Energy issues are environmental issues, and environmental issues increasingly are energy issues. This link is inescapable: energy decisions have profound environmental and public health impacts, and energy-related emissions are changing the heat balance of Earth. The purpose of this paper… View Summary +

The D.C. Circuit’s Homer City decision doesn’t eliminate the uncertainty about environmental regulations that has vexed public utility commissions, the utilities they regulate, and the investment community for more than a decade. At a minimum, it extends that uncertainty farther… View Summary +

Climate-friendly air quality management refers to techniques, policies, and regulations that promote concurrent reductions of criteria and toxic pollutants and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Recent studies have shown that significant benefits can be achieved through integrating climate change mitigation and… View Summary +

RAP’s Chris James and Rebecca Schultz, along with Catherine Witherspoon, former executive officer of the California Air Resources Board, made recommendations on revisions to China’s air quality index and ambient air quality standards in this letter to the regulation drafting… View Summary +

RAP’s Chris James and Rebecca Schultz, along with Catherine Witherspoon, former executive officer of the California Air Resources Board, made recommendations on revisions to China’s air quality index and ambient air quality standards in this letter to the regulation drafting… View Summary +

This paper explores the use of natural gas-fired electric generation in meeting China’s energy and environmental goals, especially its role in integrating renewable energy into the system. View Summary +

This presentation is about the role that increased natural gas-fired generation can play in integrating large amounts of wind generation, including relevant international experience. View Summary +

The significance of China’s new regional air quality management (RAQM) regulation, approved by China’s State Council on May 11, 2010, is outlined in this two-page RAP briefing paper. View Summary +

A set of recommendations for China’s effort to establish a system of regional air quality management. Lessons from regional environmental planning in the US and EU are provided to illustrate the recommendations. View Summary +