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The Lure of Big Profits Will Break the Deadlock on Climate Change Policy, Writes an Expert in Latest Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES — With 106 bills to address climate change before the 110th Congress, it is clear that g
lobal warming has moved out of the dusty drawers of environmental activists and into the spotlight of policymaking.
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It's time to wake up from oil price shock and create an effective U.S. energy policy, warns Severin Borenstein in Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES — Washington has largely ignored energy issues in recent decades, focusing only when con
fronted with huge spikes in oil prices.
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Top business and policy leaders gather at Milken Institute Summit - California on November 20
LOS ANGELES – Hundreds of California's leading business executives and policymakers will gather Thur
sday, November 20 for the Milken Institute’s
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Reversing Global Warming Creates Enduring Prosperity for All
Prosperity cannot be shared on a dying planet. Without living systems, there can be no wealth. Today
’s unevenly distributed prosperity was achieved by capturing and burning ancient sunlight in extravagant amounts—coal, gas, and oil.
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Saving the environment can be good for capitalists, too, says author in latest issue of Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES — There are no free lunches in preserving the environment, but with a little help from m
arkets there certainly can be some cheap ones.
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New Book Explains Why Current Energy System Isn't Working - and How to Fix It Using an "Agile" Structure Focusing on Renewable Sources
With global instability and growing demand sending oil prices soaring to more than $50 a barrel, the
future of energy has become a major policy issue for leaders around the world. The question is, how can they prepare for a post-fossil fuel era?
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Hurricane Katrina Could Cost 400,000 Jobs, Say Economists, but Most Will Return by 2006 With Reconstruction Efforts
The devastation left by Hurricane Katrina could cost the U.S. economy an initial loss of 400,000 job
s in September and reduce monthly average job creation by 30,000 jobs for the rest of 2005.
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Ethanol Won't Help America Lose Its Appetite for Oil, Say Experts in Latest Milken Institute Review
Magazine also looks at critical learning from past guest-worker programs, seeks to neutralize the ne
t-neutrality debate and exposes hedge fund demographics
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Small Changes in Investment Incentives Can Have a Powerful Effect on Energy Independence
LOS ANGELES — Global environmental concerns and national security demands have everyone talking abou
t alternative energy sources. But preparing Americans to be energy independent requires more than talk.
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Milken Institute report examines new regulatory models and financial innovations to fund U.S. smart grid and energy needs
LOS ANGELES — The U.S.
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Milken Institute report says integrating residential energy-efficiency programs and financial instruments is key to going green
(LOS ANGELES) Our homes produce 20 percent of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and study after stu
dy finds that efficiency measures are the cheapest way to save energy.
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Milken Institute report says biofuel industry needs new financing mechanisms to jumpstart R&D, production and distribution
(LOS ANGELES) President Obama has called for a new clean energy policy to move us toward energy inde
pendence, but biofuels will remain a small part of America′s future portfolio unless we can find a way to get investors off the sidelines.
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