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2008 National Environmental Scorecard
Type Web Page Date 2009 URL http://www.lcv.org/scorecard/ Accessed Thu Apr 30 21:25:01 2009 Date Added Thu Apr 30 21:25:01 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 21:34:46 2009 Attachments
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A Comparative Analysis of Community Wind Power Development Options in Oregon
Type Document Author Mark Bolinger Author Ryan Wiser Author Tom Wind Author Dan Juhl Author Robert Grace Date July 2004 URL http://egov.oregon.gov/ENERGY/RENEW/Wind/docs/CommunityWindReportLBLforETO.pdf Accessed Wed Apr 29 14:56:19 2009 Date Added Wed Apr 29 14:56:19 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 15:00:20 2009 Attachments
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A comparison of offshore wind power development in europe and the U.S.: Patterns and drivers of development
Type Journal Article Author Brian Snyder Author Mark J. Kaiser Publication Applied Energy Volume 86 Issue 10 Pages 1845 - 1856 Date 2009 DOI DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.02.013 ISSN 0306-2619 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V1T-4VX0BNB-1/2/2e60fe7d1a7dc0a1e85d263bedbd5a85 Date Added Mon Apr 20 14:42:11 2009 Modified Mon Apr 20 14:42:11 2009 Tags:
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AECOM: About Us
Type Web Page URL http://www.aecom.com/About/36/89/index.html Accessed Mon May 18 21:00:29 2009 Date Added Mon May 18 21:00:29 2009 Modified Mon May 18 21:00:29 2009 -
AECOM: Environment
Type Web Page Date 2009 URL http://www.aecom.com/About/54/96/index.html Accessed Mon May 18 21:01:18 2009 Date Added Mon May 18 21:01:18 2009 Modified Mon May 18 21:01:36 2009 -
American FactFinder
Type Web Page URL http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?
_lang=enAccessed Mon Jun 1 18:00:05 2009 Date Added Mon Jun 1 18:00:05 2009 Modified Mon Jun 1 18:00:05 2009 -
American hesitations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: an institutional interpretation
Type Journal Article Author Jean Mercier Abstract In 2005, the objectives of the Kyoto Protocol appear somewhat out of reach, even if Russia gave life to the protocol by signing it in 2004. Even if implemented, the protocol entails huge operational problems. Will the United States prove to be the first country to realize the difficulties in implementing Kyoto, or did they refuse to ratify it for reasons that are very particular to their own institutions? This article is an attempt at supporting the latter proposition. In March 2001, the US government announced that it was withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol on the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) and it has not replaced this participation with a credible program of greenhouse gas reduction. This decision could be analyzed through different angles. In this article, we would like to look at these hesitations through an institutional angle, through the American institutions themselves. Few elements from their institutional and historical past prepare the United States to initiate a vigorous program of GHG reduction, other than through technological innovation or voluntary actions. Even though the institutional concept of path dependency is identified as the concept most helpful in explaining, from an institutional point of view, these hesitations, other institutional explanations are called upon to explain and understand these decisions. Publication International Review of Administrative Sciences Volume 72 Issue 1 Pages 101-121 Date 2006 DOI 10.1177/0020852306061629 URL http://ras.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/72/1/101 Date Added Tue Apr 28 23:20:56 2009 Modified Tue Apr 28 23:20:56 2009 -
American policy conflict in the greenhouse: Divergent trends in federal, regional, state, and local green energy and climate change policy
Type Journal Article Author John Byrne Author Kristen Hughes Author Wilson Rickerson Author Lado Kurdgelashvili Abstract Climate change threatens significant impacts on global ecosystems and human populations. To address this challenge, industrialized nations have ratified the Kyoto Protocol and undertaken commitments to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, the primary agents linked to anthropogenic alteration of earth's climate. By contrast, the US government, led by the Bush Administration, has rejected mandatory targets for curbing emissions under the Protocol, and has instead pursued voluntary mitigation measures amid a larger push for clean coal and "next generation" nuclear technologies. These actions in total have fueled global perceptions that the US is not acting in substantial ways to address climate change. Nevertheless, action within the US is indeed moving forward, with states, cities and regional partnerships filling the federal leadership vacuum. This paper reviews the diverse policies, strategies, and cooperative frameworks that have emerged at regional, state and local levels to guide climate protection, and identifies the environmental and economic benefits linked to such programs. The paper also attempts to explain the existing federal impasse on climate policy, with attention given to how sub-national efforts may ultimately obviate national governmental inaction. Publication Energy Policy Volume 35 Issue 9 Pages 4555-4573 Date September 2007 DOI 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.02.028 ISSN 0301-4215 Short Title American policy conflict in the greenhouse URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V2W-4NRVV0Y-1/2/2f045ec75bd358dc1a61ed800e21ad73 Accessed Sat May 16 15:14:44 2009 Repository ScienceDirect Date Added Sat May 16 15:14:44 2009 Modified Sat May 16 15:14:44 2009 Tags:
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Bush administration pumps up alternative fuels mandate
Type Newspaper Article Author David Shepardson Publication The Detroit News Edition Online Date 2007 April 11 Section Autos URL http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20070411/AUTO01/704110358/1148Accessed Thu Apr 30 13:28:54 2009 Date Added Thu Apr 30 13:28:54 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 13:30:26 2009 Attachments
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California State Energy Profile
Type Web Page Website Title Energy Information Administration Website Type Department of Energy Date April 23, 2009 URL http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/state_energy_profiles.cfm?
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California's Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate - Linking Clean Fuel Cars, Carsharing, and Station Car Strategies
Type Journal Article Author Susan Shaheen Author Jon Wright Author Daniel Sperling Abstract To reduce transportation emissions and energy consumption, policymakers typically employ one of two approaches – changing technology or changing behavior. These strategies include demand management tools, such as ridesharing and vehicle control technologies – cleaner fuels and fuel economy. Despite the benefits of a combined policy approach, these strategies are normally employed separately. Nevertheless, they have been linked occasionally, for instance in the electric station car programs of the 1990s. Station cars are vehicles used by transit riders at the start or end of a trip. In 1990, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) focused on reducing mobile air pollution by mandating that automakers introduce clean vehicles through its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate. In 1998, significant flexibility was introduced through Partial ZEV credits for very low emission vehicles. In 2000, CARB left the ZEV Mandate intact, but began considering new approaches, including station cars and carsharing. Carsharing is the short-term use of a shared-use vehicle fleet. In January 2001, recognizing the potential for station cars and Carsharing to further improve air quality by reducing vehicle miles traveled – particularly with transit linkages – CARB proposed additional ZEV credits for vehicles in such programs. Thus, the mandate would formally link demand management and clean vehicles. This paper explores carsharing and station car developments, lessons learned, the ZEV mandate, and the proposed credit structure. Finally, the authors conclude with policy and research recommendations for enhancing the success and impact of this combined approach. Publication Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis Pages 28 Date 2001 January 1 URL http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?
article=1026&context=itsdavisAccessed Thu Apr 30 13:24:02 2009 Date Added Thu Apr 30 13:24:02 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 13:28:50 2009 Attachments
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CIA - The World Factbook
Type Web Page URL https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ Accessed Mon Jun 1 18:04:07 2009 Date Added Mon Jun 1 18:04:07 2009 Modified Mon Jun 1 18:04:07 2009 -
CLIMATE: Enhanced: A Madisonian Approach to Climate Policy
Type Journal Article Author David G Victor Author Joshua C House Author Sarah Joy Publication Science Volume 309 Issue 5742 Pages 1820-1821 Date 2005 DOI 10.1126/science.1113180 URL http://www.sciencemag.org Date Added Wed Apr 29 11:37:06 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 11:37:20 2009 -
Clean Energy States Alliance
Type Web Page URL http://www.cleanenergystates.org/ Accessed Thu Apr 30 21:25:47 2009 Date Added Thu Apr 30 21:25:47 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 21:25:47 2009 Attachments
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Cleaner energy for sustainable future
Type Journal Article Author Vincenzo Giorgio Dov� Author Ferenc Friedler Author Donald Huisingh Author Jir� Jarom�r Klemes Publication Journal of Cleaner Production Volume 17 Issue 10 Pages 889 - 895 Date 2009 DOI DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.02.001 ISSN 0959-6526 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VFX-4VVGGSW-1/2/76671a928530b604dc39224720b1db2b Extra Early-Stage Energy Technologies for Sustainable Future: Assessment, Development, Application Date Added Wed Apr 29 14:28:08 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 14:28:08 2009 Tags:
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Climate Change, Global Warming, and the Built Environment - The 2030 Challenge
Type Web Page Author Ed Mazria Website Title Architecture 2030 Date April 30, 2009 URL http://www.architecture2030.org/2030_challenge/index.html Accessed Thu Apr 30 13:51:12 2009 Date Added Thu Apr 30 13:51:12 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 13:54:45 2009 Attachments
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Climate change and environmental planning: Working to build community resilience and adaptive capacity in Washington State, USA
Type Journal Article Author Casilda Saavedra Author William W. Budd Publication Habitat International Volume 33 Issue 3 Pages 246 - 252 Date 2009 DOI DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2008.10.004 ISSN 0197-3975 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V9H-4TXDX9W-1/2/0ca573925f14d298b6b76fc26f3a8150 Extra Climate Change and Human Settlements Date Added Mon Apr 20 14:42:24 2009 Modified Mon Apr 20 14:42:24 2009 Tags:
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COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION: THE VIABILITY OF AB 117 AND ITS ROLE IN CALIFORNIA’S ENERGY MARKETS
Type Report Author Garance Burke Author Chris Finn Author Andrea Murphy Report Type An analysis for the California Public Utilities Commission Institution The Goldman School of Public Policy University of California, Berkeley Date 2005 June 13 URL http://www.local.org/goldman.pdf Accessed Mon Apr 20 15:11:03 2009 Date Added Mon Apr 20 15:11:03 2009 Modified Mon Apr 20 15:15:21 2009 Attachments
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Colleges Go to 4-Day Week to Save Energy
Type Newspaper Article Author Holly Wolcott Abstract In an attempt to save money and electricity during the ongoing state energy crisis, most employees of the Ventura County Community College District will work four-day weeks this summer. Publication Los Angeles Times Date May 09, 2001 URL http://articles.latimes.com/2001/may/09/local/me-61338 Date Added Wed Apr 29 14:05:21 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 14:06:59 2009 Tags:
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Tells the story of how community colleges in California went to 4-day work weeks to avoid high energy costs.
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Community Choice
Type Web Page URL http://www.communitychoice.info/ Accessed Sat May 16 15:10:23 2009 Date Added Sat May 16 15:10:23 2009 Modified Sat May 16 15:10:23 2009 Attachments
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Community Wind Power Ownership Schemes in Europe and their Relevance to the United States
Type Document Author Mark Bolinger Publisher Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Date April 29, 2009 URL http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/servlets/purl/827946-fmUZml/native/827946.pdf Accessed Wed Apr 29 15:04:07 2009 Date Added Wed Apr 29 15:04:07 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 13:54:56 2009 Attachments
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Decentralization in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and Lessons for Global Policy
Type Journal Article Author Joseph Kruger Author Wallace E Oates Author William A Pizer Abstract In 2005, the European Union introduced the largest and most ambitious emissions trading program in the world to meet its Kyoto commitments for the containment of global climate change. The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has some distinctive features that differentiate it from the more standard model of emissions trading. In particular, it has a relatively decentralized structure that gives individual member states responsibility for setting targets, allocating permits, determining verification and enforcement, and making some choices about flexibility. It is also a "cap-within-a-cap," seeking to achieve the Kyoto targets while only covering about half of the EU emissions. Finally, it is a program that many hope will link with other greenhouse gas (GHG) trading programs in the future–something we have not seen among existing trading systems. Examining these features, coupled with recent EU ETS experience, offers lessons about how cost effectiveness, equity, flexibility, and compliance fare in a multi-jurisdictional trading program, and highlights the challenges facing a global emissions trading regime. Publication Rev Environ Econ Policy Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 112-133 Date 2007 DOI 10.1093/reep/rem009 URL http://reep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/1/1/112 Date Added Wed Apr 29 12:31:06 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 12:31:06 2009 -
Demand Response and Electricity Market Efficiency
Type Journal Article Author Kathleen Spees Author Lester B. Lave Abstract Customer response is a neglected way of solving electricity industry problems. Historically, providers have focused on supply, assuming that consumers are unwilling or unable to modify their consumption. Contrary to these expectations, customers respond to higher prices that they expect to continue by purchasing more efficient appliances and taking other efficiency measures, a review of published studies indicates. Publication The Electricity Journal Volume 20 Issue 3 Pages 69-85 Date April 2007 DOI 10.1016/j.tej.2007.01.006 ISSN 1040-6190 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VSS-4N97BNM-2/2/f61b19152f28e4a7a9f1fd446a941acc Accessed Sat May 16 15:11:26 2009 Repository ScienceDirect Date Added Sat May 16 15:11:26 2009 Modified Sat May 16 15:11:26 2009 Attachments
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Does a regional greenhouse gas policy make sense? A case study of carbon leakage and emissions spillover
Type Journal Article Author Yihsu Chen Abstract The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a state-level effort by ten northeast states in the U.S. to control CO2 emissions from the electric sector. The approach adopted by RGGI is a regional cap-and-trade program, which sets a maximal annual amount of regional CO2 emissions that can be emitted from the electric sector. However, incoherence of the geographic scope of the regional electricity market is expected to produce two undesirable consequences: CO2 leakage and NOx and SO2 emissions spillover. This paper addresses these two issues using transmission-constrained electricity market models. The results show that although larger CO2 leakage is associated with higher allowance prices, it is negatively related to CO2 prices if measured in percentage terms. On the other hand, SO2 and NOx emissions spillover increase in commensurate with CO2 allowance prices. Demand elasticity attenuates the effect of emissions trading on leakage and emissions spillover. This highlights the difficulties of designing a regional or local climate policy. Publication Energy Economics Volume In Press, Corrected Proof Pages - Date 2009 DOI DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2009.02.003 ISSN 0140-9883 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V7G-4VNK69D-1/2/162166fc5e30649b88f9fd3afee1a6b7 Date Added Mon Apr 20 15:03:51 2009 Modified Mon Apr 20 15:03:51 2009 Tags:
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DSIRE: DSIRE Home
Type Web Page Date 2009 URL http://www.dsireusa.org/ Accessed Thu Apr 30 21:34:04 2009 Date Added Thu Apr 30 21:34:04 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 21:34:12 2009 Attachments
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Economics of grid-connected small wind turbines in the domestic market
Type Document Author TL Forsyth Publisher NREL Date 2000 URL http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy00osti/26975.pdf Date Added Wed Apr 29 01:09:55 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 01:11:03 2009 -
Effects of monetary rebates, feedback, and information on residential electricity conservation
Type Journal Article Author Richard A. Winett Author John H. Kagel Author Raymond C. Battalio Author Robin C. Winkler Abstract In this study, conducted during the summer months in Texas, 129 volunteer participant households were assigned to one of five experimental conditions: a high monetary rebate condition in which participants received conservation information, weekly written feedback on their electricity use, and monetary rebates amounting to a 240% price change in electricity; a low monetary rebate condition with the same structure as the high rebates except payments amounted to a 50% price change; a weekly feedback condition in which participants also received information but no rebates; an information condition; and a control condition. The dependent measure was percentage reduction in electricity use based on actual weekly meter readings by the research staff. Only the high rebate condition significantly curtailed electricity use by about 12% over the course of the study. Elasticity estimates suggested limited responsiveness in electricity consumption to price changes. Questionnaire data showed a pattern in which actual reduction in electricity was associated with planning a conservation program, attending to feedback, and modifying air conditioning use. Publication Journal of Applied Psychology Volume 63 Issue 1 Pages 73-80 Date 1978, URL http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?
sid=google&auinit=RA&…Accessed Wed Apr 29 15:24:10 2009 Date Added Wed Apr 29 15:24:10 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 15:27:37 2009 Attachments
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Energy and CO2 life-cycle analyses of wind turbines–review and applications
Type Journal Article Author Manfred Lenzen Author Jesper Munksgaard Publication Renewable Energy Volume 26 Issue 3 Pages 339 - 362 Date 2002 DOI DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(01)00145-8 ISSN 0960-1481 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V4S-45460WR-2/2/3946969988fe59f289fadc3011ead798 Date Added Wed Apr 29 01:20:44 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 01:20:44 2009 Tags:
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Energy and emergy based cost-benefit evaluation of building envelopes relative to geographical location and climate
Type Journal Article Author Riccardo Maria Pulselli Author Eugenio Simoncini Author Nadia Marchettini Publication Building and Environment Volume 44 Issue 5 Pages 920 - 928 Date 2009 DOI DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.06.009 ISSN 0360-1323 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V23-4T4Y5S7-5/2/ed89f3e758b886b1c4871b83553f297d Date Added Wed Apr 29 09:57:42 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 09:57:42 2009 Tags:
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Energy policy and climate change
Type Journal Article Author Philippe Jean-Baptiste Author Ren� Ducroux Publication Energy Policy Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 155 - 166 Date 2003 DOI DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(02)00020-4 ISSN 0301-4215 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V2W-455VKYH-2/2/85e78ff1a9e50533575feabb5d0ca6b2 Date Added Sun May 10 15:49:52 2009 Modified Sun May 10 15:49:52 2009 Tags:
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Energy Related Environmental Policies in Turkey - Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy
Type Web Page URL http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a903064069~tab=citation Accessed Tue Apr 28 11:59:36 2009 Date Added Tue Apr 28 11:59:36 2009 Modified Tue Apr 28 11:59:36 2009 Attachments
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Explaining learning curves for wind power
Type Journal Article Author Karin Ibenholt Publication Energy Policy Volume 30 Issue 13 Pages 1181 - 1189 Date 2002 DOI DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(02)00014-9 ISSN 0301-4215 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V2W-451S8VR-3/2/91261ba401af44d7cfbec858bc781c68 Date Added Wed Apr 29 01:13:40 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 01:13:40 2009 Tags:
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Factor four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resouce Use
Type Book Author Ernst Ulrich Weizsäcker Author Amory B. Lovins Author L. Hunter Lovins Author Club of Rome Publisher Earthscan Date 1998 # of Pages 224 URL http://books.google.com/books?
id=HeMRBn-N7lEC&…Accessed Mon May 18 20:17:25 2009 Date Added Mon May 18 20:17:25 2009 Modified Mon May 18 20:19:44 2009 -
Fostering a renewable energy technology industry: An international comparison of wind industry policy support mechanisms
Type Journal Article Author Joanna I. Lewis Author Ryan H. Wiser Abstract This article examines the importance of national and sub-national policies in supporting the development of successful global wind turbine manufacturing companies. We explore the motivations behind establishing a local wind power industry, and the paths that different countries have taken to develop indigenous large wind turbine manufacturing industries within their borders. This is done through a cross-country comparison of the policy support mechanisms that have been employed to directly and indirectly promote wind technology manufacturing in 12 countries. We find that in many instances there is a clear relationship between a manufacturer's success in its home country market and its eventual success in the global wind power market. Whether new wind turbine manufacturing entrants are able to succeed will likely depend in part on the utilization of their turbines in their own domestic market, which in turn will be influenced by the annual size and stability of that market. Consequently, policies that support a sizable, stable market for wind power, in conjunction with policies that specifically provide incentives for wind power technology to be manufactured locally, are most likely to result in the establishment of an internationally competitive wind industry. Publication Energy Policy Volume 35 Issue 3 Pages 1844-1857 Date March 2007 DOI 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.06.005 ISSN 0301-4215 Short Title Fostering a renewable energy technology industry URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V2W-4KJ7541-1/2/4ebbd16928e5688b5a504a610fd8ad35 Accessed Sat May 16 15:08:00 2009 Repository ScienceDirect Date Added Sat May 16 15:08:00 2009 Modified Sat May 16 15:08:00 2009 Tags:
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GasBuddy.com - Find Low Gas Prices in the USA and Canada
Type Web Page URL http://gasbuddy.com/ Accessed Mon Jun 1 18:07:08 2009 Date Added Mon Jun 1 18:07:08 2009 Modified Mon Jun 1 18:07:08 2009 -
Greenhouse gas emissions along the rural-urban gradient
Type Journal Article Author C Andrews Publication Journal of Environmental Planning and Management Volume 51 Issue 6 Pages 847-870 Date 2008 November URL http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/09640560802423780 Accessed Thu Apr 30 13:46:23 2009 Date Added Thu Apr 30 13:46:23 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 13:47:49 2009 Attachments
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Greenhouse gas emissions reduction by use of wind and solar energies for hydrogen and electricity production: Economic factors
Type Journal Article Author Mikhail Granovskii Author Ibrahim Dincer Author Marc A. Rosen Abstract This study addresses economic aspects of introducing renewable technologies in place of fossil fuel ones to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Unlike for traditional fossil fuel technologies, greenhouse gas emissions from renewable technologies are associated mainly with plant construction and the magnitudes are significantly lower. The prospects are shown to be good for producing the environmentally clean fuel hydrogen via water electrolysis driven by renewable energy sources. Nonetheless, the cost of wind- and solar-based electricity is still higher than that of electricity generated in a natural gas power plant. With present costs of wind and solar electricity, it is shown that, when electricity from renewable sources replaces electricity from natural gas, the cost of greenhouse gas emissions abatement is about four times less than if hydrogen from renewable sources replaces hydrogen produced from natural gas. When renewable-based hydrogen is used in a fuel cell vehicle instead of gasoline in a IC engine vehicle, the cost of greenhouse gas emissions reduction approaches the same value as for renewable-based electricity only if the fuel cell vehicle efficiency exceeds significantly (i.e., by about two times) that of an internal combustion vehicle. It is also shown that when 6000 wind turbines (Kenetech KVS-33) with a capacity of 350�kW and a capacity factor of 24% replace a 500-MW gas-fired power plant with an efficiency of 40%, annual greenhouse gas emissions are reduced by 2.3 megatons. The incremental additional annual cost is about $280 million (US). The results provide a useful approach to an optimal strategy for greenhouse gas emissions mitigation. Publication International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Volume 32 Issue 8 Pages 927 - 931 Date 2007 DOI DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2006.09.029 ISSN 0360-3199 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V3F-4MBT1P5-1/2/5a5f5da099308bb31f05d703ffa03876 Date Added Mon Apr 20 14:14:43 2009 Modified Mon Apr 20 14:14:43 2009 Tags:
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Hydrokinetic energy conversion systems and assessment of horizontal and vertical axis turbines for river and tidal applications: A technology status review
Type Journal Article Author M.J. Khan Author G. Bhuyan Author M.T. Iqbal Author J.E. Quaicoe Abstract The energy in flowing river streams, tidal currents or other artificial water channels is being considered as viable source of renewable power. Hydrokinetic conversion systems, albeit mostly at its early stage of development, may appear suitable in harnessing energy from such renewable resources. A number of resource quantization and demonstrations have been conducted throughout the world and it is believed that both in-land water resources and offshore ocean energy sector will benefit from this technology. In this paper, starting with a set of basic definitions pertaining to this technology, a review of the existing and upcoming conversion schemes, and their fields of applications are outlined. Based on a comprehensive survey of various hydrokinetic systems reported to date, general trends in system design, duct augmentation, and placement methods are deduced. A detailed assessment of various turbine systems (horizontal and vertical axis), along with their classification and qualitative comparison, is presented. In addition, the progression of technological advancements tracing several decades of R&D efforts are highlighted. Publication Applied Energy Volume 86 Issue 10 Pages 1823-1835 Date October 2009 DOI 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.02.017 ISSN 0306-2619 Short Title Hydrokinetic energy conversion systems and assessment of horizontal and vertical axis turbines for river and tidal applications URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V1T-4VYW6FV-2/2/1f8fb46959079fd5e202a8268dd37ebf Accessed Thu May 14 11:59:11 2009 Repository ScienceDirect Date Added Thu May 14 11:59:11 2009 Modified Thu May 14 11:59:11 2009 Tags:
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ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability : our members
Type Web Page URL http://www.iclei.org/index.php?
id=772Accessed Thu Apr 30 21:28:00 2009 Date Added Thu Apr 30 21:28:00 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 21:28:00 2009 Attachments
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Instrument Choice in Environmental Policy
Type Journal Article Author Lawrence H Goulder Author Ian W. H Parry Abstract The choice of pollution control instrument is a crucial environmental policy decision. We examine the extent to which various environmental policy instruments meet major evaluation criteria, including cost-effectiveness, distributional equity, the ability to address uncertainties, and political feasibility. Instruments considered include emissions taxes, tradable emissions allowances, subsidies for emissions reductions, performance standards, mandates for the adoption of specific technologies, and subsidies for research toward new, "clean" technologies. We consider policies that address pollution externalities and policies that deal with market failures associated with efforts to invent or deploy new technologies. Several themes emerge. First, no single instrument is clearly superior along all the dimensions relevant to policy choice; even the ranking along a single dimension often depends on the circumstances involved. Second, significant trade-offs arise in the choice of instrument: for example, assuring a reasonable degree of distributional equity will often require a sacrifice of cost-effectiveness. Third, it is sometimes desirable to design hybrid instruments that combine features of various "pure" instruments. Fourth, for many pollution problems, more than one market failure may be involved, which may justify (on efficiency grounds, at least) employing more than one instrument. Finally, potential interactions among environmental policy instruments and among regulatory jurisdictions need to be carefully considered. Publication Rev Environ Econ Policy Volume 2 Issue 2 Pages 152-174 Date 2008 DOI 10.1093/reep/ren005 URL http://reep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/2/2/152 Date Added Wed Apr 29 12:08:19 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 12:08:19 2009 -
Integrated photovoltaic maximum power point tracking converter
Type Journal Article Author J. H.R Enslin Author M. S Wolf Author D. B Snyman Author W. Swiegers Publication Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Volume 44 Issue 6 Pages 769-773 Date December 1997 DOI 10.1109/41.649937 ISSN 0278-0046 Date Added Wed Apr 29 01:03:36 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 01:03:36 2009 Tags:
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LEVELS OF GREEN: STATE AND REGIONAL EFFORTS, IN WYOMING AND BEYOND, TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Type Journal Article Author Joshua Fershee Publication Wyoming Law Review Volume 7 Issue 2 Pages 269-294 Date 2007 URL http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?
sid=CSA:envclust-set-c&…Accessed Thu Apr 30 12:12:15 2009 Date Added Thu Apr 30 12:12:15 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 12:14:04 2009 Attachments
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Mainstreaming sustainable development into a city's Master plan: A case of Urban Underground Space use
Type Journal Article Author Nikolai Bobylev Publication Land Use Policy Volume 26 Issue 4 Pages 1128 - 1137 Date 2009 DOI DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.02.003 ISSN 0264-8377 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VB0-4VS9M15-1/2/9ff788371b388dfe5510ad851cdda487 Date Added Mon Apr 20 14:42:16 2009 Modified Mon Apr 20 14:42:16 2009 Tags:
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MITIGATING GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE UNITED STATES: A REGIONAL APPROACH
Type Journal Article Author Kirsten Engel Publication New York University Environmental Law Journal Volume 14 Issue 54 Pages 1-21 Date 2006 02 01 URL http://www1.law.nyu.edu/journals/envtllaw/issues/vol14/1/v14_n1_engel.pdf Accessed Wed Apr 29 12:27:16 2009 Date Added Wed Apr 29 12:27:16 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 12:29:17 2009 Attachments
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Mitigating Global Climate Change in the United States: A Regional Approach
Type Journal Article Author Kristen Engel Abstract In this essay, Professor Kirsten Engel discusses the potential for cooperative regional efforts to counteract the federal government's failure to address global climate change. Such regional cooperation is occurring primarily among states that are addressing climate change, itself something of an anomaly given standard economic theory. While encouraged by the regulatory activity, Professor Engel argues that, due to the relatively small amount of greenhouse gases reduced through such measures, the true significance of state and local action on climate change is its potential for triggering potentially larger greenhouse gas emissions cuts at the federal or regional level. Professor Engel discusses some of the reasons for the regional cooperation that is occurring as well as the unanswered empirical questions concerning the scope of the environmental benefits resulting from regional cooperation. Recognizing that, absent congressional ratification, cooperative ventures between states are not favored under our federal structure of government, Professor Engel examines the possible conflicts between this emerging regional trend and various constitutional doctrines. Professor Engel concludes that strict adherence to these doctrines will hinder the full potential of regional interstate arrangements to address climate change. Publication New York University Environmental Law Journal Volume 14 Issue 54 Pages 1-21 Date 2005 URL http://www1.law.nyu.edu/journals/envtllaw/issues/vol14/1/v14_n1_engel.pdf Accessed Mon May 18 13:59:48 2009 Date Added Mon May 18 13:59:48 2009 Modified Mon May 18 14:02:35 2009 -
NRDC’s summary of the Waxman-Markey bill « Climate and energy
Type Blog Post Author David Doniger Blog Title NRDC's Switchboard Blog Date 2009 March 01 URL http://blog.climateandenergy.org/2009/04/09/nrdcs-summary-of-the-waxman-markey-bill/ Accessed Wed Apr 29 13:06:25 2009 Date Added Wed Apr 29 13:06:25 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 13:08:04 2009 Attachments
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NREL: Dynamic Maps, GIS Data, and Analysis Tools - Maps
Type Web Page Author NREL URL http://www.nrel.gov/gis/maps.html Accessed Fri May 29 01:12:34 2009 Date Added Fri May 29 01:12:34 2009 Modified Fri May 29 01:20:15 2009 Attachments
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Ocean Wave Energy
Type Video Recording Contributor Google Abstract Google Tech Talks November 8, 2006 ABSTRACT The World Energy Council has estimated the 'useful' global ocean wave energy resource as 2TW (17,500TWh/year). From this it has been estimated (Thorpe 1999) that the practical economic contribution from wave energy converters could be 2,000TWh/year (similar to current installed nuclear or hydroelectric generation capacity). Such generating capacity could result in up to 2 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions being displaced from fossil fuel generation per year - similar to current emissions from electricity generation in the US. Formed in 1998, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, Ocean Power Delivery Ltd has developed the 'Pelamis' wave energy converter... Date 2007-07-23 Running Time 3591 seconds URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ovw-pHqyP7EAccessed Fri May 29 00:27:53 2009 Repository YouTube Date Added Fri May 29 00:27:53 2009 Modified Fri May 29 00:27:53 2009 Tags:
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This video showcases a commercial entity showing off research on wave energy. There are multiple data sources shown for commercial GIS data. Machine concept shows the process and the logic for where these are deployed. NOAA is a wave data source. Use wave period and wave height (at 43:00).
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Peak Shaving through Resource Buffering
Type Book Section Author Amotz Bar-Noy Author Matthew Johnson Author Ou Liu Abstract We introduce and solve a new problem inspired by energy pricing schemes in which a client is billed for peak usage. At each timeslot the system meets an energy demand through a combination of a new request, an unreliable amount of free source energy (e.g. solar or wind power), and previously received energy. The added piece of infrastructure is the battery, which can store surplus energy for future use. More generally, the demands could represent required amounts of energy, water, or any other tenable resource which can be obtained in advance and held until needed. In a feasible solution, each demand must be supplied on time, through a combination of newly requested energy, energy withdrawn from the battery, and free source. The goal is to minimize the maximum request. In the online version of this problem, the algorithm must determine each request without knowledge of future demands or free source availability, with the goal of maximizing the amount by which the peak is reduced. We give efficient optimal algorithms for the offline problem, with and without a bounded battery. We also show how to find the optimal offline battery size, given the requirement that the final battery level equals the initial battery level. Finally, we give efficient H n -competitive algorithms assuming the peak effective demand is revealed in advance, and provide matching lower bounds. Book Title Approximation and Online Algorithms Series Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume Volume 5426/2009 Publisher Springer Berlin / Heidelberg Pages 147-159 ISBN 978-3-540-93979-5 Date Added Wed Apr 29 14:32:44 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 14:36:04 2009 -
Promoting Public Transport Using Marketing Techniques in Mobility Management and Verifying their Quantitative Effects
Type Journal Article Author Ayako Taniguchi Author Satoshi Fujii Abstract Abstract Mobility management (MM) is a transportation management policy that uses “soft” measures to attempt to reduce car use and promote sustainable transportation modes such as public transport, bicycles, and walking. Using communication and other means, MM induces voluntarily change towards more sustainable transportation modes. We implemented MM marketing to promote an experimental community bus service. This project had two components: a questionnaire conducted in the service area and a monthly newsletter. The questionnaire was more than a survey; it also communicated information about the bus and helped promote bus use. One month after the survey, we implemented a follow-up survey targeting the initial survey respondents. Results suggest that the MM program produced a general increase in bus use, as well as mouth-to-mouth advertising, that helped promote bus use. Publication Transportation Volume 34 Issue 1 Pages 37-49 Date January 01, 2007 DOI 10.1007/s11116-006-0003-7 URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11116-006-0003-7 Accessed Sat May 16 15:09:13 2009 Repository SpringerLink Date Added Sat May 16 15:09:13 2009 Modified Sat May 16 15:09:13 2009 Attachments
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Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions:How Much at What Cost
Type Report Author Jon Creyts Author Anton Derkach Author Scott Nyquist Author Ken Ostrowski Author Jack Stephenson Report Type Executive Report Series Title U.S. Greenhouse Gas Abatement Mapping Initiative Institution McKinsey & Company Date December 2007 URL http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/ccsi/pdf/US_ghg_final_report.pdf Accessed Wed Apr 29 14:22:10 2009 Date Added Wed Apr 29 14:22:10 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 14:25:30 2009 Attachments
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Relationship of bispectral index to hemodynamic variables and alveolar concentration multiples of sevoflurane in puppies
Type Journal Article Author J. Morgaz Author M.M. Granados Author J.M. Dominguez Author R. Navarrete Author A. Gal�n Author J.A. Fern�ndez Author R.J. G�mez-Villamandos Publication Research in Veterinary Science Volume 86 Issue 3 Pages 508 - 513 Date 2009 DOI DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2008.09.005 ISSN 0034-5288 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WWR-4TTNCGM-1/2/f040873ad0a025a1024e7b6dd2f06478 Date Added Thu May 14 12:11:16 2009 Modified Thu May 14 12:11:30 2009 Tags:
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Renewable energy sources: Their global potential for the first-half of the 21st century at a global level: An integrated approach
Type Journal Article Author Bert J.M. de Vries Author Detlef P. van Vuuren Author Monique M. Hoogwijk Abstract The risk of human-induced climate change and the volatility of world oil markets make non-fossil fuel options important. This paper investigates the potential for wind, solar-PV and biomass (WSB) to deliver energy. The focus is on land opportunities and constraints and on production costs as a function of resource availability and depletion and of innovation dynamics. The context is provided by the IPCC SRES scenarios as simulated with the IMAGE 2.2 model. We explicitly consider several sources of uncertainty, aspects of the food vs. energy trade-off and the effects of interaction between the three options through their claims on land. We show that [`]potential production' concepts are strongly dependent on the chosen land-use scenario--and should therefore be used with an indication of the underlying assumptions. Our results indicate a potential for liquid biofuels in the order of 75-300 EJ year-1 and for electricity from WSB options at production costs below 10 ¢ kWh-1 of 200-300 PWh year-1. Theoretically, future electricity demand can be amply met from WSB sources in most regions by 2050 below 10 ¢ kWh-1, but major uncertainties are the degree to which land is actually available and the rate and extent at which specific investment costs can be reduced. In some regions, competition for land among the three WSB options may significantly reduce the total potential as estimated from simple addition--which is another source of uncertainty. Publication Energy Policy Volume 35 Issue 4 Pages 2590-2610 Date April 2007 DOI 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.09.002 ISSN 0301-4215 Short Title Renewable energy sources URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V2W-4MBT2B3-1/2/cfe03e01ae4d93635df627469db97dc8 Accessed Sat May 16 15:05:39 2009 Repository ScienceDirect Date Added Sat May 16 15:05:39 2009 Modified Sat May 16 15:05:39 2009 Tags:
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Renewable energy strategies for sustainable development
Type Journal Article Author Henrik Lund Abstract This paper discusses the perspective of renewable energy (wind, solar, wave and biomass) in the making of strategies for a sustainable development. Such strategies typically involve three major technological changes: energy savings on the demand side, efficiency improvements in the energy production, and replacement of fossil fuels by various sources of renewable energy. Consequently, large-scale renewable energy implementation plans must include strategies for integrating renewable sources in coherent energy systems influenced by energy savings and efficiency measures. Based on the case of Denmark, this paper discusses the problems and perspectives of converting present energy systems into a 100% renewable energy system. The conclusion is that such development is possible. The necessary renewable energy sources are present, and if further technological improvements of the energy system are achieved the renewable energy system can be created. Especially technologies of converting the transportation sector and the introduction of flexible energy system technologies are crucial. Publication Energy Volume 32 Issue 6 Pages 912-919 Date June 2007 DOI 10.1016/j.energy.2006.10.017 ISSN 0360-5442 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V2S-4MKTXPP-1/2/f226739983736bc7a6d06422682e5f41 Accessed Sat May 16 15:08:27 2009 Repository ScienceDirect Date Added Sat May 16 15:08:27 2009 Modified Sat May 16 15:08:27 2009 Tags:
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Socioeconomic and political determinants of state spending on environmental programs
Type Journal Article Author Donald Agthe Author Bruce Billings Abstract Examines the impact of socioeconomic and political variables on the demand for per capita expenditures on environmental programs. Factors that influence financial commitment to state environmental programs; Utilization of two equation model to estimate demand for spending per capita; Lack of interrelationship between quantity demanded and program quality equations. Publication American Economist Date spring 1996 URL http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
direct=true&db=bth&…Accessed Thu Apr 30 12:43:41 2009 Date Added Thu Apr 30 12:43:41 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 13:19:50 2009 Attachments
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Solar Photovoltaic Financing Deployment on Public Property by State and Local Governments
Type Document Author Karlynn Cory Author Jason Coughlin Author Charles Coggeshall Abstract State and local governments have grown increasingly aware of the economic, environmental, and societal benefits of taking a lead role in U.S. implementation of renewable energy, particularly distributed photovoltaic (PV) installations. Recently, solar energy's cost premium has declined as a result of technology improvements and an increase in the cost of traditional energy generation. At the same time, a nationwide public policy focus on carbon-free, renewable energy has created a wide range of financial incentives to lower the costs of deploying PV even further. These changes have led to exponential increases in the availability of capital for solar projects, and tremendous creativity in the development of third-party ownership structures. Publisher NREL Date May 2008 URL http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy08osti/43115.pdf Accessed Thu Apr 30 13:11:31 2009 Date Added Thu Apr 30 13:11:31 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 13:56:27 2009 Tags:
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<ul> <li>"A number of revenue streams, incentives, and financial structures can be utilized by state and municipal governments who want to support solar projects"</li> <li>For state and local governments, several methods of financing the <br />production of these goods are available, including systems benefit charge (SBC) funds, issuance of energy bonds, clean renewable energy bonds (CREBs) approved by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and federal renewable energy production incentives (REPI). Additionally, private <br />sector financiers are able to take advantage of another set of incentives,which include the federal investment tax credit (ITC) and accelerated depreciation under the federal Modified Accelerated <br />Cost Recovery System (MACRS). Finally, there may be additional state, local, or utility incentives available to further reduce the installed costs of PV</li> <li>State and local governments can reduce electricity bills by <br />producing electricity on-site with a solar PV system. However, the savings are not currently enough to justify deployment solely based on these savings, even over a 20-year payback period.</li> </ul>
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Stabilising energy-related greenhouse gas emissions: Making
Type Journal Article Author Georg Caspary Author Meredydd Evans Author Lucie Buxtorf Publication Renewable Energy Volume 32 Issue 5 Pages 713 - 726 Date 2007 DOI DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2006.03.013 ISSN 0960-1481 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V4S-4K8S5NK-1/2/b9570d98f5e379aa5020dd550a636793 Date Added Sun May 10 15:30:44 2009 Modified Sun May 10 15:30:44 2009 Tags:
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Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies
Type Journal Article Author S. Pacala Author R. Socolow Abstract Humanity already possesses the fundamental scientific, technical, and industrial know-how to solve the carbon and climate problem for the next half-century. A portfolio of technologies now exists to meet the world's energy needs over the next 50 years and limit atmospheric CO2 to a trajectory that avoids a doubling of the preindustrial concentration. Every element in this portfolio has passed beyond the laboratory bench and demonstration project; many are already implemented somewhere at full industrial scale. Although no element is a credible candidate for doing the entire job (or even half the job) by itself, the portfolio as a whole is large enough that not every element has to be used. Publication Science Volume 305 Issue 5686 Pages 968-972 Date August 13, 2004 DOI 10.1126/science.1100103 Short Title Stabilization Wedges URL http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/305/5686/968 Accessed Mon May 18 15:12:29 2009 Repository HighWire Date Added Mon May 18 15:12:29 2009 Modified Mon May 18 15:12:29 2009 Attachments
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Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies
Type Journal Article Author S. Pacala Author R. Socolow Abstract Humanity already possesses the fundamental scientific, technical, and industrial know-how to solve the carbon and climate problem for the next half-century. A portfolio of technologies now exists to meet the world's energy needs over the next 50 years and limit atmospheric CO2 to a trajectory that avoids a doubling of the preindustrial concentration. Every element in this portfolio has passed beyond the laboratory bench and demonstration project; many are already implemented somewhere at full industrial scale. Although no element is a credible candidate for doing the entire job (or even half the job) by itself, the portfolio as a whole is large enough that not every element has to be used. Publication Science Volume 305 Issue 5686 Pages 968-972 Date August 13, 2004 DOI 10.1126/science.1100103 Short Title Stabilization Wedges URL http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/305/5686/968 Accessed Mon May 18 15:12:50 2009 Repository HighWire Date Added Mon May 18 15:12:50 2009 Modified Mon May 18 15:12:50 2009 Attachments
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State and Local Energy Efficiency Programs | Business.gov
Type Web Page Date 2009 URL http://www.business.gov/expand/green-business/energy-efficiency/state-local/ Accessed Thu Apr 30 21:35:14 2009 Date Added Thu Apr 30 21:35:14 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 21:35:19 2009 Attachments
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State Energy Alternatives: Tax Incentives
Type Web Page Date 2009 URL http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/states/alternatives/tax_incentives.cfm Accessed Thu Apr 30 21:36:06 2009 Date Added Thu Apr 30 21:36:06 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 21:36:10 2009 Attachments
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Sustainable construction
Type Book Author Charles J. Kibert Contributor Charles J. Kibert Date 2007 # of Pages 407 ISBN 0470114215, 9780470114216 Repository Google Books Date Added Sat May 16 15:12:35 2009 Modified Sat May 16 15:12:35 2009 -
The Cities for Climate Protection Campaign (CCPC) and the framing of Local Climate Policy
Type Journal Article Author Gard Lindseth Publication Local Environment Volume 9 Issue 4 Pages 325-336 Date 2004 ISSN 1354-9839 URL http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/1354983042000246252 Date Added Thu Apr 30 12:26:40 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 12:26:40 2009 Attachments
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The economic viability of commercial wind plants in Greece A complete sensitivity analysis
Type Journal Article Author J. K. Kaldellis Author Th. J. Gavras Publication Energy Policy Volume 28 Issue 8 Pages 509 - 517 Date 2000 DOI DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(00)00039-2 ISSN 0301-4215 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V2W-40962RW-2/2/e8b12a8285a3bfb92a405112e84d19a7 Date Added Wed Apr 29 01:11:44 2009 Modified Wed Apr 29 01:11:44 2009 Tags:
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The economics of wind energy
Type Journal Article Author Mar�a Isabel Blanco Publication Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Volume 13 Issue 6-7 Pages 1372 - 1382 Date 2009 DOI DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2008.09.004 ISSN 1364-0321 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VMY-4TMC2CG-1/2/0e6bb15ebce0038455613482d7d90a72 Date Added Mon Apr 20 14:35:31 2009 Modified Mon Apr 20 14:35:31 2009 Tags:
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The geography of metropolitan carbon footprints
Type Journal Article Author Marilyn A Author Frank Author Andrea Abstract The world's metropolitan carbon footprints have distinct geographies that are not well understood or recognized in debates about climate change, partly because data on greenhouse gas emissions is so inadequate. This article describes the results of the most comprehensive assessment of carbon footprints for major American metropolitan areas available to date, focusing on residential and transportation carbon emissions for the largest 100 metropolitan areas in the United States. These findings are put into the context of efforts across the country and the globe to characterize carbon impacts and policy linkages. Much of the material in this article is adapted from a report titled Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America that was funded by the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program and published in May 2008. Publication Policy and Society Volume 27 Issue 4 Pages 285-304 Date March 2009 DOI 10.1016/j.polsoc.2009.01.001 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?
_ob=ArticleURL&…Accessed Sun May 17 18:45:08 2009 Repository ScienceDirect Date Added Sun May 17 18:45:08 2009 Modified Sun May 17 18:45:08 2009 Attachments
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The Planning Report - Rick Cole: AB 32 Goals Achievable Through Smart Growth, Regional Collaboration
Type Web Page Author Rick Cole Abstract Rick Cole highlights the work that Ventura has done regarding their "green initiatives". He rightfully points out that often, the communities that first take action are those with universities attached to them: Davis, Berkeley, and Santa Cruz for instance. URL http://www.planningreport.com/tpr/?
story_id=1302&…Accessed Mon Jun 29 15:08:29 2009 Date Added Mon Jun 29 15:08:29 2009 Modified Mon Jun 29 15:15:11 2009 Attachments
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The Tragedy of the Commons
Type Journal Article Author Garrett Hardin Publication Science Volume 162 Issue 3859 Pages 1243-1248 Date December 13, 1968 URL http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/162/3859/1243 Accessed Mon May 18 14:03:08 2009 Date Added Mon May 18 14:03:08 2009 Modified Mon May 18 14:05:49 2009 Attachments
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Travelocity Travel: Cheap Airfare, Hotels, Flights, Vacations, Cruises & Car Rentals
Type Web Page URL http://www.travelocity.com/ Accessed Mon Jun 1 18:05:16 2009 Date Added Mon Jun 1 18:05:16 2009 Modified Mon Jun 1 18:05:16 2009 -
UC-eLinks - Every Citizen a Carbon Trader?
Type Web Page URL http://p8888-ucelinks.cdlib.org.proxy.library.ucsb.edu:2048/sfx_local?
sid=CSA:envclust-set-c&…Accessed Sun May 10 15:18:41 2009 Date Added Sun May 10 15:18:41 2009 Modified Sun May 10 15:18:41 2009 Attachments
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United states policy for mitigating global climate change
Type Journal Article Author Perry Bergman Author Robert Kane Author Judith Kildow Publication Waste Management Volume 17 Issue 5-6 Pages 309 - 314 Date 1998 DOI DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(97)10044-7 ISSN 0956-053X URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VFR-3T2P464-9/2/348c923fd3303d0d1beef8b19c650b6c Date Added Sun May 10 15:52:36 2009 Modified Sun May 10 15:52:36 2009 -
Using energy scenarios to explore alternative energy pathways in California
Type Journal Article Author Rebecca Ghanadan Author Jonathan G. Koomey Publication Energy Policy Volume 33 Issue 9 Pages 1117 - 1142 Date 2005 DOI DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2003.11.011 ISSN 0301-4215 URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V2W-4BT8GBX-1/2/5f656adf160215e15fa588d3a3a68cd6 Date Added Thu Apr 30 12:19:25 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 12:19:25 2009 Tags:
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Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards | Pew Center on Global Climate Change: The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Type Web Page URL http://www.pewclimate.org/what_s_being_done/in_the_states/vehicle_ghg_standard.cfm Accessed Thu Apr 30 13:19:58 2009 Date Added Thu Apr 30 13:19:58 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 13:19:58 2009 Attachments
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Wind Power News - The New York Times
Type Newspaper Article Author Kate Galbraith Publication New York Times Edition Online Date 19 February 2009 Section Energy & Environment URL http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/energy-environment/wind-power/index.html Accessed Thu Apr 30 12:33:01 2009 Date Added Thu Apr 30 12:33:01 2009 Modified Thu Apr 30 12:34:46 2009