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Ensuring Greenhouse Gas Offset Quality in the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

By Alexia Kelly on November 5, 2009

S.1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (CEJAPA) also known as the Kerry Boxer bill , provides a number of important provisions that will ensure that offsets used in the U.S. cap-and-trade program represent real, additional, measurable and verified greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions.

WRI Summary of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (Kerry-Boxer)

By John Larsen, Alexia Kelly, James Bradbury, Franz Litz, Sarah Forbes and Nicholas Bianco on October 30, 2009

This summary provides a concise overview of the Chairman’s Mark of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (CEJAPA), released by Senator Boxer on October 23, 2009.

Emission Reductions Under Congress' Cap & Trade Proposals

By John Larsen on October 30, 2009

New analysis compares emissions reductions in the current Kerry-Boxer and Waxman-Markey bills.

WRI President Jonathan Lash Tesitifies Before Senate on U.S. Action to Address Climate Change

October 29, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Jonathan Lash, president of the World Resources Institute (WRI), is testifying today before the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee regarding action of other countries to address climate change and the implications of their action for the United States.

Some important messages from his testimony:

Carbon Dioxide Capture & Storage and S. 1733, The Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act of 2009

By Sarah Forbes on October 28, 2009

The [Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act of 2009][act-link] (CEJAPA) provides a number of provisions that facilitate the demonstration and deployment of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technologies. This document provides a brief overview of the most important of these. Coal use is responsible for over 40 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions[^1], and significant, deliberate action will be required to reduce these emissions. The CEJAPA lays a foundation for moving CCS technology to scale by reducing costs and providing funding for demonstrations.

China, the United States, and the Climate Change Challenge

By Deborah Seligsohn on October 21, 2009

As December’s climate change talks approach, a new WRI report discusses the successes and challenges to effective regulation in China.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Southeast Companies to Highlight Business Case for Congressional Clean Energy and Climate Action

October 5, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

 

WHAT:

The World Resources Institute (WRI), the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and clean technology companies will host a Senate briefing for lawmakers, staff, and journalists Tuesday, October 6, 2009. Companies representing the emerging clean energy industry in the Southeast United States will share their perspectives on jobs and economic growth in clean energy. They will also express how energy and climate legislation affects small and medium-sized businesses and how such policy action can support a competitive Southeast economy.

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.

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.

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