Studies
America has the technological know-how and the resources to move away from dependence on oil and other fossil fuels and toward a cleaner, more secure New Energy Future. America’s dependence on fossil fuels poses challenges to America’s environment, economic health and national security. Each of those challenges is likely to become more critical in the years to come if we continue along our present path of increasing energy use and increasing imports of energy from abroad. A New Energy Future in which America is smarter about how we use energy and in which we tap our abundant supplies of clean, renewable, homegrown energy can address many of those challenges. Achieving that future will require America to set clear goals to guide our energy policies and to mobilize the scientific, economic and political resources we need to meet them.
ENDING THE ENERGY STALEMATE
The National Commission On Energy Policy, December 2004
The report composed by a bipartisan commission details a formulated strategy for addressing America's energy needs policy recommendations for addressing oil security, climate change, natural gas supply, the future of nuclear energy, long-term challenges, and is backed by more than 30 original research studies.
This report examines the role of public investment and technology innovation to build global clean energy markets. A shift to clean energy technology is needed to address growing environmental, economic and energy problems of the 21st century.
This study examines the ways in which 14 government agencies and corporations have been able to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
Expanding the use of renewable energy is not only good for our energy self-sufficiency and the environment; it also has a significant positive impact on employment. This is the conclusion of 13 independent reports and studies that analyze the economic and employment impacts of the clean energy industry in the United States and Europe.
Wind power is delivering significant economic benefits to Texas and has the potential to be a major economic force in the future. Fewer than six years after the state’s first commercial utilityscale wind power plant was installed, Texas has 1,100 Megawatts of wind power on the ground. In response to the Texas legislature’s renewable energy requirement, utilities and wind companies invested $1 billion in 2001 to build 912 Megawatts of new wind power projects.
The Union of Concerned Scientists, with assistance from American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and Tellus Institute, investigated the costs and benefits of a Clean Energy Blueprint to promote diversity in production and energy conservation. We also examine a subset of Clean Energy Blueprint policies included in the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Investment Act of 2001 (S. 1333).
