The United States’ transport and energy production sectors are the nation’s key sources of emissions. Together they produce well over one half of the country’s greenhouse gases. As a result, the majority of climate policies that the U.S. currently has in place or is pursuing target these two areas. And,… read more
A Closer Look at the Global Nuclear Industry
In 2009, Rocky Mountain Institute chief scientist Amory Lovins declared “Nuclear power is continuing its decades-long collapse in the global marketplace because it’s grossly uncompetitive, unneeded, and obsolete”. Mr. Lovin’s further reiterated this point in his 2011 book Reinventing Fire. On the other side of the spectrum is Austin Chronicle… read more
Courts Rule in Favor of Tighter EPA Standards
In a major victory for the Obama Administration, the Supreme Court has issued a series of landmark decisions on several EPA standards which will determine the future of the U.S. energy production sector. In June 2013, President Barack Obama outlined his Climate Action Plan calling for aggressive legislation to limit… read more
