Resources

Extreme Weather Linked to Climate Change

Yale Report: Americans Believe Extreme Weather Events Linked to Climate Change

Download: Extreme Weather, Climate & Preparedness and the American Mind

Conservation

Colorado College: Conservation in the West

Download: Conservation in the West 2011: A survey of the attitude of voters in 5 western states 

Jobs in a Clean Energy Economy

New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions: New Mexico Green Jobs Report: 2011

Download: New Mexico Green Jobs Report: 2011

Clean Edge: Clean Edge Jobs Database

Download: Clean Edge Jobs Database

New Mexico Economic Development: New Mexico Green Jobs Guidebook

Download: New Mexico Green Jobs Guidebook
Green Job Search: New Mexico Green Job Listings
Download: New Mexico LEED Jobs
Download: New Mexico Solar Jobs
Download: New Mexico Wind Power Jobs

Headwaters Economics: Clean Energy Leadership in the Rockies

Download: Clean Energy Leadership in the Rockies: Competitive Positioning in the Emerging Green Economy

Synapse Energy Economics: Economic Impact Analysis of New Mexico’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule

Download: Economic Impact Analysis of New Mexico’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule

Clean Energy–Digest: Clean Energy Job Growth

Download: Clean Energy Job Growth

Clean Energy Jobs in New Mexico

Download: Clean Energy Jobs in New Mexico

Good Jobs First: Green Jobs Assessment Report

Download: Green Jobs Assessment Report-Good Jobs First

The Solar Foundation: Wind and Geothermal Jobs in 2009 from the Treasury Grant Program

Download: Jobs Solar Executive Summary

ClimateProgress.org: Jobs in Energy Efficiency

Download: Jobs in Energy Efficiency

ClimateProgress.org: Creating jobs and savings with energy efficiency

Link: http://climateprogress.org/2010/08/31/creating-jobs-and-savings-with-energy-efficiency/

ClimateProgress.org: Create Jobs Through Energy Efficiency

Download: Create Jobs Through Energy Efficiency

Investing in a Clean Energy Economy

United Nations – The Department of Economic and Social Affairs: World Economic and Social Survey 2011

Download: World Economic and Social Survey 2011 – The Great Green Technological Transformation

Clean Edge: Clean Energy Trends 2011

Download: Clean Energy Trends 2011

Twenty-First Strategies: Energy Security and the Role of Clean Energy

Download: Energy Security and the Role of Clean Energy

Synapse Energy Economics: Economic Impact Analysis of New Mexico’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule

Download: Economic Impact Analysis of New Mexico’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule

Clean Edge and Climate Solutions

Download: Carbon Free Prosperity 2025

Institute for Policy Integrity: Unlocking the Green Economy

Download: Unlocking the Green Economy

Clean Power: A $2.3 Trillion Opportunity

Download: Clean Power: A $2.3 Trillion Opportunity

Cost of Inaction

Sandia Report: Assessing the Near-Term Risk of Climate Uncertainty

Download: Assessing the Near-Term Risk of Climate Uncertainty: Interdependencies among the U.S. States

Climate Leadership Initiative: Business As Usual – Economic Impacts

Download: An Overview of Potential Economic Costs to New Mexico of a Business-As-Usual Approach to Climate Change

Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficient Mortgages: Guide to Green Mortgages

Visit: Guide to Green Mortgages

Alliance to Save Energy

According to the Alliance to Save Energy, energy efficiency measures will create 100,000 or more new energy jobs in the next two years. Visit: http://ase.org/

Climate Impacts on New Mexico

The Southwest Climate Initiative of the Nature Conservancy: Managing Changing Landscapes in the Southwestern U.S.

Download: Managing Changing Landscapes in the Southwestern U.S.

University of Arizona – Professor Garfin: Impacts of Climate Change in the Southwestern U.S.
Download: 

href=”http://newenergyeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/GARFIN_9Feb2011_Arctic-Desert-SantaFe_pdf.pdf”>Impacts of Climate Change in the Southwestern U.S.

Climate Leadership Initiative: Business As Usual – Economic Impacts

Download: An Overview of Potential Economic Costs to New Mexico of a Business-As-Usual Approach to
Climate Change

The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico: Climate Vulnerability in New Mexico

Download: Climate Vulnerability in New Mexico

Harvard University: Impacts of Climate Change and Health in NM

Download: Climate Change and Health in New Mexico

New Mexico Office of the State Engineer/Interstate Stream Commission: The Impact of Climate Change on New Mexico’s Water Supply and Ability to Manage Water

Download: The Impact of Climate Change on New Mexico’s Water Supply and Ability to Manage Water

Climate Change Policies

Brendan Miller, Southwest Renewables: New Mexico’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program

Download: New Mexico’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program – Sound Policy and Job Creation

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Mercury and Air Toxins Standards

Download: EPA Mercury and Air Toxins Standards and data about toxins from coal plants in NM

Yale Project on Climate Communications: Public Support for Climate and Energy Policies

Download: Climate Change in the American Mind: Public Support for Climate and Energy

Agriculture Policy and Climate Change

Download: Agricuture Policy & Climate Change

New Energy Economy’s Legal Filings

New Energy Economy: Intervention in PNM Rate Hike Case #10-000086-UT

Download: Brief in Chief and Opposition to the Stipulation

New Energy Economy: Intervention in PNM Rate Hike Case #10-000086-UT

Download: Response Brief in Opposition to the Stipulation

New Energy Economy: Intervention in PNM Rate Hike Case #10-000086-UT

Download: Exceptions to Recommended Decision

 

New Energy Economy: Closing Argument in Repeal of Carbon Reduction Rule Hearing 

Download: Closing Argument Part 1
Download: Closing Argument Part 2


Community Solutions to Climate Change

The Colorado College: Conservation in the West Survey

Download: Conservation in the West – A survey of the attitudes of voters in five Western states

Taking IT Global: Climate Change – Youth Guide to Action

Download: Climate Change – Youth Guide to Action

Anchorage Declaration: Indigenous Meeting Demands action on Climate Crisis

Download: Anchorage Declaration: Indigenous Meeting Demands action on Climate Crisis

Coal

Union of Concerned Scientists: Freshwater Use by US Power Plants

Download: Freshwater Use by US Power Plants – Electricity’s Thirst for a Precious Resource

American Lung Association: Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Coal-Fired Power Plants

Download: Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Coal-Fired Power Plants

Physicians for Social Responsibility: Coal’s Assault on Human Health

Download: Coal’s Assault on Human Health

Environment New Mexico: Dirty Energy’s Assault on our Health: Ozone Pollution

Download: Dirty Energy’s Assault on our Health: Ozone Pollution

Clean Air Task Force: The Toll from Coal

Download: The Toll from Coal

Carbon Technologies

JAMA: Health and Safety Risks of Carbon Capture

Download: Health and Safety Risks of Carbon Capture