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Archive for the ‘Policy’ Category
Recognizing Energy Efficiency’s Global Champions at the Plenary Awards Luncheon
By Jane Teeling at Tuesday, May 11th, 2010EE Global Opening Plenary: the Federal Perspective
By Jane Teeling at Monday, May 10th, 2010During the second half of the Opening Plenary Session, panelists discussed energy efficiency policies, programs and developments from a federal perspective.
Energy Efficiency: The Transatlantic Missing Link?
By Jane Teeling at Wednesday, March 31st, 2010Bertrand Deprez, Head of the Forum and Principal Consultant, The Centre
If I had to draft the agenda of the next EU-U.S. Summit, I would put energy efficiency first.
Why? The first reason is obvious. Promoting energy efficiency is as much a “green” necessity as much as an economic one on both sides of the Atlantic.
The other reason is less well known. The United States and the EU could learn a lot from each other by working more closely together.
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Obama talks up Home Star program at conference in Savannah, GA
By Craig Schattner at Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Craig Schattner, Alliance to Save Energy
President Obama was careful not to undermine the Home Star program by referring to its adopted media name, ‘Cash for Caulkers.’ That’s because this consumer rebate program, in comparison with its automotive counterpart, isn’t simply meant to stimulate the economy while promoting energy efficiency; this one’s about creating jobs, too.
From manufacturers on down to builders, the Home Star program will infuse jobs into a lackluster building industry that has seen better days. The eye-catching figure: 25 percent unemployment among construction jobs. But here’s the good news:
In Georgia alone, where the press conference was held, Obama cited 300 transportation projects currently in the works. And to create the workforce that can do it, he’s looking to put millions more in technical colleges like the one he toured today in Savannah.
Energy Efficiency Must Be at the Center of International Climate Change Approaches in 2010
By Jane Teeling at Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Lisa Jacobson, President, Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Having just returned from a meeting today with Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change Jonathan Pershing at the U.S. State Department focused on U.S. expectations for the climate change negotiations in 2010, I wanted to reflect on the central role that energy efficiency and other existing clean energy technologies must play as we develop and implement a post-2010 international climate change agreement.
The Silver Lining in the Cloud of Global Climate Change
By Jane Teeling at Friday, January 29th, 2010
Brad Penney, Director of Government Relations, Alliance to Save Energy
Last month’s climate change negotiations in Copenhagen left many feeling that the international community had dropped the ball on addressing the world’s rising greenhouse gas emissions and the need for clean energy in the growing global economy.
Forecast of U.S. Climate Change Legislation: Cloudy
Stateside, the political climate doesn’t look as good as it once did for action on legislation that would cap U.S. emissions, dashing hopes that America might lead other nations to take the same step.
It is encouraging that President Barack Obama expressed strong support for comprehensive energy and climate legislation in his State of the Union address on January 27. Earlier this month the National Journal Experts Blog speculated on whether there was still hope for a cap-and-trade bill this year.
Though there is still time for Congress to forge a bi-partisan compromise on climate legislation in this session, most experts believe energy and climate legislation would have to be completed in the first six months of this year, given the mid-term elections, leaving open the possibility that the world may wait years more to see a new international agreement on climate change.
A Silver Lining?
However, a delay in global action on climate change would not mean that international progress on clean energy will halt indefinitely.
From Copenhagen to DC – EE is Key!
By Jane Teeling at Friday, January 15th, 2010
Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy
For many of us, 2009 ended on an ambiguous note. At home, much of the positive momentum for climate legislation at the start of President Obama’s administration buckled under the weight of contentious debates around health care and unemployment.