scholarly journals Models for evaluation of energy technology and policy options to maximize low carbon source penetration in the United States energy supply.

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul S. Pickard ◽  
Dawn Kataoka ◽  
Marissa Devan Reno ◽  
Leonard A. Malczynski ◽  
William J. Peplinski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Carbon Source ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
The United States ◽  
Energy Technology ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Low Carbon

scholarly journals Assessing Renewable Energy Loan Guarantees in the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan M. Yonk
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Energy Technology ◽  
Loan Guarantee ◽  
Clean Energy Technology ◽  
Loan Guarantees

Conceived as an idea to push financing toward underdeveloped clean energy technology to improve the environment, promote economic growth, and produce a more secure energy supply, the Title XVII loan guarantee program has likely failed to meet these objectives. Instead, it has been used as a political tool, exposed taxpayers to unnecessary risk, diverted funding from alternative clean energy investments, and primarily benefitted large, politically connected corporations.

Misusing historical analogies limits US policy options

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Middle East ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
White House ◽  
Decision To Leave ◽  
Us Military ◽  
The Future

Significance The Vietnam analogy implies that President Joe Biden’s decision to leave Afghanistan will have deeply negative consequences for the United States. However, Afghanistan is not Vietnam and the Biden withdrawal needs to be considered within the wider context of his administration’s review of US commitments abroad. Impacts The White House will be pressured to clarify the future of other US military commitments, particularly in Iraq. Biden will seek to reassure allies, particularly those in NATO, that his commitment to multilateralism will not diminish. Biden may seek an opportunity for a military show of force, possibly in the Middle East, to refute accusations of weakness.

The future of Indian Health Services for native Americans in the United States: an analysis of policy options and recommendations

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-414
Author(s):  
Tiffany Henley ◽  
Maureen Boshier
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Policy Window ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe passage of the Affordable Care Act in the United States has opened a policy window for the establishment of an independent Medicaid agency for the Navajo Nation. This article explores several policy options to improve health care services for Native Americans. Although there is a lack of scholarly research on the impact of healthcare reform and the effectiveness of current health care programs for American Indians, policymakers should utilize evidence-based research to inform policy decisions.

The United States and Alternative Energies since 1980: Technological Fix or Regime Change?

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 103-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E Nye
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Actual Performance ◽  
Policy Failure ◽  
Technological Momentum ◽  
Alternative Energies ◽  
Kaya Identity

Awareness of global warming has been widespread for two decades, yet the American political system has been slow to respond. This essay examines, first, political explanations for policy failure, focusing at the federal level and outlining both short-term partisan and structural explanations for the stalemate. The second section surveys previous energy regimes and the transitions between them, and policy failure is explained by the logic of Thomas Hughes’s ‘technological momentum’. The third section moves to an international perspective, using the Kaya Identity and its distinction between energy intensity and carbon intensity to understand in policy terms ‘technological fixes’ vs. low-carbon alternatives. The final section reframes US energy policy failure and asks: (1) Why, between 1980 and 1999, was America’s actual performance in slowing CO2emissions better than its politics would seem capable of delivering? (2) How and why has the United States since c. 2007 managed to reduce per capita CO2emissions?

scholarly journals Nonnative forest insects and pathogens in the United States: Impacts and policy options

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 1437-1455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary M. Lovett ◽  
Marissa Weiss ◽  
Andrew M. Liebhold ◽  
Thomas P. Holmes ◽  
Brian Leung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Forest Insects
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