The EPA released their analysis of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES or just the Waxman-Markey Bill as it is being called after the two representatives who are sponsoring the bill), stating that passage of the bill will lead to a 7% decrease in consumer electric bills by 2020 thanks to increased energy [...]
Entries from June 2009
EPA says passing the Waxman-Markey will cut energy costs
June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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China won’t accept a cap on carbon emissions
June 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Green Politics, News on Climate Change
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Earlier today a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced that China will not accept a binding emissions reduction target when the UNFCCC holds its climate change conference in Copenhagen saying that this would stunt the country’s economic growth.
China is still a developing country and the present task confronting China is to develop its economy [...]
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Bleak Outlook Issued by the EIA
June 4th, 2009 · No Comments · News on Climate Change
About a week ago the Energy Information Administration, whose job it is to keep “official energy statistics for the U.S. government”, released a report titled International Energy Outlook 2009. The main highlight of which is this grim prediction:
World marketed energy consumption is projected to increase by 44 percent from 2006 to 2030.
The report projects [...]
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