI) applaud the six Midwestern governors and Manitoban premier who have released today recommendations for a regional cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Jonathan Lash, president of the World Resources Institute congratulates Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA), Chairman Edward Markey (D-MA), and members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on their historic vote this evening to approve The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACESA).

National Journal reported that U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is organizing a congressional trip to China over the Memorial Day recess, with a focus on climate change.

Proposed pollution caps in the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) would result in reductions of total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. This is less than the 17 percent reduction from 2005 levels that the previous Waxman-Markey Discussion Draft as released would have achieved, according to a new analysis released by the World Resources Institute.

The U.S. House of Representatives this week discusses a major climate and energy bill introduced by Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Edward Markey (D-MA).