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• Transferring Environmentally Sound Technologies in an Intellectual Property-Friendly Framework

  Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  In December, the 15th Conference of Parties will attempt to reach an agreement on new international climate change and emissions regulations. Charles Ebinger and Govinda Avasarala note that any agreement is likely to use a plethora of technologies which many nations do not have access to, and they propose solutions to the intellectual property rights issues involved.

• President Obama and the Smart Grid

  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  
  Charles Ebinger and Lea Rosenbohm say President Obama's decision to use $3.4 billion dollars of stimulus money to begin developing a smart grid is a welcome development. Ebinger and Rosenbohm look to how the smart grid will help benefit providers and consumers while noting additional steps that will be required moving forward.

• Toward a Realistic G8 Energy Policy

  Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  
  Major topics of discussion at the upcoming G8 summit will be energy and climate change policy. Charles Ebinger assesses where the United States currently stands on the issues and outlines what needs to be done to formulate sound policy for the future. 

• $25/Barrel Oil? Coming Up!

  Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  
  The days of $25/barrel oil are not far off, according to Charles Ebinger and Evie Zambetakis. The status of U.S. refinery capacity may be greasing the wheels because the world's focus on fuel has shifted from the production of gasoline to ethanol and diesel.

• How Energy Efficiency Can Ensure the Green Recovery Will Leave No One Behind

  Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  
  Energy efficiency and conservation should be the cornerstone of President Obama’s economic stimulus program and energy efficiency plan, writes Charles Ebinger. He argues that the Obama administration should pursue measures that insure the middle class and those making $50,000 or less benefit from these types of programs.

• Memo to President-elect Barack Obama: Building a Secure Energy Future

  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  Building a secure energy future for the United States would be a fine cornerstone of a first term in the White House, William Antholis and Charles Ebinger write. Barack Obama's campaign pledge to reduce our dependence on oil and to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 is an exciting new approach to energy security and climate change, but a more detailed work plan is needed.

• Politics and the Nation's Energy Agenda

  Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:33:52 GMT

  New energy legislation - the "Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act of 2008 - recently passed the House and is under consideration in the Senate. Energy Security Initiative Director Charles Ebinger discusses the current Congressional debate and offers recommendations to policy-makers to address global climate change, energy security and consumer protection.