What's New

 Landmark Legislation Passes: The U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES Act), H.R. 2454, on June 26 by a vote of 219 to 212.
   Waxman-Markey Bill Highlights
   Pew Center Statement on passage of the ACES Act (June 26, 2009)
   What the Waxman-Markey Bill Does for Agriculture (June 26, 2009)
   Letter urging YES vote on ACES Act (June 24, 2009)
   Climate Policy Memo: Eight Myths about the ACES Act (June 23, 2009)      
   Climate Policy Memo: Cost Analyses Comparison (June 24, 2009)

  State-Federal Interactions: At a recent Pew Center workshop, presenters discussed issues including the ACES Act, clean energy jobs, and adaptation. (June 24-25, 2009)

  Wind & Solar Solutions: A new report examines three challenges to deployment of wind and solar power and policy options to overcome them. (June 23, 2009)

  Science Update: This brief summarizes some of the key findings since the last IPCC assessment. (June 17, 2009)

  Climate Impacts: New federal government report finds visible impacts of climate change are already happening in the United States, highlighting the need to take action. (June 16, 2009)

  Policy Speech: In remarks to a carbon markets conference, Eileen Claussen provides an outlook of domestic and international climate policy. (June 11, 2009)

  Video Available: Watch our latest briefings on carbon market oversight, offsets, and other video footage of recent Pew Center events. (May 2009)

Impacting Corporate America: A customized carbon calculator and interactive website highlight the Make an Impact campaign, a newly-launched partnership between the Pew Center and the Alcoa Foundation.