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Michigan State Unversity Climate Symposium On April 26, 2010, Tom Looby, CCS Project Manager, presented information at Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Opportunities: Michigan and Beyond, hosted by Michigan State University. CCS Program Manager, Tom Looby spoke about the status of U.S. state and regional climate planning and action. He also shared results of CCS's new state-of-the-art nationwide macroeconmic study. This study uses data from 16 state plans (including Michigan's) to extrapolate U.S.-wide economic effects of implementing 23 consensus policy options developed by stakeholders in those states. (See CCS Microeconomic Studies.) Mr. Looby was joined on a panel by Steve Chester, former director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality who discussed Michigan's Climate Action Plan (see www.miclimatechange.us ) and CCS's macroeconomic analysis of the plan. Steve Chester also described his current work, with CCS, facilitating the Adaptation techinical work group for New York state's climate planning process. Steve Chester's presentation: [to come] Supporting Materials:
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 Obama Gets a Menu of Climate Actions He Can Take Without Congress President Obama could invoke strong climate policies, like gasoline carbon limits, without congressional input before world leaders convene this fall to negotiate an international global warming treaty, a research group says in a plan provided to the administration. Whitman & Peterson: Climate Bill Should Top the Congress’ To-Do List As Congress approaches the August recess, our economy, energy and environmental security needs still top the to-do list of the president and Congress. This summer the Center for Climate Strategies and the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition have outlined how Congress can put a national strategy in place that gets all three on the same page: by passing comprehensive national climate change and energy policy that reflects our best policy options for immediate action. New Climate and Energy Policies Could Create 2.5 Million Jobs, Hold Down Energy Costs July 22, 2010 -- New greenhouse gas emissions and energy policies at the Federal level could generate as many as 2.5 million new jobs and $134 billion in economic activity in the U.S. while keeping energy costs down, according to a new report from the Center for Climate Strategies, published with Johns Hopkins University. Colorado legislature raises state RES, move seen creating jobs A coalition of stakeholders who worked on the Colorado Climate Panel's were critical to the new legislation’s passage. Since investor-owned utilities supply 60% of Colorado’s electricity, this implements most of the Panel recommendation (adopted by the Governor) on renewable energy standards (RES). more news |
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