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CENF highlights reports offering timely data and analyses that explore current policy alternatives and that assess the effects of policy choices on the regional and national growth of the clean economy and on international competition across the clean economy sector.
- Clean Energy and Climate Policies Lead to Economic Growth in the United States. November 2009.
This report, co-released by the Clean Economy Network and Environmental Entrepreneurs, demonstrates that clean energy and climate policies would create jobs, increase consumers' income, and strengthen the US economy as a whole. It includes both national results and an analysis of each individual state.
- NREL State of the States Report. November 2009.
DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has issued "State of the States 2009: Renewable Energy Development and the Role of Policy," a report assessing renewable energy policies and deployment of technology in the states.
- 2009 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard. November 2009.
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy has issued scorecards rating each state's energy efficiency strategies and policies in six categories: (1) utility-sector and public benefits programs and policies; (2) transportation polices; (3) building energy codes; (4) combined heat and power; (5) state government initiatives; and (6) appliance efficiency standards. ACEEE also provides a State Energy Efficiency Policy Database which is searchable by state or by policy and documents state activities in the scorecard categories.
- "U.S. Offshore Wind Energy: A Path Forward." November 2009.
The U.S. Offshore Wind Collaborative has issued a report providing a snapshot of current offshore wind energy activity in the United States as well as a discussion of regulatory, government policy, and technical issues affecting offshore wind energy development.
- "Green Building Policy in a Changing Economic Environment." November 2009.
A survey by the American Institute of Architects has revealed that the number of U.S. cities with green building programs has increased 50% in two years, with a total of 138 cities supporting such programs.
- Breakthrough Institute Anaylsis of Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill Allowance Allocation. October 2009.
The Breakthrough Institute has analyzed allocations set forth in the proposed Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act and compared them to the allocation scheme in the House-passed American Clean Energy and Security Act. The Breakthrough Institute has produced both a spreadsheet and a pie chart illustrating how allowances would be allocated.
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"Estimating the Jobs Impact of Tackling Climate Change." October 2009.
This report from the American Solar Energy Society concludes that a substantial expansion in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors could yield up to 4.5 million new jobs in the United States by 2030 and reduce climate change pollution by an amount sufficient to prevent some of the most dangerous consequences of climate change.
- “Unlocking Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Economy.” July 2009.
In this report, McKinsey & Co. estimates that $520 billion in investment could reduce non-transportation energy usage in the United States by 23% by 2020, for a savings of $1.2 trillion.
- Analysis of ACES Allowances to States. July 2009.
In cooperation with the Georgetown State-Federal Climate Resources Center, the World Resources Institute produced an analysis of allowances allocated to state and energy consumers under the American Clean Energy and Security Act, energy and climate legislation passed by the House of Representatives in June 2009.
- “The Clean Energy Economy Report.” June 2009.
The Pew Center on the States reports that, as of 2007, roughly 68,200 clean energy economy businesses accounted for approximately 770,000 jobs. The report, which includes state fact sheets, also concluded that the clean energy economy grew considerably faster than the overall economy between 1998 and 2007.
- “Green Prosperity: How Clean-Energy Policies Can Fight Poverty and Raise Living Standards in the United States.” June 2009.
Green For All and the NRDC commissioned this report by the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The report concludes that clean economy investments can reduce the unemployment rate and create job opportunities across skill and education levels.
- U.S. Population, Energy & Climate Change. November 2008.
The Center for Environment & Population examines the role of population and population growth in relation to Climate Change. See especially this interactive map, which allows users to compare population data with energy consumption per capita, vehicular miles traveled, and other data points.
- World Resources Institute’s Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Updated March 2004.
In use since 1997, WRI’s protocal is a comprehensive metric for managing global warming emissions throughout the world. It includes two modules: the Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standards, which is specifically targeted at businesses and organizations, and the Project Accounting Protocol and Guidelines, which is concerned with specific projects set to reduce greenhouse gases.