Energy innovation experts converge on need for $15 billion per year in increased R&D investment in final Congressional climate legislation
$15 billion. That is the figure at the heart of a growing consensus of energy innovation experts, all calling for dramatically larger U.S. investment in clean energy research and development. Writing at theEnergyCollective.com, Breakthrough's Jesse Jenkins highlights mounting calls to address what Google Director of Climate Change and Energy Dan Reicher called "a serious energy R&D short-fall" in the current House and Senate climate bills. As Congress debates energy and climate change legislation, a chorus of voices including policy think tanks such as the Brookings Institution, Third Way and the Breakthrough Institute, as well as a collection of both the nation's top research universities and dozens of Nobel-prize winning scientists have joined leading businesses like Google to converge on a $15 billion increase in annual U.S. energy R&D budgets as a critical component of any final legislation.
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Didn't know that Google is involved in climate restoration efforts. I think the private sector and business entities can drive us faster to solutions, compared to governmental efforts. But at the end, they have to work hand in hand.
Posted by: Tyler Callaway at May 3, 2011 5:49 PM