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Save to My PortfolioBuild a Secure Energy Future

Tuesday, November 11, 2008
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Washington, DC

Build a Secure Energy Future On November 11, Brookings held the second of 12 events to provide policy recommendations and political advice to the incoming president. William Antholis and Charles Ebinger presented their recommendations to President-elect Obama, including “cap-and-trade” legislation, a reshuffling of the federal bureaucracy, cooperation with state and local governments and diplomacy with a range of nations. Read More

The Presidential Transition, Energy Security, Climate Change, Global Environment, Environment

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Senate Climate Wrangle Begins

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman , October 01, 2009, The Avenue, TNR.com

The Senate Climate Wrangle BeginsSenators Kerry and Boxer recently unveiled their climate bill calling for the creation and funding of a string of energy innovation hubs that are dedicated to clean energy technology development and deployment. Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman reviewed the bill—especially as it impacts metro and regional areas—and noted its similarities and differences with the House of Representative's climate bill, Waxman-Markey. Read More

Energy Security, Competitiveness, U.S. Congress, Environmental Regulation, U.S. Department of Energy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBudget 2010: A New Embrace of Regional Innovation

Mark Muro, May 13, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Budget 2010: A New Embrace of Regional InnovationThe in-depth versions of President Obama’s first budget released in early May detail a number of significant direct and indirect investments in the innovation capacity of U.S. metropolitan areas. Several of these proposals reflect ideas generated by Metropolitan Policy Program experts. Read More

Federal Budget, Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Economic Mobility, Innovation, U.S. Department of Energy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMaking the Business of Energy Efficiency Both Scalable and Sustainable

Lisa Wood and Roland Risser, April 30, 2009, The Brookings Institution

As utilities rely more and more on energy efficiency in their portfolios of energy resources, it is important to recognize that making energy efficiency (EE) a sustainable and scalable business requires a partnership among utilities, regulators, legislators, and customers. Lisa Wood and Roland Risser examine how efficiency programs can offset sitnificant growth in demand for electricity over the next 20 years. Read More

Energy Security, Technology, Infrastructure, U.S. Department of Energy

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Save to My PortfolioEnergy Discovery-Innovation Institutes and the American Economy

Mark Muro, February 04, 2009

Describing a proposed national network of regionally based Energy Discovery-Innovation Institutes, Mark Muro highlights how these institutes would be aimed at creating jobs of the future and at transforming our metropolitan economies.

Competitiveness, U.S. Department of Energy, Technology and Development, U.S. Economy, Environment

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioHow Obama Should Confront Climate Change

William J. Antholis and Bryan K. Mignone, December 02, 2008, Politico

How Obama Should Confront Climate ChangeWriting as the UN Conference on Climate Change occured in Poland, William Antholis and Bryan Mignone argued that over the past decade, the evidence for human-induced climate change has become one of the most widely accepted scientific findings of our time. They offer four recommendations for President Barack Obama to carry out a comprehensive and economically sensible approach to the issue. Read More

Climate Change, Energy Security, Environment, Environmental Regulation, The White House

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMemo to the President: Build a Secure Energy Future

William J. Antholis and Charles K. Ebinger, November 11, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Memo to the President: Build a Secure Energy FutureTo address energy security—including climate change—President Obama must make this a top-three priority. His plan must address volatile energy prices, dangerous vulnerabilities resulting from our energy consumption and green technology to help revitalize our economy.  Read More

Energy Security, Environment, Climate Change, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Interior

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioEnergy and the Environment: National Security Implications

William J. Antholis, October 14, 2008, Politico.com

Energy and the Environment: National Security Implications For decades, energy has been an economic and national security flash point; and more recently scientists have warned of catastrophic climate change. Today, both presidential candidates list energy security and climate change as top priorities. In an interview with Politico’s David Mark, William Antholis described some energy security worse case scenarios, discussed where the candidates agree and disagree, and also where both are silent. Read More

Energy Security, Environment, National Security, Political Campaigns, Politics

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTop 10 Global Economic Challenges Facing America's 44th President

October 10, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Top 10 Global Economic Challenges Facing America's 44th PresidentAs President-Elect Obama prepares to lead the United States, what are the top global economic challenges facing the new president and his advisors and how should the new administration address them? A new report by Brookings global economic and development experts ranks the top 10 issues and details specific ideas for how to tackle the toughest challenges. Read More

Global Economics, Development, Global Poverty, Globalization, Emerging Markets

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My Portfolio7 Years to Climate Midnight

Carlos Pascual and Strobe Talbott, August 28, 2008, The Washington Post

7 Years to Climate MidnightGlobal warming—among the most complex economic, political and diplomatic challenges of our time—has become a central focus of the presidential campaign, with both candidates supporting the creation of a cap-and-trade system that would limit national emissions. Strobe Talbott and Carlos Pascual argue that the U.S. must take the lead now in facing the annual buildup in greenhouse gas emissions that threatens global catastrophe. Read More

Climate Change, Global Environment, Energy Security, Climate and Energy Economics, Environment

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRising Oil Prices, Declining National Security

David B. Sandalow, May 22, 2008, House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Rising Oil Prices, Declining National SecurityAs gasoline prices continue to set new records, David Sandalow recently testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the national security threats posed by rising oil prices. Drawing from his book Freedom from Oil, Sandalow emphasized the potential for plug-in electric vehicles to help solve the problem.” Read More

Energy Security, Terrorism, Transportation, Transnational Security Threats, Middle East

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAn Economic Strategy to Address Climate Change and Promote Energy Security

Jason Furman, Jason E. Bordoff , Manasi A. Deshpande and Pascal Noel , October 30, 2007, Hamilton Project Strategy Paper

Jason Furman and co-authors present a three-part strategy for addressing climate change and promoting energy security. Read More

Climate Change, Energy Security, Environmental Regulation, Environment, Energy Security

BOOK

Save to My PortfolioFreedom from Oil: How the Next President Can End the United States' Oil Addiction

David B. Sandalow, September 13, 2007

Freedom from Oil takes the reader to the highest levels of government, as Cabinet members and White House aides debate how to break our addiction to oil. In a fast-moving narrative, David Sandalow shows how to solve this problem while offering a uniq Read More

Energy Security, Environment, Global Environment, U.S. Department of Energy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBuilding a Secure Energy Future: A Challenge for New Presidential Leadership

Jonathan Elkind, August 28, 2007, Opportunity 08

For more than 30 years, the United States has struggled to enhance its energy security. Unfortunately, these efforts have been episodic rather than systematic. Attention to energy security reaches a fever pitch when global energy prices spike or international conflict threatens to disrupt energy trade. Jonathan Elkind presents options to meet these immense challenges head on. Read More

Energy Security, Climate Change, Energy Security, Environment, U.S. Department of Energy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioEnding Oil Dependence: Protecting National Security, the Environment and the Economy

David B. Sandalow, February 28, 2007, Opportunity 08

Ending Oil Dependence: Protecting National Security, the Environment and the EconomyPlug-in hybrid engines, biofuels and other technologies can help end the United States' oil dependence in a generation. Doing so would provide important national security, environmental and economic benefits. A broad political consensus and game-changing technological advances create the conditions for dramatic change. Yet Presidential leadership and robust policies will be needed. There are no simple or short-term solutions. Read More

Energy Security, Climate Change, Global Environment, Global Economics, Energy Security

In Brief

The Department of Energy oversees federal policies and regulations relating to the production and use of energy in the United States. Its mission is to “advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex.”

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Featured Experts

William Antholis

William J. Antholis

Managing Director, The Brookings Institution

William Antholis is managing director of the Brookings Institution and a senior fellow in Governance Studies. He also directs the Brookings Mountain West Initiative with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Antholis has worked on foreign security and economic policy at the National Security Council and the State Department, and was director of studies at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
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Charles K. Ebinger

Charles K. Ebinger

Director, Energy Security Initiative

Charles Ebinger specializes in international and domestic energy markets (oil, gas, coal and nuclear), the geopolitics of energy, and nuclear non-proliferation, with a particular focus on the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. Ebinger has served as an energy policy advisor to over 50 governments.
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Adele Morris

Adele Morris

Fellow, Global Economy and Development

Adele Morris is a fellow and policy director for climate and energy economics. She focuses on the economics of climate change and related energy and natural resource policies.
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