A shrinking cap on emissions and a rising price for carbon dioxide is the sine qua non of enabling a sustained transition to a clean energy economy (see “ The only way to win the clean energy race is to pass the clean energy bill “). But it is not the only strategy needed to ensure a rapid transition at the lowest possible cost. CAP’s John Podesta , Kate Gordon , Bracken Hendricks , and Benjamin Goldstein discuss what “ A Comprehensive Approach to Build
Our guest bloggers are Center for American Progress CEO John Podesta , Vice President for Energy Policy Kate Gordon, Senior Fellow Bracken Hendricks, and Policy Analyst Benjamin Goldstein. The United States is having the wrong public debate about global warming. We are asking important questions about pollution caps and timetables, carbon markets and allocations, but we have lost sight of our principal objective: building a robust and prosperous clean energy economy . This is a fundamental
This post by By Bracken Hendricks , Benjamin Goldstein , Reid Detchon, and Kurt Shickman was first published here . Investments in building efficiency retrofits can simultaneously address the challenges of economic recovery, energy insecurity, and global warming by laying the foundation for sustained economic growth, driving demand in the construction and manufacturing sectors, and creating hundreds of thousands of good jobs across the country. Retrofit
