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Regulate to Innovate?
After the passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act last week, President Obama appeared Monday with White House Climate 'Czar' Carol Browner and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. Although the climate and energy bill invests just a fraction of what President Obama has repeatedly promised for clean energy R&D, neither the President nor staunch energy innovation advocate Chu spoke a word about the lack of funding for innovation. Instead, both of the President's top energy advisors were content to recycle the well-worn myth that past regulations have been a major driver of energy innovation. Breakthrough looks at the myth and the reality here.
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Critics Across the Political Spectrum Find Serious Fault with ACES
On Friday, June 26 the House passed The American Clean Energy and Security Act. Politicians and lobbyists inside the beltway immediately hailed the bill as a progressive, "market opportunity" approach to solving the problems of climate change, but harsh critique from all sides has been swift. From columnists at the Financial Times to staunch Democrat Dennis Kucinich, many see ACES as a step backward rather than the forward.
Kucinich, who voted in opposition to the bill, had this to say: "The reason is simple. It won't address the problem. In fact, it might make the problem worse."
Breakthough Fellow Johanna Peace has catalogued the critical response here. Also, links to the Democratic voices of opposition can be found here.
For a full collection of Breakthrough Institute's analysis on the American Clean Energy & Security Act, see here.
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Obama Energy Promises Not Matched by House Energy Bill
President Barack Obama has consistently promised legislation that would deliver more clean energy jobs through the creation of new and larger clean energy industries. Unfortunately, analyses by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Breakthrough Institute, and others show that the Waxman Markey climate legislation will not significantly grow the number of clean energy jobs or industries.
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Rep. Waxman Responds to Breakthrough Institute, Criticizing Public Investment and Praising Offsets
On Monday morning, Congressman Henry Waxman was asked to directly respond to the Breakthrough Institute's analysis of the American Clean Energy & Security Act (ACES) during an interview on the Montel Williams Across America radio show. His segment came after an interview with Breakthrough's Teryn Norris, who highlighted Breakthrough's analysis and spoke about some of our concerns with the bill.
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Breakthrough Lecture Series 2009: All three lectures will be held at UC Berkeley. Please RSVP here.
Dr. Marty Hoffert, " The Scientific Case for Breakthroughs: Why Efficiency, Conservation, and Incremental Technology Improvement Won't Be Enough to Avert Climate Disaster"
June 17th, 6:00-7:30PM, Giannini Hall Room 141 ( campus map)
Dr. William Chaloupka, " Beyond Environmental Ethics: How Green Moralizing Gets in the Way of Green Politics"
Wed, June 24, 6:00-7:30PM
Mulford Hall Room 240 ( campus map)
Dr. Roger Pielke, Jr, " The Efficiency Illusion and other Energy Myths: Why Cap & Trade Won't Work -- and What Can"
Wed, July 1st, 6:00-7:30PM
Giannini Hall Room 141 ( campus map)
Futures of Modernity -- International Symposium in Honour of Ulrich Bech (July 24, Munich, Germany, FREE / REGISTRATION REQ'D)
Beyond the Pollution Paradigm: The Failure of Emissions Trading and the Need to Make Clean Energy Cheap (July 29, 6pm, London, England)
Land Trust Alliance: Rally 2009 (October 13, Portland, OR, Register before Aug 18 and get an early bird discount)
Also, don't forget to order your copy of Break Through, now in paperback.
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