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Initiatives
In addition to a diverse portfolio of planned publications, REPP isundertaking
a number of broader initiatives. Some of these willresult in formal Issue
Briefs, Research Reports or Special Reports.Others may result in publications
if our research suggests that sucha work product could prove useful to the
renewable energy community.Still others are currently dependent on securing
further funding.
REPP initiatives include:
RE:NEW. REPP holds a grant from the Joyce Mertz-GilmoreFoundation and the Energy Foundation to rejuvenate the Solsticeweb site, an Internet resource furnishing educational and outreachtools for the renewable energy community. Among other features,RE:NEW will serve as a repository of key renewable energy and energyefficiency information via the GEMdatabase (an EPA project).
Labor and renewables. REPP is working with AFL-CIO andindividual unions to develop means by which renewable energy groupsappreciate the goals of labor organizations, while informingorganized labor of the role that renewable energy will play in theenergy system of the next century. Such understanding can lead tojoint initiatives that advance renewables and family-wage jobs.
Renewable Energy and Clean Air. REPP, working withconsultant Anne Polansky, currently holds a research grant from theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency to explore means of integratingrenewable energy into clean air policy. Tasks include: 1) educatingthe renewable energy community about the Clean Air Act; 2)Identifying the role of renewable energy in cap-and-trade emissionpermit programs, and; 3) creating model State Implementation Plans("SIPs") that incorporate renewable energy and efficiently leverageexisting renewable energy incentives. 3.) determining how distributedrenewable energy technologies can provide an alternative tostationary diesel engines to improve local air quality.
Renewables and Environmental Justice. REPP is working withgroups from the environmental justice, affordable housing, low-incomeenergy advocacy and clean energy communities to explore the potentialfor renewable energy and energy efficiency to meet energy needs andspark local economic development and provide clean energy generation,thereby providing an alternative to industrial development thatdisproportionately harms and neglects poor and/or minoritycommunities.
Powering the South. REPP aims to explore means to integratesuccessful models for renewable energy technologies and energyefficiency in the southern United States. We will be working closelywith advocates, academics, businesses and governments on the groundin the South to initiate clean energy projects.