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“A Reindeer Herder's Perspective on Caribou, Weather and Socio-economic Change on the Seward Penin...
"Non-climate variables shape vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change. Here, we describe how recent environmental and socio-economic developments have transformed reindeer herding and perceptions of weather on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. The reindeer industry has shrunk considerably since the early 1990s, when the winter range of t ...
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Kumi Rattenbury, Knut Kielland, Greg Finstad, William Schneider
Polar Research Volume 28 Issue 1 (April 2009) Special Issue: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability in the Arctic
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public
“Tailoring Rule” Outlining Clean Air Act Permitting Thresholds for Facilities that Emit Greenhou...
The "Tailoring Rule" is the latest in a series of linked actions by the EPA based on the Supreme Court’s 2007 decision in
Massachusetts v. EPA. In that decision, the Court stipulated
that GHGs are “pollutants” under the Clean Air Act, and ordered EPA
to make a science-based determination as to whether GHG emissions
from motor vehicles cont ...
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Van Ness Feldman, Attorneys at Law
Van Ness Feldman, Washington D.C., May 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
California Farm Water Success Stories
"This report analyzes successful examples of sustainable water policies and practices to demonstrate how innovative growers and irrigation districts are already beginning to move California toward more equitable and efficient water management use. These practices are making a differendce and there are steps, both in policy and on-the-ground, tha ...
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Juliet Christian-Smith, Lucy Allen, Michael J. Cohen, Peter Schulte, Courtney Smith, and Peter H. Gleick
Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA, USA, March 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Cap And Dividend: A State-By-State Analysis
From the Abstract:
“The impacts on consumers of a cap on carbon
emissions will vary across income brackets and
across the 50 states. This paper provides statelevel
estimates of these impacts by income
decile. We then estimate the net effect of a
cap-and-dividend policy in which all carbon
permits are auctioned and 80% of the revenue
is retu ...
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James K. Boyce & Matthew E. Riddle
Political Economy Research Institute University of Massachusetts, Amherst: August 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Climate Change and Damage from Extreme Weather Events
From the Abstract: "The risks of extreme weather events are typically being estimated, by federal agencies and others, with historical frequency data assumed to reflect future
probabilities. These estimates may not yet have adequately factored in the effects of past and future climate change, despite strong evidence of a changing climate. They ...
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Robert Repetto & Robert Easton
Political Economy Research Institute, Amherst, MA., October 2009
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Climate Change in Pennsylvania Impacts and Solutions for the Keystone State
This study examines the effects of climate change in Pennsylvania, specifically the impacts on towns and cities, agriculture, forests, and winter recreation, plus a case study on Pittsburgh entitled "From Grit to Green."
From the conclusion: "Climate change represents an enormous challenge, but swift action can put solutions within reach ...
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Union of Concerned Scientists
Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, October 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
CO. Colorado: Assessing the Costs of Climate Change
Brief summary of the state’s projected climate trends and economic costs, with fully annotated and cited sources. Useful for political debate, with brief overview and comments on known data problems.
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National Conference of State Legislatures and Center for Integrative Environmental Research. U. Maryland
Denver CO, and Washington, DC: National Conference of State Legislatures: 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public
CT. Connecticut: Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast
This summary was prepared by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) based on "Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast: Science, Impacts, and Solutions," a report of the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment (NECIA, 2007). NECIA is a collaborative effort between the UCS and a team of independent scientific experts to assess how global warmi ...
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Union of Concerned Scientists
Union of Concerned Scientists: 2007
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public
Electric Vehicle Policy For the Midwest – A Scoping Document
From the Executive Summary:
"In the last three years the transportation sector has witnessed a revolutionary
upheaval. Car sales plummeted, with the most dramatic declines occurring in
light truck sales. Two of the three big U.S. car companies declared bankruptcy. The
federal government and California imposed significant efficiency stand ...
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John Bailey and David Morris
New Rules Project, Minneapolis, MN, USA, December 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Energy Efficiency in the American Clean Air and Security Act of 2009: Impacts of Current Provisions ...
Excerpted from the Abstract: "This report discusses the national level impacts of The American Clean Air and Security Act of 2009, breaks them down on a state-by-state basis and describes the methodology for how values were determined." (50)
The report concludes that these provisions will result not only consumer cost savings, but job crea ...
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Rachel Gold, Laura Furrey, Steven Nadel, John "Skip" Laitner, R. Neal Elliott
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Washington, D.C., September 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Energy Self-Reliant States: Second and Expanded Edition
This report addresses the feasability of individual states becoming self-sufficient in energy generation by using their own renewable resources.
This second edition, while focused on electricity, also incliudes nearly all renewable sources (on and offshore wind, micro hydro, heat, power, geothermal and rooftop photovoltaics.) The conclusi ...
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John Farrell and David Morris
New Rules Project, Minneapolis, MN, October 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US Only
Environmental Justice and the Green Economy: A Vision Statement and Case Studies for Just and Sustai...
This report (available for download as PDF documents in both English
and Spanish) highlights grassroots environmental justice successes that are creating the vision for a just and sustainable economy.
The publication includes case studies from
low income communities and communities of color in Los Angeles, Navajo Nation,
Harlan County ...
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Working Group of We Act for Environmenta. Justice
We Act for Environmental Justice, Harlem, NY, March 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
FL. Florida and Climate Change: The Costs of Inaction
This report examines the potential costs to Florida if greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked. An optimistic scenario and a pessimistic one are compared. Under the optimistic scenario — called "rapid stabilization" — the world begins taking action in the very near future and greatly reduces emissions by mid-century with additional decreases th ...
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Elizabeth A. Stanton, Frank Ackerman
Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University: November 2007
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For the Public
GA. Georgia: Assessing the Costs of Climate Change
Brief summary of the state’s projected climate trends and economic costs, with fully annotated and cited sources. Useful for political debate, with brief overview and comments on known data problems.
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National Conference of State Legislatures and Center for Integrative Environmental Research. U. Maryland
DE, October 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public
Green Building Policy in a Changing Economic Environment
Green-building projects continue in major cities, despite the economic downturn. Since buildings contribute approximately 40% of all greenhouse gas emissions, plans for sustainability must continue to take green-building into account in order to reduce the impact of the built environment on nature. The trends are explored in this report. ...
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Brooks Rainwater, Cooper Martin, and Brendan Kara
American Institute of Architects, Washington DC., 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Green Prosperity: How Clean-Energy Policies Can Fight Poverty and Raise Living Standards in the Unit...
From the website: This report finds that investments in a clean energy economy can significantly drive down the unemployment rate and provide job opportunities to Americans across all skill and education levels. Through increased employment and lower energy bills and transportation costs, the standard of living for low-income people in particular w ...
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Robert Pollin, Jeannette Wicks-Lim, and Heidi Garrett-Peltier
Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, June 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public
Greening Ohio Industry
From the Executive Summary: "Ohio’s manufacturing sector is a prime first target for achieving energy savings and emissions reductions. Although many manufacturers are modernizing—becoming more high skill, high tech and efficient—Ohio’s manufacturing industry remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels. To reduce our dependence on polluting fuel, ...
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Amanda Woodrum
Policy Matters Ohio, November 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
IL. Illinois: Assessing the Costs of Climate Change
Brief summary of the state’s projected climate trends and economic costs, with fully annotated and cited sources. Useful for political debate, with brief overview and comments on known data problems.
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National Conference of State Legislatures and Center for Integrative Environmental Research. U. Maryland
Denver CO, and Washington, DC: National Conference of State Legislatures: October 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public
Implications of Climate Policy in a Carbon-Intensive Region: Estimating Abatement Costs under Deep P...
Wisconsin's economy is relatively carbon-intensive due to a high level of coal-fired electric generation. In addition, it is dependent on out-of-state providers for natural
gas, hydroelectric, geologic sites for carbon sequestration, and most wind and solar power. This report examines important and uncertain details of climate change mitigation ...
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J.P. Muller and Gregory F. Nemet
La Follette School of Public Affairs, Madison, WI., September 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Inventory Of New York City Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2008
From the Executive Summary:
“In April 2007, the City of New York (the City) released its
first-ever comprehensive greenhouse gas inventory. The
Inventory of New York City Greenhouse Gas Emissions
actually included two emissions inventories: one for
citywide emissions based on 2005 emissions data, and
one for City government operations based o ...
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Energy Conservation Steering Committee NYC
City of New York: Sept 17, 2008, updated Feb 24, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Specialized Analysts
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