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Boxer-Kerry Punts On National Energy Efficiency Building Code

September 30, 2009 by Shari Shapiro
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Yesterday, a draft of the Boxer-Kerry senate version of the Waxman-Markey climate change bill was leaked to the media. I have previously posted about the proposed National Energy Efficiency Code in the Waxman-Markey bill and in the first proposed senate bill ACELA.  Both of those proposed Energy Efficiency Codes had specific... [read more]

Climate Bill Through the Eyes of Utilities

September 2, 2009 by Tyler Caine
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I came across a great article on the energy blog Master Resource (of which I have become a regular reader) by Robert Peltier that focuses on some of the intricacies that may result from an eventual passage of H.R. 2454. Peltier notes on how remarks of opposition from the energy industry have been few and far between so far in the... [read more]

Green Building Guide to Waxman-Markey

June 26, 2009 by Chris Cheatham
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[Today's post is a collaborative effort with Shari Shapiro highlighting green building provisions in the Waxman-Markey bill. You didn't think I was going to read through a thousand page bill all by myself, did you? I have also made the article available as a white paper for download since it is a bit long.] Green Building Guide to... [read more]

Place Your Bets

June 20, 2009 by Ryan Avent
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The Congressional Budget Office has released some very interesting numbers (PDF) on the cost to households of Waxman-Markey. Very interesting, indeed: On that basis, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the net annual economywide cost of the cap-and-trade program in 2020 would be $22 billion—or about $175 per household.... [read more]

Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. Now Do Something.

June 17, 2009 by Shari Shapiro
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Yesterday, the Obama Administration released a study analyzing the potential impact of climate change in the United States. It read like the Ten Plagues at my family's annual seder: heavy downpours, rising temperature and sea level, rapidly retreating glaciers, thawing permafrost, lengthening growing seasons, lengthening ice-free... [read more]