This letter, addressed to Gary Collard at the California Air Resources Board in reference to the draft 33% RPS, details CRS’s position that a REC is a property right, that CARB’s recognition of these property rights inherent in RECs would not increase CARB’s risk of a regulatory taking under the Fifth Amendment, and that declaring …

This report contains the activities and financial reporting documents for 2009.

CRS submitted a comment letter to New Mexico’s Environmental Improvement Board urging the adoption of a set aside to ensure that voluntary renewable energy purchases continue to reduce carbon dioxide emissions after their cap-and-trade program goes into effect.

The price of gasoline is a telling economic weathervane. When gas is cheap, it is not given much attention. When gas prices hit record highs, however, as in 2008, the downside of America’s dependence on imported energy is made painfully obvious. This report analyzes how Assembly Bill (AB) 32, California’s Global Warming Solutions Act, will …

The report highlights Green-e Certified renewable energy and carbon offset sales in 2009, as well as organizations that participated in Green-e Marketplace to demonstrate their commitment to renewable energy. The report shows a 43% increase in total Green-e Energy sales volume over the previous year, with over 18 Million MWh purchased by over 545,000 residential …

Growth in the largely unregulated voluntary renewable energy market has highlighted the need for clear guidelines on what constitutes legitimate environmental claims. In order to evaluate green electricity claims, one must first determine what constitutes a claim. Some claims are explicit and easy to identify. Others, however, can be simply implied or even unintentional. This …

A joint letter from CRS, clean energy businesses, organizations, and environmental groups write to you in support of including a provision in the Cap and Trade Regulation to establish a Voluntary Renewable Energy Set-Aside.

CRS wrote a letter to California Air Resources Board (CARB) Chairwoman Nichols and the Board expressing support for the inclusion of a voluntary renewable energy set aside in AB 32, and our remaining concerns about the Western Climate Initiative recommendation that renewable energy certificates (RECs) have no role in mandatory GHG reporting and compliance protocols. …

The intent of these comments is to introduce CRS as an interested party; to describe the services that we provide for the voluntary over‐the‐counter (OTC) carbon offset market through our Green‐e Climate certification and consumer‐protection program; to briefly explain our position that the current structure and existing oversight mechanisms in the voluntary carbon offset market …

Comments submitted on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s proposed update to its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (“Green Guides”). Overall, we are very supportive of the proposed update and find that it reinforces many of the consumer-protection practices required by Green-e certification, but there are a few areas where we suggest further …