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Legal issues in Energy Policies and Climate Change Deirdre Mulligan [UC Berkeley] Abstract: Although the Smart Grid promises to help meet goals of energy efficiency and renewability, incorporating IT into the electric grid poses new and substantial risks to individual privacy. At the same time, Smart Grid deployment is proceeding along a path that could make it difficult for individuals to control the flow of information about their energy use while also raising barriers in the market for in-home smart devices. The crux of these issues—and the focus of this talk—is the smart meter, which is a linchpin in the Smart Grid strategy in California and nationally. Data from smart meters can reveal intimate details about individual behavior, such as when members of a household are awake, asleep, at home, or away. As the Smart Grid is built out, home energy consumption data will become increasingly attractive to a number of players in the energy market, criminals, and law enforcement officials. Yet there is no comprehensive, consistent legal framework to protect energy consumption data, and California and other states are adopting smart meters have the potential to reveal more and more information over time. Furthermore, these smart meters have embedded gateways for home area networks, a feature that could exacerbate privacy issues while potentially turning the meter into a gatekeeper for smart devices. This talk will explore regulatory and technological alternatives to these …
10/7/09: The ThinkProgress Wonk Room interviews Seventh Generation’s co-founder and executive chair Jeffrey Hollender on why he and 150 other business leaders are in Washington DC lobbying for the immediate passage of climate and clean energy cap-and-trade legislation. Hollander also discusses why it makes sense that businesses are abandoning the US Chamber of Commerce.
Toru Kubo, ADB’s Senior Clean Energy and Climate Change Specialist, discusses the dual challenge of energy security and climate change facing developing Asia-Pacific nations, how demand-side energy efficiency initiatives can help, and the need to specifically address transport at the Copenhagen climate summit.
Jason Bermas: House Passes Climate Bill That Congress Was”NOT”Allowed to Read!! Part 1 The latest from project Exodus – House Passes the 1200-page Climate Bill that Congress was Not Allowed to Read Aaron Dykes Infowars June 26, 2009 www.infowars.com Despite heated objections by some Republicans, the unread 1200-page Waxman-Markey climate bill was passed 219-212 in the House on Friday. Final roll call votes are listed here. During Boehners brief attempt at filibuster, he reads passages related to the usage of “qualified youth corps” to regulate energy efficiency in regards to “the sustainability of low-end income communities.” “I wonder if ACORN qualifies for these grants,” Boehner quipped. Objecting to the fact that 300 pages were added to the bill at 3 am, Minority leader John Boehner attempted a brief filibuster, giving time for colleagues and aides to scan the unread extra passages and present certain excerpts on the floor. Politico blasts his effort, reporting: That wasnt good enough for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), who delayed the roll call vote by reading page-by-page through a 300-page managers amendment Democrats added at around 3 am Friday. Boehner seemed to relish the hour-long stunt, picking out the bills most obscure language and then pontificating about what it might or might not mean. Shockingly, co-sponsor Henry Waxman objected to Boehners reading the bill on the House floor, and tried to prevent it on procedural grounds so that is contents …
House Passes the 1200-page Climate Bill that Congress was Not Allowed to Read Aaron Dykes Infowars June 26, 2009 www.infowars.com Despite heated objections by some Republicans, the unread 1200-page Waxman-Markey climate bill was passed 219-212 in the House on Friday. Final roll call votes are listed here. During Boehners brief attempt at filibuster, he reads passages related to the usage of “qualified youth corps” to regulate energy efficiency in regards to “the sustainability of low-end income communities.” “I wonder if ACORN qualifies for these grants,” Boehner quipped. Objecting to the fact that 300 pages were added to the bill at 3 am, Minority leader John Boehner attempted a brief filibuster, giving time for colleagues and aides to scan the unread extra passages and present certain excerpts on the floor. Politico blasts his effort, reporting: That wasnt good enough for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), who delayed the roll call vote by reading page-by-page through a 300-page managers amendment Democrats added at around 3 am Friday. Boehner seemed to relish the hour-long stunt, picking out the bills most obscure language and then pontificating about what it might or might not mean. Shockingly, co-sponsor Henry Waxman objected to Boehners reading the bill on the House floor, and tried to prevent it on procedural grounds so that is contents would remain unknown and no one would shift support or delay the bills passage. Passing laws in secret is not law at all …
House Passes the 1200-page Climate Bill that Congress was Not Allowed to Read Aaron Dykes Infowars June 26, 2009 www.infowars.com Despite heated objections by some Republicans, the unread 1200-page Waxman-Markey climate bill was passed 219-212 in the House on Friday. Final roll call votes are listed here. During Boehners brief attempt at filibuster, he reads passages related to the usage of “qualified youth corps” to regulate energy efficiency in regards to “the sustainability of low-end income communities.” “I wonder if ACORN qualifies for these grants,” Boehner quipped. Objecting to the fact that 300 pages were added to the bill at 3 am, Minority leader John Boehner attempted a brief filibuster, giving time for colleagues and aides to scan the unread extra passages and present certain excerpts on the floor. Politico blasts his effort, reporting: That wasnt good enough for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), who delayed the roll call vote by reading page-by-page through a 300-page managers amendment Democrats added at around 3 am Friday. Boehner seemed to relish the hour-long stunt, picking out the bills most obscure language and then pontificating about what it might or might not mean. Shockingly, co-sponsor Henry Waxman objected to Boehners reading the bill on the House floor, and tried to prevent it on procedural grounds so that is contents would remain unknown and no one would shift support or delay the bills passage. Passing laws in secret is not law at all …
House Passes the 1200-page Climate Bill that Congress was Not Allowed to Read Aaron Dykes Infowars June 26, 2009 www.infowars.com Despite heated objections by some Republicans, the unread 1200-page Waxman-Markey climate bill was passed 219-212 in the House on Friday. Final roll call votes are listed here. During Boehners brief attempt at filibuster, he reads passages related to the usage of “qualified youth corps” to regulate energy efficiency in regards to “the sustainability of low-end income communities.” “I wonder if ACORN qualifies for these grants,” Boehner quipped. Objecting to the fact that 300 pages were added to the bill at 3 am, Minority leader John Boehner attempted a brief filibuster, giving time for colleagues and aides to scan the unread extra passages and present certain excerpts on the floor. Politico blasts his effort, reporting: That wasnt good enough for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), who delayed the roll call vote by reading page-by-page through a 300-page managers amendment Democrats added at around 3 am Friday. Boehner seemed to relish the hour-long stunt, picking out the bills most obscure language and then pontificating about what it might or might not mean. Shockingly, co-sponsor Henry Waxman objected to Boehners reading the bill on the House floor, and tried to prevent it on procedural grounds so that is contents would remain unknown and no one would shift support or delay the bills passage. Passing laws in secret is not law at all …
House Passes the 1200-page Climate Bill that Congress was Not Allowed to Read Aaron Dykes Infowars June 26, 2009 www.infowars.com Despite heated objections by some Republicans, the unread 1200-page Waxman-Markey climate bill was passed 219-212 in the House on Friday. Final roll call votes are listed here. During Boehners brief attempt at filibuster, he reads passages related to the usage of “qualified youth corps” to regulate energy efficiency in regards to “the sustainability of low-end income communities.” “I wonder if ACORN qualifies for these grants,” Boehner quipped. Objecting to the fact that 300 pages were added to the bill at 3 am, Minority leader John Boehner attempted a brief filibuster, giving time for colleagues and aides to scan the unread extra passages and present certain excerpts on the floor. Politico blasts his effort, reporting: That wasnt good enough for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), who delayed the roll call vote by reading page-by-page through a 300-page managers amendment Democrats added at around 3 am Friday. Boehner seemed to relish the hour-long stunt, picking out the bills most obscure language and then pontificating about what it might or might not mean. Shockingly, co-sponsor Henry Waxman objected to Boehners reading the bill on the House floor, and tried to prevent it on procedural grounds so that is contents would remain unknown and no one would shift support or delay the bills passage. Passing laws in secret is not law at all …
”Energy Independence and Climate Protection: A Business Perspective” is a nine-minute video produced by the Climate Protection Campaign. The video describes the economic benefits of taking action now. The video features six national business experts: ·Charles Biderman, President and founder of TrimTabs Investment Research ·Peter Darbee, Chairman, CEO and President,PG&E Corporation, and Chairman, Pacific Gas and Electric Company ·Dan Kammen, Director, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab, UC Berkeley ·Nancy Rader, Executive Director, California Wind Energy Association ·Dan Reicher, President, New Energy Capital, former US Secretary of Energy ·Christopher T. Walker, Managing Director, Greenhouse Gas Risk Solutions, Swiss Re Executive Producers: Charles Biderman, Ann Hancock, Alan Strachan Director/Editor: Greg O’Toole Producer: Mary Ellis Interviews by: Alan Strachan Opening Music by: David Jacobs-Strain Sponsors: Pacific Gas and Electric Company, TrimTabs Investment Research, Paul Dolan For more information, please contact: Ann Hancock, (707) 823-2665, ann@climateprotectioncampaign.org www.climateprotectioncampaign.org The mission of the Climate Protection Campaign is to create a positive future for our children and all life by inspiring action in response to the climate crisis. We advance practical, science-based solutions for significant greenhouse gas reductions. The Campaign works with government, business, and schools and has established six national precedents in …