A Clean Energy Roadmap

A Clean Energy Roadmap
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1064742379
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Synopsis A Clean Energy Roadmap by : Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

In 2010, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation co-convened three cross-sector summits to develop recommendations for growing energy innovation in the United States. The first summit was held in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2010, in partnership with the White House. Gallup and the city of Omaha, Nebraska, hosted the second summit on June 16, 2010, and the last was held with Arizona State University and ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 18, 2010. Attendees included representatives from White House offices, federal departments and agencies, and state and local officials. Also in attendance were clean-energy entrepreneurs, representatives from academia, private-sector leaders, nonprofit leaders, and scientists. The summits' main purpose was to explore how a diverse pipeline of actors might better work together to catalyze energy innovation and scale new energy firms. The sharing of ideas regarding current barriers and opportunities with such a varied group of participants generated a number of solutions. Among many topics of discussion were ways to better leverage federal dollars and foster collaboration between entities, while identifying areas for regulatory and statutory improvements. The summits represented part of the larger, national effort to drive clean energy innovation and propel economic development and job creation within the United States. This paper offers a summary of those ideas, along with additional thoughts gleaned from an intensive literature review of more than twenty scientific articles and interviews with fifteen of the top entrepreneurs in the clean energy industry. Ultimately, they discovered five major policy strategies to accelerate the scaling of clean energy businesses in the United States. Each of these recommendations is outlined in more detail in this report: (1) Foster interstate cooperation. Aligning policies and regulations between states. Developing interstate transmission lines and generation sites; (2) Reduce market uncertainty. Developing consistent energy policies with clear implications for utility companies. Remodeling existing funding and financing structures; (3) Democratize access to the power grid. Allowing customers to generate and store their own energy; (4) Encourage inter-agency and cross-sector collaboration. Building upon regional clusters that transmit ideas and resources; and (5) Support human capital development. Focusing university research to support technology innovation, implementation of energy commercialization education, and development of policy supportive of commercialization. Strengthening the pipeline of entrepreneurship and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) through higher education. Identifying areas of improvement is only the first step. If individuals are to strengthen the United States economy, create the jobs they need, and become the world leader in clean technologies, they must generate solutions. (Contains 22 footnotes.).

Clean Energy for America's Future (Fact Sheet).

Clean Energy for America's Future (Fact Sheet).
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Synopsis Clean Energy for America's Future (Fact Sheet). by :

This two-page fact sheet provides an overview of the activities and programs in DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

The Small Business Advocate

The Small Business Advocate
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Total Pages : 554
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433088908300
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Synopsis The Small Business Advocate by :

The United Nations world water development report 2015: water for a sustainable world

The United Nations world water development report 2015: water for a sustainable world
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Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Total Pages : 139
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ISBN-10 : 9789231000713
ISBN-13 : 9231000713
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Synopsis The United Nations world water development report 2015: water for a sustainable world by : Connor, Richard

The United Nations World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) is hosted and led by UNESCO. WWAP brings together the work of 31 UN-Water Members as well as 37 Partners to publish the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR) series. Under the theme Water for Sustainable Development, the WWDR 2015 has been prepared as a contribution from UN-Water to the discussions surrounding the post-2015 framework for global sustainable development. Highlighting water's unique and often complex role in achieving various sustainable development objectives, the WWDR 2015 is addressed to policy- and decision-makers inside and outside the water community, as well as to anyone with an interest in freshwater and its many life-giving benefits. The report sets an aspirational yet achievable vision for the future of water towards 2050 by describing how water supports healthy and prosperous human communities, maintains well functioning ecosystems and ecological services, and provides a cornerstone for short and long-term economic development. It provides an overview of the challenges, issues and trends in terms of water resources, their use and water-related services like water supply and sanitation. The report also offers, in a rigorous yet accessible manner, guidance about how to address these challenges and to seize the opportunities that sound water management provides in order to achieve and maintain economic, social and environmental sustainability.

Urban Stormwater Management in the United States

Urban Stormwater Management in the United States
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Publisher : National Academies Press
Total Pages : 611
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ISBN-10 : 9780309125390
ISBN-13 : 0309125391
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Synopsis Urban Stormwater Management in the United States by : National Research Council

The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into the nation's rivers, lakes, and estuaries. These changes have degraded water quality and habitat in virtually every urban stream system. The Clean Water Act regulatory framework for addressing sewage and industrial wastes is not well suited to the more difficult problem of stormwater discharges. This book calls for an entirely new permitting structure that would put authority and accountability for stormwater discharges at the municipal level. A number of additional actions, such as conserving natural areas, reducing hard surface cover (e.g., roads and parking lots), and retrofitting urban areas with features that hold and treat stormwater, are recommended.

Indicators of Climate Change in California

Indicators of Climate Change in California
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Synopsis Indicators of Climate Change in California by : Carmen Milanes (Environmentalist)

Minerals, Critical Minerals, and the U.S. Economy

Minerals, Critical Minerals, and the U.S. Economy
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Publisher : National Academies Press
Total Pages : 263
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ISBN-10 : 9780309112826
ISBN-13 : 0309112826
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Synopsis Minerals, Critical Minerals, and the U.S. Economy by : National Research Council

Minerals are part of virtually every product we use. Common examples include copper used in electrical wiring and titanium used to make airplane frames and paint pigments. The Information Age has ushered in a number of new mineral uses in a number of products including cell phones (e.g., tantalum) and liquid crystal displays (e.g., indium). For some minerals, such as the platinum group metals used to make cataytic converters in cars, there is no substitute. If the supply of any given mineral were to become restricted, consumers and sectors of the U.S. economy could be significantly affected. Risks to minerals supplies can include a sudden increase in demand or the possibility that natural ores can be exhausted or become too difficult to extract. Minerals are more vulnerable to supply restrictions if they come from a limited number of mines, mining companies, or nations. Baseline information on minerals is currently collected at the federal level, but no established methodology has existed to identify potentially critical minerals. This book develops such a methodology and suggests an enhanced federal initiative to collect and analyze the additional data needed to support this type of tool.