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[PretePress] California green policies aid economy, says study: David Roland-Holst writes for the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Energy, Resources and Economic Stability that based on past state policies and practices, implementing California’s historic “Global Warming Solutions Act” —
[Global Warming News] Economic Study: California’s Green Policies Successful Over The ...: California’spioneering climate change legislation requires that carbon dioxide emissions becut to 1990 levels by 2020. Residents who save money on energy bills, viaenergy efficiency requirements, spend this money on other goods and services,which helps boost the entire state infrastructure.
[No Hot Air] Green Economy, Green Recovery: a major new study of the success of California's green economy tells the true story: a green recovery will restore the middle class, lift people out of poverty, and protect the planet. The study by economist David Roland-Holst finds that "California's energy-efficiency policies created nearly 1.5 million jobs from 1977 to 2007, while eliminating fewer than 25,000."
[harman on earth] green jobs and belt buckles: The study, conducted by David Roland-Holst, an economist at the Center for Energy, Resources and Economic Sustainability at the University of California, Berkeley, found that while the state’s policies lowered employee compensation in the electric power industry by an estimated $1.6 billion over that period, it improved compensation in the state over all by $44.6 billion.
[Southern California Green Real Estate Blog] THE EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION ACT HAS A VERY POSITIVE ...: “U.S. electric utilities’ engagement with grid-connected solar electricity has increased significantly in 2008, with major photovoltaic and concentrating solar thermal project announcements totaling more than 5,000 megawatts,” said Julia Hamm, SEPA executive director. “Without the ability to take direct advantage of the ITC, the only viable financial option was to have these plants be owned and operated by independent power producers who then in turn sell the electricity to the utility.
[Trucks at Work: Blog at Fleetowner.com] Greening to save: Roland-Holst recently wrapped up a study of the California’s energy-focused policies over last 35 years to determine what - if any - economic benefits resulted from such efforts. Based on his research and applying it to the future, he said that if California improves energy efficiency by just 1% per year, proposed state climate policies will increase the gross state product (GSP) by approximately $76 billion, increase real household incomes by up to $48 billion and create as many as 403,000 new jobs.
[TechSoup Blog blogs] Van Jones on the Green Collar Economy: When I found out about the book, The Green Collar Economy, I wanted to diverge a bit from strictly blogging about green IT for a minute. Van Jones is an Oakland, California-based environmental and civil rights activist.
[TakePart Blog Network] Green Policies Are Good For the Economy, Too!: The study, conducted by David Roland-Holst, an economist at the Center for Energy, Resources and Economic Sustainability at the University of California, Berkeley, found that while the state’s policies lowered employee compensation in the electric power industry by an estimated $1.6 billion over that period, it improved compensation in the state over all by $44.6 billion.
[ForeclosurePulse Blog] No Quick Fix for Calif. Housing, Economists Predict: Ziman Center for Real Estate at UCLA, predicted that “we’re not going to have a Great Depression, but we are going to have a recession. The labor market will contract, causing consumer spending to contract.”
[The Essentia Blog] California Green Policies Created Jobs: The number that Berkeley came up with was $44.6 billion, of which $1.2 billion was in the light industrial sector, $11.2 billion was in wholesale and retail trade, $7.3 billion was in the financial and insurance sectors and $17.8 billion was in the service sector. The study primarily focused on household spending and how the spending habits changed after money was removed from the electric bill.
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