Climate Policy

"Some things have, but others have not. Climate policy, unfortunately, falls into the second category." Al Gore is wrong. President Obama has done quite a bit to advance sensible energy policies and, by proxy, mitigate climate change. ...
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Recent research has shown that over the next few decades an effective US climate policy to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions would rely on extensive reductions in energy use and substitution of natural gas for coal in power generation. ...
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Recent research has shown that over the next few decades an effective US climate policy to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions would rely on extensive reductions in energy use and substitution of natural gas for coal in power generation. ...
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The claim was upheld by the Court of Appeals, but energy companies and the federal government have asked the Supreme Court to rule that climate policy is a "political question" that must be resolved by Congress and the President. ...
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The actual achievements against the 11th Five Year Plan have been monitored at the Climate Policy Initiative at Tsinghua University. Transport emissions are up; intensity is pretty flat. Manufacturing emissions are up; intensity is down. ...
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This is the same Frank Luntz who has long been advising the Republican party on how to grind climate policy to a halt. In 2002 he authored an influential memo advising Republicans to greenwash their public image while sowing public confusion about ...
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This is the same Frank Luntz who has long been advising the Republican party on how to grind climate policy to a halt. In 2002 he authored an influential memo advising Republicans to greenwash their public image while sowing public confusion about ...
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"Despite having no more scientific credibility than the Flat Earth Society, the climate cranks have held our nation's climate policy hostage for decades now. One reason the United States has done so little to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the ...
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The growing body of climate science also led to congressional passage of the National Energy Policy Act of 1988, with the intention of reducing greenhouse ...
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Questions have been raised about the wisdom of a single state trying to address a global commons problem, but with national climate policy developments ...
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