According to Eli Kintisch of Science Magazine and ScienceInsider, President-elect Obama will nominate Dr. John Holdren to be Science Advisor to the President and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Holdren currently serves a…
The IEA updated some of its very valuable policy databases this December, making them a good starting point for researchers trying to figure out what initiatives are planned or in place in IEA member countries, as well in countries such as China, India…
The IEA updated some of its very valuable policy databases this December, making them a good starting point for researchers trying to figure out what initiatives are planned or in place in IEA member countries, as well in countries such as China, India…
My colleague Inês gave a webinar recently on her work on energy efficiency supply curves titled: “The US Energy Savings Potential and Who Pays for It”. Watch the webinar for free here.Energy use and CO2 emissions from the residential sector are distri…
Because the transportation sector currently relies so heavily on petroleum for energy (oil provides about 96% of U.S. transportation energy), oil price shocks have the potential to affect the wider economy. When it costs more to move things around (whe…
At the U.S./International Association for Energy Economics (USAEE/IAEE) conference last week in New Orleans, Entergy, an energy company with more than 30,000 MW of capacity and more than 2.7 million electricity customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississ…
A few reports on energy efficiency and climate change that I came across recently are of interest. First, the UNEP has a report detailing life cycle GHG emissions from the residential and commerical buildings sector. The report states that buildings ar…
Last Sunday, in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Granger Morgan (Carnegie Mellon University) drew his perspective on key priorities to promote a more sustainable US energy system.Morgan suggested that the right incentives for private investment in more sus…
Please welcome new Sustainable Research contributor Inês Lima Azevedo! Inês is finishing up her Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon, and we are glad to have her as a contributing blogger. Welcome!
The “Emergy Economic Stabilization Act of 2008″ includes extended tax credits for energy efficiency home improvements. The summary of tax credits to homeowners is available here .
