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James H. Wilson
Transportation and Land Use
James H. Wilson has over 30 years of experience in climate change and air quality consulting experience. He is President & CEO of E.H. Pechan & Associates, Inc. He has frequently been involved in control strategy studies that involve both emission benefit and cost-effectiveness evaluations. Mr. Wilson has been recently active in facilitating transportation and land use technical workgroups in state-level climate change mitigation processes in Maryland, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. In this work, he leads the workgroup's review and revision of the transportation sector greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventory and forecast, develops recommendations for GHG Mitigation in the transportation and land use sector, and quantifies the GHG reductions and societal costs for a wide array of mitigation options. In addition, Mr. Wilson has been the project manager for development of GHG emission inventories for calendar years 2006 and 2007 for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He has provided long-term technical support to state transportation departments in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Tennessee. This support has included GHG program evaluations, developing methods for evaluating emission reductions for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality projects, alternative fuel programs for state vehicle fleets, and analysis of heavy-duty diesel vehicle, locomotive, and marine vessel restricted idling programs. Mr. Wilson is an accredited lead verifier for GHG inventories submitted to the California Climate Action Registry. In this capacity, he has managed or acted as the senior reviewer on verification projects for over 20 members of this voluntary registry. Mr. Wilson has also managed a number of air quality projects in Pennsylvania. These include assistance to PADEP in emission inventory development and facilitating stakeholder groups in PA ozone non-attainment areas. Mr. Wilson holds a M.S. in Urban and Public Affairs from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University.
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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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