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The guide outlines a 30-minute educational activity where students use the interactive Yale Climate Opinion Maps to compare climate change beliefs at national, state, and county levels. The activity includes a guided exploration of the tool's features and a policy-making simulation where students act as advisors to the governor of Louisiana to determine which climate policies would have the most public support based on YCOM data.

The document is a student guide for navigating the Yale Climate Opinion Maps, an interactive tool designed to show how Americans' opinions on climate change vary geographically. It leads students through a series of steps to compare climate beliefs in their own communities against national averages and includes a policy application exercise focused on Louisiana to demonstrate how such data can inform policy decision-making and communication strategies.

The document examines the transition from diesel-powered transit buses to hybrid-electric alternatives, highlighting significant reductions in emissions and fuel consumption. It details the technical differences between series and parallel hybrid configurations and analyzes the financial barriers to adoption, noting that while hybrid buses have a higher purchase price, federal grants and lower operational costs mitigate these expenses. By 2006, over 900 hybrid buses were in service across more than 40 North American transit agencies.

The document details the distribution of Recovery Act funds for high-speed rail awards across the West, Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast regions of the United States. The West region received the highest allocation at $2,942,000,000, followed by the Midwest at $2,599,600,000, the Southeast at $1,870,000,000, and the Northeast at $485,000,000. Key projects include the California High-Speed Rail, the Tampa-Orlando Phase 1 HSR, and various track, signal, and station upgrades across multiple state corridors to increase train speeds and reliability.

The document consists of a collection of 45 figures mapping the FSEIS routes for nuclear waste transport through nearly every U.S. state and the District of Columbia.

The letter criticizes Leonard Green & Partners for aggressive financial policies at Prospect Medical Holdings, including dividend recapitalizations and a controversial $10 million buyout. It highlights a dramatic decline in EBITDA, high debt levels, and poor hospital quality ratings, arguing that these actions prioritize short-term private equity gains over long-term healthcare stability and patient care.

The report argues that the private equity (PE) industry uses aggressive financial engineering to extract short-term value from companies, a process facilitated by specific U.S. tax loopholes. Key mechanisms include the carried interest loophole, interest deductions, and fee waivers, which allow PE managers to pay significantly lower tax rates than ordinary workers. The document provides case studies in housing, healthcare, energy, and labor to illustrate the negative impacts of this model, such as increased hospital mortality rates, the proliferation of high-emission LNG terminals, and the degradation of manufactured housing parks.

The report identifies a 300,000 GWh annual electricity saving potential in the U.S. industrial sector by closing the productivity gap between the lowest and highest performing states. It argues that while exogenous factors like electricity prices play a role, the primary constraints are endogenous barriers such as poor understanding of efficiency potential, fossilized design paradigms, and capital constraints. Through case studies in high technology, oil and gas, and food production, the authors demonstrate that holistic design and overcoming these barriers can significantly reduce energy use and costs. The document concludes that policymakers should provide low-cost capital and education to incentivize efficiency measures that benefit society but may be NPV neutral for individual firms.

The report provides a state-by-state breakdown of progress toward 2020 Clean Power Plan benchmarks, noting that some states have exceeded 500% of their goals while others show 0% progress. It highlights the role of energy efficiency, renewable energy standards, and regional initiatives in achieving these targets.

Energy savings certificates (ESCs), also known as white certificates, are tradable credits typically representing one megawatt-hour (MWh) of energy savings. They allow third parties to generate efficiency savings and sell them to utilities to help meet regulatory targets established via Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS) or Renewable Electricity Standards (RES). In the U.S., 21 states have such targets, with Connecticut operating an active market where prices have generally ranged between $20 and $25/MWh. Internationally, programs exist in New South Wales, Italy, Great Britain, and France, with India encouraging a national market. ESCs incentivize efficiency investments by providing an additional revenue stream for commercial and industrial entities.

The document defines GHG emissions registries as databases for tracking emissions from individual emitters, distinguishing them from top-down national inventories. It details the legal mandate for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop a national registry by mid-2008, funded by a December 2007 appropriations bill. The text outlines the role of registries in cap-and-trade programs—specifically for ensuring compliance and market efficiency—and describes the technical requirements for data collection, quantification, and verification to ensure consistency and transparency.

The document defines Renewable Electricity Standards (RES) as policies requiring a minimum percentage of electric power to come from eligible renewable sources. It details how these standards create market demand for clean energy, the types of eligible resources, and the potential for business opportunities through the sale of electricity or renewable energy credits (RECs). The text also outlines the state-level adoption of RES in the U.S. as of 2008 and discusses the legislative history and arguments surrounding a proposed national RES.

The guide details five financial tools to facilitate energy efficiency: on-bill financing, Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing, Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) models, loan guarantees, and loan loss reserve funds. It highlights how public investment can reduce lender risk to mobilize private capital, providing specific examples from the United States, Canada, and China.

The report outlines strategies for U.S. companies to adopt on-site renewable energy, focusing on solar, wind, geothermal, and solar thermal technologies. It details various ownership and financing models—ranging from direct ownership to third-party power purchase agreements—and analyzes the associated financial incentives, operational risks, and corporate benefits such as cost hedging and brand enhancement.

WWF's Markets Institute proposes 'Farmers Post,' a system integrating a third-party web platform with the USPS to enable direct-to-consumer shipping of fresh produce. The initiative aims to increase revenue for small and minority farmers, reduce the 50% waste of fresh produce grown in the US, and expand access to nutritious food for low-income and food-insecure populations. The report outlines potential revenue for the USPS, identifies logistical hurdles such as temperature control and liability, and describes pilot programs with 4P Foods and Healthy PlanEat to test food hub and virtual models.