http://www.environmentalleader.com The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:16:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/climate-change-will-harm-u-s-economy-economists-say/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/climate-change-will-harm-u-s-economy-economists-say/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:14:10 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26842 Almost all 144 top economists surveyed for a New York University School of Law report agree that climate change threatens the United States economy and that carbon regulation — whether it’s a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system — will drive energy efficiency and innovation, reports the New York Times’ Green Inc. blog. The report, Economists and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/09/climate-change-will-harm-u-s-economy-economists-say/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/emissions-intensity-falling-globally/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/emissions-intensity-falling-globally/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:21:36 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26858 Emissions intensity, the amount of carbon generated from fossil fuel use per unit of gross domestic product (GDP), fell globally in all but two years between 1994 and 2006, according to a World Bank study, reports the New York Times’ Green Inc. blog. A key finding of the study indicates that reducing the amount of energy [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/emissions-intensity-falling-globally/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/carbon-trading-could-trigger-a-sub-prime-style-economic-crash/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/carbon-trading-could-trigger-a-sub-prime-style-economic-crash/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:41:52 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26830 Plans to expand carbon markets at UN climate talks this December could trigger a second ’sub-prime’ style financial collapse and fail to protect the world from a global warming catastrophe, according to a report from Friends of the Earth. The trade in carbon permits and credits, primarily based in Europe, was worth $126 billion in 2008 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/06/carbon-trading-could-trigger-a-sub-prime-style-economic-crash/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/03/canada-can-meet-ghg-emissions-targets-while-growing-jobs-economy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/03/canada-can-meet-ghg-emissions-targets-while-growing-jobs-economy/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:49:23 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26607 Canada can meet targets to reduce global warming pollution, while growing jobs and its economy, according to an economic modeling study commissioned by the Pembina Institute and the David Suzuki Foundation. However, not all provinces agree with the study’s findings. The report, Climate Leadership, Economic Prosperity (PDF), shows how Canada can achieve both the federal government’s [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/03/canada-can-meet-ghg-emissions-targets-while-growing-jobs-economy/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/03/climate-change-mitigation-in-developing-countries-presents-financing-challenges/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/03/climate-change-mitigation-in-developing-countries-presents-financing-challenges/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:37:11 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=26614 A new global deal on climate finance will significantly redistribute power, responsibility and accountability between traditional donor and recipient countries, according to a new study released by World Resources Institute (WRI). The new analysis provides recommendations on how climate change mitigation and adaptation programs in developing countries could be financed by a new set of institutional [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/03/climate-change-mitigation-in-developing-countries-presents-financing-challenges/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/arpa-e-deserves-support/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/arpa-e-deserves-support/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:59:36 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=24121 In October 1957, at the height of Cold War passion, the U.S. scientific and military establishment watched as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit. Surprised, and stung at being beaten into space, the U.S. government responded in several ways, one of which was to create, within a matter of months, the Advanced Research [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/26/arpa-e-deserves-support/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/15/cbo-chief-cap-and-trade-may-slightly-decrease-gdp/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/15/cbo-chief-cap-and-trade-may-slightly-decrease-gdp/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:03:03 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=23932 Speaking before the Senate energy panel Oct. 14, the head of the Congressional Budget Office said that the cap-and-trade system included in the House bill would slow domestic economic growth slightly over the next few decades. By 2020, the nation’s gross domestic product may be off 0.25 to 0.75 percent, and by 1-3.5 percent by 2050, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/15/cbo-chief-cap-and-trade-may-slightly-decrease-gdp/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/14/investors-pressure-gm-boeing-deere-xerox-to-quit-u-s-chamber/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/14/investors-pressure-gm-boeing-deere-xerox-to-quit-u-s-chamber/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:48:51 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=23773 Trying to ramp up pressure on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its position on climate change, an investors group has fired off letters to 14 major U.S. corporations, asking them to publicly distance themselves from the chamber’s positions. Representing $16 billion in assets, the investors group is led by Walden Asset Management and Green Century [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/14/investors-pressure-gm-boeing-deere-xerox-to-quit-u-s-chamber/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/10/auction-recommended-for-californias-allocation-of-emission-allowances/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/10/auction-recommended-for-californias-allocation-of-emission-allowances/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:06:38 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=23417 Regulation of greenhouse gas emissions in the electricity sector under a cap-and-trade system in California poses significant policy questions about how to allocate tradable emission allowances, according to a new report by Resources for the Future. The study suggests that the most cost-effective approach to implementing a cap-and-trade program is to use an auction for [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/10/auction-recommended-for-californias-allocation-of-emission-allowances/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/07/eia-projects-2009-emissions-reduction-of-29m-metric-tons/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/07/eia-projects-2009-emissions-reduction-of-29m-metric-tons/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:55:19 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=23239 The Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects CO2 emissions from the commercial and residential sectors to be 29 million metric tons lower in 2009, or just over 8 percent of the total projected reduction in CO2 emissions this year. The EIA also projects carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels in 2009 will be 5.9 percent below [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/07/eia-projects-2009-emissions-reduction-of-29m-metric-tons/feed/ 0