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Is the EPA Really a ‘Jobs Killer’?
Industry-paid studies often include questionable assumptions and economic models not validated by broad peer review. Jobs could also be created, not just destroyed, by regulation. The EPA’s rules are required to undergo a transparent cost-benefit analysis that is peer reviewed by others. The idea that environmental regulations would wipe out an industry or have a serious impact is implausible. Early estimates of cleanup costs are invariably wildly overstated. Continue reading
Public Support for Climate & Energy Policies in November 2011
Results from a national survey fielded from October 20 to November 16, 2011 with 1,000 adults, using the online research panel of Knowledge Networks. The report includes measures of public support for national and local climate change and energy policies, desire for action by corporate and government leaders, and how these have changed since June 2010, January 2010, and November 2008. Continue reading
Why Anti-Science Ideology is Bad for America
Sadly and with few brave exceptions, some politicians are active and aggressive at using false, misleading, or discredited science, or explicitly ignoring good science, in setting public policy to support ideology. History tells us this never leads to a good outcome. Continue reading
Google Makes Business Case for Wind
By Bill Opalka for EnergyBiz Renewable energy developers agree: The lack of clear, long-term signals from policymakers stalls investments in the clean energy space. As the new kid on the block, and not an energy company, Google is plowing ahead. … Continue reading
Americans Using Less Energy, More Renewables
The United States used significantly less coal and petroleum in 2009 than in 2008, and significantly more wind power. There also was a decline in natural gas use and increases in solar, hydro and geothermal power according to the most recent energy flow charts released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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Displacement is the new Climate Change Policy
The Copenhagen climate change meeting might actually turn out to be a success over time. Continue reading
GPACE analysis of the provisions of the Governor’s coal plant agreement
The provisions reviewed here are to be signed into law this week in return for the allowance of one immediate air-quality permit for an 895MW coal plant to be built by Sunflower Electric, Co., and another permit in two years.
It’s important to keep in mind when reviewing the content of the proposed energy plan that no state has perfect energy policy. Kansas is confronting the real need for comprehensive energy policy for the first time in nearly forty years. GPACE believes there are certain components of this policy proposal that Kansans should feel proud to know we’ll finally have – even if they are less ambitious than our resources allow or not competitive with surrounding states. Continue reading
