Publications EIN has recently contributed to: 

Shockproofing Society

How California's Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) Reduces the Economic Pain of Energy Price Shocks 

Getting a handle on the full cost of our dependence on fossil energy is a daunting task.  There are a lot of studies, including some of our own, that add up the financial, health, environmental and security costs. 

But in a new study, co-authored by Energy Independence Now's Policy Director Remy Garderet, together with Chris Busch of the Center for Resource Solutions and James Fine of Environmental Defense Fund, we examine our dependence on oil and natural gas with a new lens: what does our dependendence on oil natural gas mean during "price shocks," periods when oil and related prices skyrocket overnight?

Press Coverage

This report received substantial press, and helped inform the public debate over California's Proposition 23 (November 2010), which would have suspended AB 32 until unemployment rates reached a defined level.  For sample press clippings, please click here.  Prop 23 was resoundingly defeated by voters.

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Pain at the Pumps

An Op-Ed Piece by EIN published by the Santa Barbara Independent highlighting the need for strong national fuel economy and GHG standards

Reports from other environmental coalition members:

Clean Cars in California

Four Decades of Progress in the Unfinished Battle to Clean Up Our Air

Written By: Travis Madsen and Benjamin Davis, Frontier Group

Bernadette Del Chiaro, Environment California Research and Policy Center

California's efforts to reduce air pollution from cars and trucks have made the state's air cleaner than it has been in decades - and Californians are healthier as a result. Clean car standards have helped cut total automobile air pollution in California by more than 85 percent since 1975, despite rapid growth in population and vehicle travel. 

However, many Californians are still exposed to some of the worst air pollution in the United States - contributing to high asthma rates and shortened life spans. Passenger cars and trucks produce nearly 2 million pounds of health-threatening air pollution statewide every day.

To continue progress, state officials should update California's vehicle emission standards and ensure that they remains strong and effective. Given the size of California's vehicle population, the state needs to make sure that new cars are as clean as possible - and to encourage auto manufacturers to rapidly commercialize vehicles that produce no pollution whatsoever. 

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