The energy savings compare favorably to any other
efficiency policy out there: an ACEEE analysis of primary energy savings from recent and prospective policies — including the Clean Power Plan — showed vehicle standards to be the biggest saver from today through 2040.
Not exact matches
However, the Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change lays
out a number of
policies that will compel more clean tech innovation in Canada, he said, including a price on pollution with a carbon price, to be in place across Canada by the start of next year, as well as a promised national clean fuels strategy, better energy
efficiency standards and limits on greenhouse gases like methane.
On December 2nd, Campbell Soup Company came
out against the bill, saying that, «the current version of Senate Bill 58 would overhaul the current state
policy on energy
efficiency and renewable energy standards and discourage continued investment in renewable energy in the state:»
Separate question - marks have been raised about the
efficiency of David Cameron's communications team, after former
policy guru Steve Hilton revealed No 10 frequently found
out about
policy initiatives from other government departments via press reports.
Alexia Kelly, a climate
policy expert at the World Resources Institute in Washington DC, points
out that other domestic
policies, such improvements in vehicle fuel
efficiency, will bring further reductions.
Implementing key
policies and investments in those three systems — from phasing
out fossil fuels to stopping deforestation to ramping up energy
efficiency — could deliver at least half of the emissions cuts needed by 2030 to lower the risk of dangerous climate change, said Jeremy Oppenheim, the report's program director.
Major U.S. and foreign automakers have appealed to President - elect Donald Trump, who has been critical of Obama's climate
policies, to review the rules requiring them to nearly double fleet - wide fuel
efficiency by 2025, saying they impose significant costs and are
out of step with consumer preferences.
«Improvements in the Company's performance are the result of strategic business development measures being carried
out through the «Quick Wins» program, as well as a tight cost
efficiency policy that was put into effect at the beginning of the year,» he said.
A new report co-authored by John D. Graham, a former senior regulatory official under the Bush administration who is now at Indiana University, lays
out a menu of
policies that could sustain the move to higher fuel
efficiency:
Again an entire issue of Energy
Policy I edited (June 2000) suggested these are 10 % effects, i.e., 90 % of the
efficiency improvements come
out as net fuel or electricity savings.
Some of the
policies examined include the B.C. carbon tax, Ontario's Green Energy and Economy Act and phase -
out of coal - fired power, Quebec's and Nova Scotia's regulatory cap on emissions, public transit strategies in Ontario, and federal fuel -
efficiency standards for cars.
Dramatic changes would naturally have to occur as a result — from quick wins like carbon taxes and energy
efficiency regulations, to longer - term
policies like phasing
out combustion - engine cars and carbon - neutral building regulations.
In practical terms, the law requires the government to transition from non-renewable to renewable energy; to develop new economic indicators that will assess the ecological impact of all economic activity; to carry
out ecological audits of all private and state companies; to regulate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; to develop
policies of food and renewable energy sovereignty; to research and invest resources in energy
efficiency, ecological practices, and organic agriculture; and to require all companies and individuals to be accountable for environmental contamination with a duty to restore damaged environments.
The fight over clean energy and climate
policy in California is dripping with
out - of - state oil money because the oil billionaires want to stamp
out the progress that has been made to move toward clean energy and energy
efficiency, and keep us addicted to their fossil fuels.
Today the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted
out two bills — one shepherded by Energy and Natural Resources Committee chair, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R - AK)(the Energy
Policy Modernization Act), and the other written by Senators Rob Portman (R - OH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D - NH)(the Energy
Efficiency and Industrial Competitiveness Act, S. 720).
A key
policy behind the growth of North Carolina's clean energy economy, the Renewable Energy and Energy
Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) has been singled
out time and time again by clean energy opponents.
In contrast, forcing utility customers to bail
out uneconomical nuclear plants outside of ambitious frameworks to scale up
efficiency and renewables is both unsound climate strategy and terrible public
policy.
The U.S. Department of Transportation rolled
out the GROW AMERICA (Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility,
Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America) Act recently, calling for several big changes in transportation
policy and funding.
Deep problems in Europe's carbon trading scheme — its flagship climate change
policy — are set to cancel
out over 700m tonnes of emissions saved through renewable energy and energy
efficiency efforts, according to a new report.
Many public
policies seek to promote energy
efficiency, but as the authors of the Electricity Journal paper — Keith Dennis of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and Ken Colburn and Jim Lazar of the Regulatory Assistance Project — point
out, energy
efficiency isn't precisely what we want.
«The EU has to redo its homework and set
out a pathway to meet stricter energy
efficiency and renewables targets,» said Greenpeace EU's climate
policy adviser, Bram Claeys.
An ambitious set of
policy measures, including the rapid phase
out of fossil fuel subsidies, CO2 prices rising to unprecedented levels, extensive energy market reforms, and stringent low - carbon and energy
efficiency mandates would be needed to achieve this transition.
Among the most impactful
policies, the study finds — those with reductions in excess of 20 MtCO2e each in some years — are the AB 1493 vehicle
efficiency standards, the 33 percent RPS target, building
efficiency targets, phasing
out imported coal electricity and phasing
out hydrofluorocarbon gases.
(And, as an individual, I'm flat -
out unable to alter
policy, such as pricing carbon, setting
efficiency standards, and cutting fossil fuel subsidies).
The emails were obtained by the Energy and
Policy Institute via a series of public records requests to Ohio House Majority Floor Leader Bill Seitz and other state legislators involved in campaigns to roll back Ohio's renewable energy and energy
efficiency standards, as well as bail
out failing coal and nuclear power plants.
More of Obama's speech: White House Blog Climate Change, Fuel
Efficiency Standards, Energy Obama Administration Will Let States Set Auto Emissions Standards The US Will Have a New Special Envoy for Climate Change: Todd Stern Official White House
Policy on Energy & The Environment Spelled
Out On New Website
Government regulation actually could stifle innovation, said Doug Johnson, senior director for technology
policy with the Arlington, Va. - based Consumer Electronics Assn, according to the LA Times, pointing
out that the industry is naturally evolving toward energy
efficiency anyway.
Writer Craig Morris credits Lovins, and specifically this article, with the inspiration for Germany's Energiewende (Energy Turn or Transition), the national
policy of advancing energy
efficiency and renewable energy and phasing
out first nuclear and later fossil fuel power.
Alongside
policy support, drivers supporting the roll
out of district heating include the decarboni - sation trend, as district heating can harness a range of renewable or low - carbon energy sources such as biomass and geothermal; energy security, as district heat - ing can improve the reliability of access to energy at both the user and national levels by re - ducing reliance on cen - tral energy networks; and energy
efficiency, which is higher with district heating than traditional boilers.
Conducted daily operations in a professional environment and carried
out policies that ensured timeliness and
efficiency.
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS • Singlehandedly generated 571leads
out of which 350 were converted into business giving clients • Created and implemented a series of base
policies for generating presentations, based on «effective marketing practices» • Reorganized the clients record systems, resulting in increased
efficiency in determining highest business providing clients in the shortest possible time • Successfully averted a «haunted» taboo from a newly constructed house and sold it without incident
These skills would also be applicable in overseeing and ensuring the effectiveness of daily facility operations; successfully developing and managing staff; identifying areas for
efficiency and quality improvement in delivering healthcare services; and carrying
out policies, goals and procedures, later as a Clinical Manager for United Allergy Services.
Medical Billing Manager BRONX MEDICAL CENTER, Bronx, NY 6/2012 to Present • Lead medical billing and collection processes by handling calls and correspondence on all overdue balances • Coordinate efforts with management to develop meaningful metrics and ensure that they are achieved • Develop and train team members to carry
out specific medical billing, coding and collection activities • Oversee the operations of the billing department to ensure coordination of medical coding, charge entries, claims submissions and payment postings • Follow up on accounts receivables and handle reimbursement management duties • Analyze billing and claims for accuracy and completeness and ensure that claims are submitted to appropriate insurance entities • Prepare and analyze accounts receivable reports and insurance contracts • Audit present procedures to monitor and improve the
efficiency of billing and collection procedures • Participate in the development and implementation of operating
policies and protocols • Realign staff members to meet changing trends impacting coding, collections and accounts receivables