Risks to Gulf Coast
Residents in the U.S. Gulf Coast are already feeling the impacts of climate change with rising sea levels, wetland loss, and more intense hurricanes, and without action the region’s vital economic sectors are at stake. A new C2ES report explores the risks that climate change poses to the region’s energy and fishing industries and outlines a number of adaptation options to reduce the costs and vulnerability to climate change.
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Changing Arctic Security
Arctic melting driven by climate change is reshaping the geopolitics of the far North—driving interest in new and expanded shipping routes, oil and gas exploration, and fisheries. A new report, Climate Change and International Security: The Arctic as a Bellwether, analyzes a recent spate of actions and announcements by Arctic states, including the rebuilding of military capabilities, to show how climate change is driving new national security concerns in the region.
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PEV Action Plan
Mike Robinson of General Motors, Ed Kjaer, Director of Southern California Edison, Commissioner Orjiakor Isiogu of State of Michigan, and Roland Hwang of NRDC
join Judi Greenwald of C2ES for the release of a new report, An Action Plan to Integrate Plug-in Electric Vehicles with the U.S. Electrical Grid, provides a roadmap for coordinated public and private sector action at state and local levels to ensure that PEV owners can conveniently plug in their cars without overtaxing the grid.
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Enhanced Oil Recovery
The National Enhanced Oil Recovery Initiative released recommendations on February 28, 2012, to boost domestic oil production and reduce carbon dioxide emissions through the expanded use of enhanced oil recovery.
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