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  • Joint Letter in Support for Voluntary Renewable Energy Set-Aside in the Proposed California Cap-and-Trade Program
  • Author: Ian McGowan (3Degrees), Sue Kateley (California Solar Energy Industries Association), Nancy Rader (California Wind Energy Association), Nick Lapis (Californians Against Waste), Elvira Ramirez (Catholic Charities, Diocese of Stockton), Danielle Osborn Mills (Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies), Jennifer Martin (Center for Resource Solutions), Jamie Fine(Environmental Defense Fund), Varner Seaman (Horizon Wind Energy), Kristen Eberhard (Natural Resources Defense Council), Kyle Boudreaux (NextEra Energy), Jay Carlis (Renewable Energy Markets Association, Community Energy, Inc.), Bill Magavern (Sierra Club California), Rachel McMahon (Solar Millennium), Kari Smith (Sunpower), Polly Shaw (Suntech America), Sara Birmingham (The Solar Alliance), and Erin Rogers (Union of Concerned Scientists).
  • Published: December 13th, 2010| Letter | 2 Pages
  • 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.

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  • CRS Comments on Proposed Revisions to the FTC Green Guides
  • Author: Robin Quarrier
  • Published: December 10th, 2010| Comment | 18 Pages
  • 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 …

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  • Summary of CRS Comments on Proposed Revisions to the FTC Green Guides
  • Author: Robin Quarrier
  • Published: December 3rd, 2010| Comment | 3 Pages
  • Summary of comments on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s recently released proposed update to its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (“Green Guides”). CRS will be submitting comments, and we have developed a summary of the key points we will be making to the Commission. Overall, we are very supportive of the proposed …

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  • 2009 Green-e Verification Report
  • Author: Center for Resource Solutions
  • Published: October 28th, 2010| Report | 12 Pages
  • 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 …

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  • Best Practices in Public Claims for Green Power Purchases and Sales
  • Author: Center for Resource Solutions
  • Published: October 7th, 2010| Report | 17 Pages
  • 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 …

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  • CRS Annual Report 2009
  • Author: Center for Resource Solutions
  • Published: August 17th, 2010| Report | 16 Pages
  • This report contains the activities and financial reporting documents for 2009.

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  • CRS Comments on CARB’s Proposed Regulation for the 33% Renewable Energy Standard
  • Author: Matt McDonnell, Robin Quarrier
  • Published: July 16th, 2010| Comment | 8 Pages
  • 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 …

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