• UN Climate Change Dialogue

    The Chamber is an accredited observer to the UNFCCC and has been a strong and constructive presence in the Business and Industry Non-Governmental Organization observer group. GEI supports continued U.S. participation in the Paris agreement discussions, in addition to sustained global cooperation to tackle climate change.

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  • Blog
    April 4, 2017

    NRDC Swings . . . and Misses

    See Also: Setting the Record Straight on the NERA Report The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) recently published a critique of a recent report prepared by NERA Economic Consulting that the Energy Institute cosponsored along with American Council for Capital Formation. The report, Impacts of
  • Press Release
    March 16, 2017

    New Report Examines Costs to U.S. Industrial Sector of Obama’s Paris Pledge

    JUNE 2017 Update: Setting the Record Straight on the NERA Report WASHINGTON, DC – Meeting the commitments President Obama made as part of the Paris climate accord could cost the U.S. economy $3 trillion and 6.5 million industrial sector jobs by 2040, according to a comprehensive new study prepared
  • Reports
    January 17, 2017

    The Costs of Achieving the Obama Administration’s GHG Emissions Goals

    The Obama Administration made an international pledge to reduce U.S. net greenhouse gas emissions 26% to 28% below their 2005 level by 2025. It also endorsed an eventual goal of an 80% reduction in emissions by 2050.L

    The administration has argued accomplishing these goals will be good for the economy and create millions of good paying middle class jobs. If this all sounds too go to be true, that is because it is. And the evidence comes from the unlikeliest of sources . . . the Obama Administration.

  • Blog
    May 18, 2016

    Future Global Energy Demand: Up, Up, and Away!

    The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently released it latest International Energy Outlook (IEO), its forecast of global trends in energy supply and demand from 2012 out to 2040. As an old Danish expression goes, it’s awfully hard to make an accurate prediction, especially about the future
  • Blog
    January 27, 2016

    Obama Administration Confirms “Gap” in Paris Emissions Pledge

    After months of avoiding the issue, the Obama Administration finally released its own progress report on the President’s Paris pledge to cut U.S. net greenhouse gas emissions 26% to 28% from the 2005 level by 2025, with a “best effort” to achieve 28%. We hate to say we told you so, but it confirms