PAST EVENT
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Washington, DC
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman , October 01, 2009, The Avenue, TNR.com
Senators 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro, May 13, 2009, The Brookings Institution
The 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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
VIDEO
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.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William J. Antholis and Bryan K. Mignone, December 02, 2008, Politico
Writing 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William J. Antholis and Charles K. Ebinger, November 11, 2008, The Brookings Institution
To 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William J. Antholis, October 14, 2008, Politico.com
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
October 10, 2008, The Brookings Institution
As 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Carlos Pascual and Strobe Talbott, August 28, 2008, The Washington Post
Global 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
David B. Sandalow, May 22, 2008, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
As 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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
BOOK
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
David B. Sandalow, February 28, 2007, Opportunity 08
Plug-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