http://www.themiddleclass.org/taxonomy/term/108 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.themiddleclass.org/bill/comprehensive-american-energy-security-and-consumer-protection-act-2008 <div class="field field-type-legislation field-field-legislation"> <h3 class="field-label">Legislation</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-position"> <h3 class="field-label">The middle class</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">Supports</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-video-cck field-field-video-summary"> <h3 class="field-label">Video Summary</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><object height="185" width="223"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_cg8Hnd7AU0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_cg8Hnd7AU0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="185" width="223"></object></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-injustice-facts"> <h3 class="field-label">Injustice Facts</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p>Percentage increase in annual crude oil production in 2030 if restrictions on access to drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf are lifted, according to the Energy Information Administration: <strong><a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/otheranalysis/ongr.html">7</a></strong></p> <p>Projected impact of this increased production on the price of oil: <strong><a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/otheranalysis/ongr.html">“insignificant”</a></strong></p> <p>Percent of world’s known reserves in the United States: <strong><a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/crudeoilreserves.xls">1.58%</a></strong></p> <p>Percentage of carbon emissions in the United States from residential and commercial buildings: <strong><a href="http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2008/05_carbon_footprint_sarzynski/carbonfootprint_report.pdf">39</a></strong></p> <p>Number of new jobs that the American Solar Energy Society found were generated by U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency industries in 2006: <strong><a href="http://www.ases.org/images/stories/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf">8.5 million</a></strong></p> <p>Estimated number of jobs created in 2030 in U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency industries, assuming no policy changes before 2030: <strong><a href="http://www.ases.org/images/stories/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf">16 million</a></strong></p> <p>Estimated number of jobs created in 2030 in U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency industries, assuming moderate, incremental federal and state renewable and energy efficiency initiatives and favorable market conditions: <strong><a href="http://www.ases.org/images/stories/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf">21 million</a></strong></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-summary"> <h3 class="field-label">Overview/Summary</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-middle-class-position-ana"> <h3 class="field-label">Middle Class Position Analysis</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p><strong>Middle Class Supports.</strong> Though the extremely high gas prices experienced this summer have eased, middle-class Americans remain strapped by a combination of difficult economic conditions that include elevated fuel costs, a tanking housing market, an endangered financial system, and widespread unemployment. The renewable energy and energy efficiency provisions adopted by the legislation – from credits for energy-efficient home appliances to green building standards and energy-conscious low-income housing – demonstrate a commitment to transforming the environment and the economy that can reduce energy costs and provide jobs for middle-class Americans struggling to make ends meet. Such measures are impotant steps in making the country more energy efficient and ensuring that the nation retains and produces more jobs in renewable energy and technology. Finally, the renewable electricity standard establishes an important incentive for electricity providers to switch to renewable energy sources, a commitment these providers have not made on their own.</p> <p>The revenue-raising measures appropriately target the oil companies who have benefited grandly from high oil prices. Additionally, ethics reform is desperately needed in the Mineral Management Service after disturbing reports of oil industry influence buying in the agency.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-related-blog-header"> <h3 class="field-label">Related Blog: Header</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">The Discussion on DMIBlog</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-quotes"> <h3 class="field-label">Quotes from Experts</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-related-blog"> <h3 class="field-label">Related Blog: Text</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-beyond"> <h3 class="field-label">Beyond this Bill</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-link field-field-related-blog-link"> <h3 class="field-label">Related Blog: Link</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-additional-resources"> <h3 class="field-label">Additional Resources</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p><a href="http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/clean_energy_101/">Clean Energy 101</a>, from the Union of Concerned Scientists</p> <p><a href="http://www.ases.org/images/stories/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf">Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st Century</a>, from the Appollo Alliance</p> <p><a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/otheranalysis/ongr.html">Impacts of Increased Access to Oil and Natural Gas</a>, from the Energy Information Administration</p> </div> </div> </div> Coal Consumers Efficient technology Energy &amp; Environment Energy conservation Federal lands Global warming Government Accountability Green buildings Green jobs Heating fuel Housing Natural gas Oil Pollution Renewable fuels Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:12:59 -0400 hmoroz 166 at http://www.themiddleclass.org http://www.themiddleclass.org/bill/comprehensive-american-energy-security-and-consumer-protection-act-2008 <div class="field field-type-legislation field-field-legislation"> <h3 class="field-label">Legislation</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-position"> <h3 class="field-label">The middle class</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">Supports</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-video-cck field-field-video-summary"> <h3 class="field-label">Video Summary</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><object height="185" width="223"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_cg8Hnd7AU0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_cg8Hnd7AU0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="185" width="223"></object></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-injustice-facts"> <h3 class="field-label">Injustice Facts</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p>Percentage increase in annual crude oil production in 2030 if restrictions on access to drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf are lifted, according to the Energy Information Administration: <strong><a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/otheranalysis/ongr.html">7</a></strong></p> <p>Projected impact of this increased production on the price of oil: <strong><a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/otheranalysis/ongr.html">“insignificant”</a></strong></p> <p>Percent of world’s known reserves in the United States: <strong><a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/crudeoilreserves.xls">1.58%</a></strong></p> <p>Percentage of carbon emissions in the United States from residential and commercial buildings: <strong><a href="http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2008/05_carbon_footprint_sarzynski/carbonfootprint_report.pdf">39</a></strong></p> <p>Number of new jobs that the American Solar Energy Society found were generated by U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency industries in 2006: <strong><a href="http://www.ases.org/images/stories/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf">8.5 million</a></strong></p> <p>Estimated number of jobs created in 2030 in U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency industries, assuming no policy changes before 2030: <strong><a href="http://www.ases.org/images/stories/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf">16 million</a></strong></p> <p>Estimated number of jobs created in 2030 in U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency industries, assuming moderate, incremental federal and state renewable and energy efficiency initiatives and favorable market conditions: <strong><a href="http://www.ases.org/images/stories/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf">21 million</a></strong></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-summary"> <h3 class="field-label">Overview/Summary</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-middle-class-position-ana"> <h3 class="field-label">Middle Class Position Analysis</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p><strong>Middle Class Supports.</strong> Though the extremely high gas prices experienced this summer have eased, middle-class Americans remain strapped by a combination of difficult economic conditions that include elevated fuel costs, a tanking housing market, an endangered financial system, and widespread unemployment. The renewable energy and energy efficiency provisions adopted by the legislation – from credits for energy-efficient home appliances to green building standards and energy-conscious low-income housing – demonstrate a commitment to transforming the environment and the economy that can reduce energy costs and provide jobs for middle-class Americans struggling to make ends meet. Such measures are impotant steps in making the country more energy efficient and ensuring that the nation retains and produces more jobs in renewable energy and technology. Finally, the renewable electricity standard establishes an important incentive for electricity providers to switch to renewable energy sources, a commitment these providers have not made on their own.</p> <p>The revenue-raising measures appropriately target the oil companies who have benefited grandly from high oil prices. Additionally, ethics reform is desperately needed in the Mineral Management Service after disturbing reports of oil industry influence buying in the agency.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-related-blog-header"> <h3 class="field-label">Related Blog: Header</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">The Discussion on DMIBlog</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-quotes"> <h3 class="field-label">Quotes from Experts</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-related-blog"> <h3 class="field-label">Related Blog: Text</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-beyond"> <h3 class="field-label">Beyond this Bill</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-link field-field-related-blog-link"> <h3 class="field-label">Related Blog: Link</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-additional-resources"> <h3 class="field-label">Additional Resources</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p><a href="http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/clean_energy_101/">Clean Energy 101</a>, from the Union of Concerned Scientists</p> <p><a href="http://www.ases.org/images/stories/ASES-JobsReport-Final.pdf">Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Economic Drivers for the 21st Century</a>, from the Appollo Alliance</p> <p><a href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/otheranalysis/ongr.html">Impacts of Increased Access to Oil and Natural Gas</a>, from the Energy Information Administration</p> </div> </div> </div> Coal Consumers Efficient technology Energy &amp; Environment Energy conservation Federal lands Global warming Government Accountability Green buildings Green jobs Heating fuel Housing Natural gas Oil Pollution Renewable fuels Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:12:59 -0400 hmoroz 166 at http://www.themiddleclass.org