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Climate Bill: Where to from Here?
July 30, 2010
By all indications, the climate bill is done for the year. So what’s next? Read Eileen Claussen's blog on the choice of policy approach and whether or not we should continue to pursue a flexible market-based approach to reducing emissions. Has the cap-and-trade brand been fatally damaged? She discusses the options.Read more
New Paper Makes Case for Cap and Trade
July 30, 2010
The Pew Center paper examines fundamental questions about market-based approaches to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reasons why cap and trade is the most promising option to address the risks of climate change. In Meaningful and Cost Effective Climate Policy: The Case for Cap and Trade, authors Janet Peace and Robert N. Stavins rebut a number of common criticisms against using market-based mechanisms to reduce U.S. GHG emissions to show that cap and trade remains the most cost-effective climate policy solution.
U.S. Agriculture & Climate Change Legislation: Markets, Myths & Opportunities
July 22, 2010
Any climate and energy legislation will impact U.S. farmers and ranchers, and the agriculture sector has many legitimate concerns about specific effects such legislation. This paper objectively assesses the impacts of climate legislation on agriculture and identifies ways that such legislation can be successfully shaped to provide greater opportunities for the sector. U.S.
Bayer Joins Pew Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council
July 19, 2010
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change announced today that Bayer Corporation has joined the Center’s Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC) and its efforts to address global climate change.
Pew Center Newsletter: Getting a Senate Energy-Climate Bill
June 30, 2010
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40th Anniversary of Earth Day
April 22, 2010
Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day by visiting the Make an Impact website!Send an eCard, find a volunteer event in your area, and get tips on how you can make an impact.
Waxman-Markey: How Emission Allowances Are Distributed
August 7, 2009
The Pew Center offers a concise explanation of the distribution of emission allowances under the House-passed Waxman-Markey clean energy and climate bill. The new policy memo includes graphs that illustrate the extent to which allowances are auctioned or freely allocated under the bill and the policy objectives achieved by their distribution.
Stephen Seidel Joins the Pew Center as Vice President for Policy Analysis
December 3, 2008
Steve Seidel has joined the Pew Center on Global Climate Change as the new Vice President for Policy Analysis and General Counsel. Steve had a long and distinguished career working at the EPA where he authored the first major global warming policy study in 1984, and also spent time working on the White House Climate Change Task Force. Stephen Seidel - Biography
New Brief: 10-50 Update
January 15, 2010
A new brief revisits the 10-50 Solution, an effort to identify technologies and policy options that will enable a low-carbon future. (January 2010)
Copenhagen Climate Talks - Week 1 Roundup
December 12, 2009
Elliot Diringer of the Pew Center provides an on-the-ground assessment of the global climate change negotiations live from Copenhagen in an interview on NPR's Science Friday."What we're aiming for here is a political agreement, an interim political agreement, that hopefully moves us much closer to a treaty," said Diringer.The two-week Copenhagen conference runs from December 7-18.
Jim Rogers To Join Pew Center Briefing in Copenhagen Thursday
December 10, 2009
PEW CENTER ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE JOINED BY DUKE ENERGY CEO
Hacked Emails--Revisited
December 8, 2009
Pew Center scientist Jay Gulledge takes a closer look at the emails hacked from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Center in a new brief.Read more.
From Climate Compass: Thankful that Policy Decisions are Based on Peer-Review...
November 24, 2009
Senior Scientist Jay Gulledge is thankful that we base policy decisions on peer-reviewed science instead of emails. Read more here in his reaction to the email correspondence hacked from a server at the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit.
Deploying Our Clean Energy Future - New Article
November 24, 2009
Eileen Claussen, in a new article, explores what's at stake in advancing a clean energy future.
Will the U.S. Bring Numbers to Copenhagen?
November 6, 2009
BARCELONA -- Will the U.S. bring numbers to Copenhagen?
Toward Copenhagen: New Brief on Verification
November 2, 2009
Continuing its series of post-2012 climate policy briefs, the Pew Center addresses Verifying Mitigation Efforts in a New Climate Agreement.
Assessing Comparability
October 30, 2009
A new brief discusses methods for assessing the comparability of developed country mitigation efforts.
New Post: The Kerry-Graham Op-Ed
October 12, 2009
The Boxer-Kerry bill, new EPA actions, and more--from the Pew Center blog
October 2, 2009
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Copenhagen: The U.S. is Hardly Alone - from the Pew Center blog
October 1, 2009
It’s no surprise, in the pre-Copenhagen posturing, that the United States is once again seen by many as the single greatest obstacle to an effective global climate effort. The truth, though, is that the U.S. is hardly alone. On all the key issues – emission targets, developing country commitments, and finance – other key players aren’t ready to strike a final deal either.Continue Reading This Post
Aiming For Success In Copenhagen
September 16, 2009
What would constitute success at the global climate summit this December in Copenhagen? Elliot Diringer, Pew's Vice President for International Strategies, delves into this question in a new post.
Controlling Costs of New Energy and Climate Legislation - Senate Testimony
September 15, 2009
Eileen Claussen testifies today before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee about meaures to control costs and prices under climate and clean energy legislation.“Climate legislation is critical to both our future economic prosperity and our environmental well-being,” Claussen said. “I am convinced that if we draw from experience to enact measures that reward innovation and limit costs, we will prove once again that no challenge is beyond our reach.”
Ocean Acidification
August 31, 2009
A new Pew Center brief describes the changing chemistry of the world's oceans and explores the potential implications for marine ecosystems and the global food supply.
Myths vs. Realities - Examining Climate Claims
August 19, 2009
National Security Risks from Climate Change
August 19, 2009
Experts warn that climate change represents a real threat to American security. A new Pew Center memo looks at these national security implications. Read more.
