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Michael Lawrence
Transportation and Land Use

Senior Advisor, Climate Policy Finance, Risk ManagemenMr. Lawrence has considerable experience evaluating issues surrounding highway finance, multimodal transportation planning, environmental and energy planning, alternative tax policy, and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) analysis. Mr. Lawrence has provided expert testimony on alternative fuel economics and market issues to the California Energy Commission, the AB 234 Commission, the Alternative Fuels Advisory Council (U.S. DOE), and for the New York State Attorney General. He has supported the California Air Resources Board (CARB), California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and several California Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and air districts in developing planning documents for transportation and air quality. He directed a major effort for the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to develop freight forecasting models for state and MPO use. Mr. Lawrence holds an MBA in Finance/Applied Economics and a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Lawrence is an active member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) committee on Energy Conservation and Travel Demand, Alternative Fuels, and Air Quality.Economic Planning
Climate News

Obama Gets a Menu of Climate Actions He Can Take Without Congress
President Obama could invoke strong climate policies, like gasoline carbon limits, without congressional input before world leaders convene this fall to negotiate an international global warming treaty, a research group says in a plan provided to the administration.

Whitman & Peterson: Climate Bill Should Top the Congress’ To-Do List
As Congress approaches the August recess, our economy, energy and environmental security needs still top the to-do list of the president and Congress. This summer the Center for Climate Strategies and the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition have outlined how Congress can put a national strategy in place that gets all three on the same page: by passing comprehensive national climate change and energy policy that reflects our best policy options for immediate action.

New Climate and Energy Policies Could Create 2.5 Million Jobs, Hold Down Energy Costs
July 22, 2010 -- New greenhouse gas emissions and energy policies at the Federal level could generate as many as 2.5 million new jobs and $134 billion in economic activity in the U.S. while keeping energy costs down, according to a new report from the Center for Climate Strategies, published with Johns Hopkins University.

Colorado legislature raises state RES, move seen creating jobs
A coalition of stakeholders who worked on the Colorado Climate Panel's were critical to the new legislation’s passage. Since investor-owned utilities supply 60% of Colorado’s electricity, this implements most of the Panel recommendation (adopted by the Governor) on renewable energy standards (RES).
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