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Response: Real World Energy Policy
Silkman and Flumerfelt note that Maine energy policy “has been driven by two objectives: (1) a reduction in our state’s dependence on oil and other non-renewable energy resources, and (2) a reduction in our overall consumption of energy through energy conservation programs,incentives, and other initiatives.” Just as the state at large has greatly reduced its reliance on oil, so has …
Read MoreMay 12, 2008: Jonathan Rubin named chair of Committee on Transportation Energy
Jonathan Rubin has been selected to chair the Committee on Transportation Energy of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. (UMaine article).
Read MoreEducation: The One Factor That Can Keep Me from Sliding into Hopeless Poverty
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act severely restricted access to postsecondary education for people receiving welfare. Through well-organized advocacy efforts, Maine was able to maintain access to higher education for families on welfare-one of only two states to do so in 1997-through the Parents as Scholars (PaS) program. This paper reports on the second wave of data in …
Read MoreResponse: Market Failure Requires Aggressive Action
The global environment is being subjected to unprecedented assault from production, distribution and consumption of energy, particularly fossil fuels. Air pollutants threaten human health and the environment; the emission of greenhouse gases is linked to climate change and the resulting extinction of species, increases in drought, and rising sea levels; nuclear power threatens health and safety. The challenge of the …
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