Is the U.S. Department of Energy Managing the Risk of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change?

Dr. Barry Stevens

Dr. Barry Stevens is Keynote peaker at Compliance Key and he has over 30 years of highly productive experience leading globally competitive technology companies to higher levels of profitability and growth. Barry founded and serves as President of TBD America, a global Technology Business Development consulting group serving the public and private sectors in clean energy, biofuels, water remediation and nuclear waste disposal. Prior to TBD America, Dr. Stevens held executive positions with the National Hydrogen Fund, Superior Concrete Products; Radio Shack; Alcon Laboratories; Eastman Technolo........

Overview

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) was formed almost 40 years ago, from the underpinnings of the Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Energy Research and Development Administration.
Today, the DOE supports a broad portfolio of programs, including Nuclear Energy, Fossil Energy, Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Transportation, Science, and Crosscutting Innovation Initiatives; to carry out critical responsibilities for America's security and economy in three areas:

1. Building the Future through Science and Clean Energy
2. Ensuring Nuclear Security, and
3. Organizing, Managing and Modernizing the Department to Better Achieve Its Enduring Missions.

The Trump administration released its "America First" budget blueprint with deep cuts for health care and climate and clean energy programs -- despite the bipartisan support these initiatives enjoy.
In Sep. 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives took a major step toward setting federal science budgets for the 2018 fiscal year. But Congress is still far from the finish line, and final spending levels aren't likely to be finalized until late this year, at the earliest.
Whatever the final outcome, DOE's - Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) may be left with an appalling spending level of $636 million, $1.4 billion below the FY 2016 enacted budget of $2.1 billion.
Now practically decapitated, it's difficult to understand how the Department can backup statements made in the budget request, and I QUOTE "The FY 2018 Budget Request invests $695 million to maintain America's leadership in transformative science and emerging energy technologies in sustainable transportation, renewable power, and energy efficiency." UNQUOTE.
Going forward, now comes the biggest outlier of all - the Trump administration. Trump who called climate change a "hoax" is now writing the rules. This is underscored by Trump's announced U.S.'s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, the 2015 landmark international accord aimed at combating climate change. Standing against China and 196 other nations, the U.S. is the only country not participating in the agreement.
Whatever the case, until we promote all low-carbon energy resources the same as fossil fuels, it's difficult to see how America, with or without the EERE, can achieve its critical environmental goals in time to make any impact on decreasing greenhouse gas emissions and do its part to save our Little Blue Marble.

Why should you attend this webinar?

The window of opportunity with my Webinar - "Is the U.S. Department of Energy Managing the Risk of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change?" - is now.
On Jan 1, Huffington Post published an article "Proposed Energy Dept. Budget Would Take A Hatchet To Clean Energy Programs." https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/energy-department-budget_us_5a7247bae4b09a544b564527
The points raised in the article mirror the contents of my Webinar.
Going forward, now comes the biggest outlier of all - the Trump administration. Trump who called climate change a "hoax" is now writing the rules. This is underscored by Trump's announced U.S.'s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, the 2015 landmark international accord aimed at combating climate change. Standing against China and 196 other nations, the U.S. is the only country not participating in the agreement.
Whatever the case, until we promote all low-carbon energy resources the same as fossil fuels, it's difficult to see how America, with or without the EERE, can achieve its critical environmental goals in time to make any impact on decreasing greenhouse gas emissions and do its part to save our Little Blue Marble.
Also, U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Accord is impacting trade agreements.
Dateline, February 5, 2018 French foreign affairs minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne last week told his country's parliament that "The US knows what to expect," and that if the US does not rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement, there can be no trade deal.
Speaking to parliament, French foreign affairs minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne last Thursday made it very clear where his country stands regarding the United States? decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement:
"One of our main demands is that any country who signs a trade agreement with EU should implement the Paris Agreement on the ground. No Paris Agreement, no trade agreement. The US knows what to expect."
US President Donald Trump announced on June 1 of 2017 that he was withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, claiming that it unfairly required the US to adopt stricter rules than other participants of the Agreement.

Areas Covered in the Session:

Our goal today will be to determine DOE's performance in creating and sustaining American leadership in the transition to a low carbon energy economy, and grade the Department accordingly.
In doing so, we will construct a mosaic of the Department from many perspectives, going from budget appropriations to bottom line performance in terms of stimulating America's adoption of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies; in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the impact of climate change
To establish and justify a final grade, we will:

• Critique DOE's Fiscal Year 2016 to 2018 Congressional Budgets
• Present a high-level overview of the DOE and their Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Appropriations from FY 2000 to FY 2018

• Take a brief look at Energy Secretaries 1977- Present
• Audit the 2016 Share of Renewables in Electricity Production by Country
• Critique the U.S. 2016 Energy Efficiency Scorecard
• Report on U.S. Greenhouse Gas Levels: 1990 - 2014
• Analyze GHG Emission on U. S. Per Capita and Per Dollar GDP Basis: 1990-2014
• Project Future U.S. Capacity Additions by Type of Resource and Levelized Cost of Electricity
• Determine DOE's role in federally funded energy efficiency and renewable energy incentives.
• and Assess the performance of DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Who can Benefit:

• Federal, state, and local representatives; energy resource managers; scientists; engineers; energy planners; educators; and the public

Target Companies/ Industries:

• Federal State and Local Level Environmental Quality Commissions
• U.S. and International Departments of Energy
• Sustainable Transportation
• Vehicle Technologies
• Bioenergy Technologies
• Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies
• Total, Sustainable Transportation
• Renewable Energy
• Solar Energy
• Wind Energy
• Water Power
• Geothermal Technologies
• Energy Efficiency
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Federal Energy Management Program
• Building Technologies
• Weatherization Programs

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