Sierra Club, Dean Hubbard and Alejandra Nunez
This Sierra Club article provides a good overview of issues and opportunities related to job creation and displacement (and the need to ensure that new jobs are good jobs) in the EPA's Clean Power Plan.
Sierra Club, Leslie Fields and Alejandra Nunez
This Sierra Club article provides a good overview of many important environmental justice issues related to the design and implemetation of the EPA's Clean Power Plan.
Advanced Energy Economy Institute
This report critiques official US government estimates of the costs and growth potential for renewable energy and energy efficiency. It makes the case that renewable energy and energy efficiency are competitive resources in today's marketplace that can provide cost-effective ways for states to comply with the EPA's Clean Power Plan.
Labor Network for Sustainability
This report summarizes an analysis of the impact on US jobs of the EPA's draft clean power plan, and describes ways organized labor (and allies) can work to shape state implementation plans in ways that advance job growth, protection for displaced workers, environmental justice and climate protection objectives.
Brad Plummer, VOX
This article does a good job explaining the basics of the EPA's Clean Power Plan which aims to reduce harmful climate pollution from US power plants by 2030.
American Council for Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
This report looks at the costs of various energy efficiency measures and programs being deployed across the US.
Clean Air Task Force
This study provides updated information on the burden of death and disease from coal-based electricity production across the United States. Estimated impacts are based on projected power sector emissions in 2010.
Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century
This international report describes the state of renewable energy development around the world. Key findings include: renewable energy technologies set new installation records as their contribution to the global energy mix continued to climb in 2013.
US Global Change Research Program
The US National Climate Assessment assesses the science of climate change and its impacts across the United States, now and throughout this century.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
This international report provides the most comprehensive view of the current state of scientific knowledge relevant to climate change.
