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The Economics of Climate Regulatory Policy: Current Findings and Lessons from the Past — a FREE webinar

Join us for a Webinar on March 4

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/774005050

FREE WEBINAR
March 4, 2009, 3:00 – 4:30 Eastern Time

Climate change policies all involve some form of regulatory change or intervention in the marketplace. Such interventions are often feared because they are new and different. Moreover, new regulations are frequently challenged on the basis of their apparent costs, especially by those representing the industries, activities, or markets to be regulated.

The discussion of impacts, including monetary costs and benefits, is often complex and may be difficult for non-economists to follow. The object of this webinar is to present the evidence on the costs of reducing carbon emissions in the US and the types of benefits such regulations could generate in clear, easy-to-understand, terms.

This free webinar is the first in a planned year-long series of joint offerings on aspects of the economics of climate change sponsored by The E.P. Systems Group, Inc. and the Center for Climate Strategies. It will address:

* Economists’ current cost estimates for national greenhouse gas regulations

* Examples of past regulatory cost estimates and their accuracy

* Potential economic benefits of limiting emissions, including job creation, technological change and greater energy independence

* Other benefits from reducing carbon emissions, including public health and national security

* Damages avoided by capping carbon fuel use and emissions

A 30 minute Question and Answer period will follow the presentations. Presenters include:

Rachel Cleetus, Economist, Climate & Energy Program, Union of Concerned Scientists

Michael Livermore, Executive Director, Institute for Policy Integrity, New York University School of Law

Kristen Sheeran, Executive Director, Economists for Equity and the Environment (E3) Network

The session will be moderated by Peter Meyer, President and Chief Economist, The E.P. Systems Group, Inc.

Questions:  pbm#@*TheEPSystemsGroup.com  (remove the # and * symbols to e-mail)

Title:

The Economics of Climate Regulatory Policy: Current Findings and Lessons from the Past

Date:

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Time:

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EST

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

February 14th, 2010 | Category: News | Leave a comment

Impact Analysis for USCIS EB-5 Program Now Available

EPSG offers a new service for potential Regional Center applicants under the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services EB-5 program.  Applicants must show, as part of their application, the ability to create at least 20 local jobs per $ Million of investment and provide the same proof of job creation for each specific project they undertake.  We can help generate the needed evidence.

This service is an extenuation of the Economic Impact Analysis we have accomplished for other clients using the RIMS II data base provided by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis. Our methodology allows us to calculate income, revenue, and tax impacts as well as employment change. Use of the RIMS II data to support Regional Center applications is significantly more cost-effective than alternative analysis approaches such as IMPLAN.

February 8th, 2010 | Category: News | Leave a comment

Supporting Climate Change Legislative Efforts in the U.S.

The E.P. Systems Group, Inc., launched Climate Change Economics;, a comprehensive website of resources and tools dedicated to addressing the carbon intensity of the U.S. economy and related climate change policy in the 50 states and territories on December 11.  We are seeing a growing numbers of visitors and welcoming new site Members.

Climate Change Economics is one part of a project to improve understanding of climate change issues by U.S. legislators in the expectation that understanding will lead to action. We hope to make the site the primary objective research tool for state and federal legislators, as well as regulators and policy analysts, on the economic opportunities presented by the fight against climate change. We’ve been funded specifically to improve the quality of economic analysis by the decision-makers in state legislatures and to expand their understanding of the economic threats posed by climate change as well as the economic opportunities available in investing in mitigation efforts.

The site offers some very basic economic tools and explanations of economic analysis as well as a Legislators’ Tools area. We are particularly striving to make the best research and policy models accessible to citizen legislators across the United States, offering them tools to help dissect the assumptions that can distort research findings.

We shortly will be launching a secure forum for exchanging ideas about legislation, discussing proposed language or standards, and similar discussions. The forum is structured so that all particicipants will be able to remain completely anonymous to others and even exchange private e-mails with other participants one-on-one without divulging identities. with their peers. The anonymity is intended to permit discussion of politically sensitive initiatives, to allow consultation on legislative strategies, and also to enable invididuals who want guidance in economic analysis to request support without feeling as if they are divulging their ignorance to others.

Apart from legislators, we also hope our colleagues throughout the environmental community will find the site’s public Web Resources and Library valuable for their own efforts.

January 24th, 2009 | Category: News | Leave a comment