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I recently replied to a question on the National Journal blog on whether small legislative measures will be effective in fighting climate change.

You can read responses at the National Journal.

Here is my response:

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Featuring:

EILEEN CLAUSSEN
President, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions;

TOM FARRELL
CEO, Dominion Resources;

DAVE MCCURDY
President, American Gas Association;

MICHAEL WEBBER
Deputy Director, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Moderator;

BRUCE HEDMAN
Technical Director, Institute for Industrial Productivity;

THOMAS MASSARO
Vice President - Marketing and Business Intelligence, New Jersey Natural Gas;

SUSAN ROBINSON
Federal Public Affairs Director, Waste Management;

BRANKO TERZIC
Executive Director, Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions;

Tue, 06/04/2013 - 09:00 - 11:30

Featuring:

EILEEN CLAUSSEN
President, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

TOM FARRELL
CEO, Dominion Resources

DAVE MCCURDY
President, American Gas Association

MICHAEL WEBBER
Deputy Director, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Moderator

BRUCE HEDMAN
Technical Director, Institute for Industrial Productivity

THOMAS MASSARO
Vice President - Marketing and Business Intelligence, New Jersey Natural Gas

SUSAN ROBINSON
Federal Public Affairs Director, Waste Management

BRANKO TERZIC
Executive Director, Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions

Letter to the Editor
The Washington Post
Published May 9, 2013

Regarding the May 6 front-page article “Europe’s carbon market goes bust”:

In evaluating Europe’s cap-and-trade system, it’s important to distinguish means (a carbon price) from ends (carbon reductions). Europe’s carbon price is low in large part because a prolonged recession and complementary policies have reduced fossil-based energy demand and, in turn, demand for carbon allowances. The carbon market, in other words, has adjusted to the current economic reality, just the way a market should.

 

Despite low carbon prices, Europe is on track to outperform its carbon emissions targets for 2020. Indeed, Europe’s carbon intensity (emissions per unit of gross domestic product) is about a third lower than that of the United States, and Europe’s per-capita emissions are roughly half ours.

Europe’s experience provides important lessons for those introducing carbon pricing systems elsewhere. The key lesson is to refine — not abandon — this market-based approach.

Eileen Claussen, Arlington
The writer is president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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Two 2013 Climate Leadership Award winners in the supply chain category will discuss how they set aggressive greenhouse gas reduction goals and how they are at the leading edge of managing GHGs in their organizational supply chains.
Mike Ray, Vice President of Business Integration and Transformation, IBM Integrated Supply Chain
Andy Renger, Supply Chain Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric
REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/606192074]

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 14:00 - 15:00

Two 2013 Climate Leadership Award winners in the supply chain category will discuss how they set aggressive greenhouse gas reduction goals and how they are at the leading edge of managing GHGs in their organizational supply chains.
Mike Ray, Vice President of Business Integration and Transformation, IBM Integrated Supply Chain
Andy Renger, Supply Chain Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric
REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/606192074

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Judi Greenwald will speak about ways to spur carbon capture technology development,

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 08:55 - 10:00

Judi Greenwald will speak about ways to spur carbon capture technology development,

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Joseph Casola will speak on trends and projections.

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 11:15 - 11:40

Joseph Casola will speak on trends and projections.

I recently replied to a question on the National Journal blog on what technology innovations mean for Washington.

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Some skeptics have seized on a recent article in The Economist noting an apparent “hiatus” in global warming to argue that climate change is a fiction and efforts to address it are misguided. Those interpretations, which were voiced by some representatives at a recent House hearing on climate science, misrepresent both the article and the science it examines.

So what are the facts?

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In the past few weeks, both Maryland and Virginia raised revenue to fix aging transportation infrastructure. And they ensured that future revenues would increase with inflation.

The revenue packages are quite different, reflecting each state’s uniquely messy political realities. But for the first time in a long time, they make genuine progress in solving the region’s transportation problems.

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