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Energy and Environment Policy Center
The Energy and Environment Policy Center is dedicated to empowering students from across the country to draft real energy and environmental policy recommendations based on their own critical science policy research.
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- February 25, 2010
Cap and trade is a relatively standard model for curbing greenhouse gas emissions. This mechanism functions by placing a cap on the amount of legal emissions from specified greenhouse gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide. The right to emit carbon dioxide is granted through the distribution of permits. In some programs, like the EU cap and trade... - February 24, 2010
The Roosevelt Summer Academy is a rigorous summer intern program that runs in both Washington D.C and Chicago. The opportunity includes: internship placements, useful skill set training (organizing, lobbying, social media), brown bag lunches, a chance to meet amazing people, networking, and you get paid! What's to miss? That's right,... - February 19, 2010
The Green Progressive community has been up in arms this week regarding the Obama Administration’s announcement that the federal government will guarantee $8.3 billion in loans (under the authority of the Energy Policy Act of 2005) for the construction of two nuclear power plants in Georgia. This plan comes in the wake of the President...
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