TEXAS' GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS

Acknowledgments We wish to thank Jennifer Morgan of the World Wildlife Fund, Smitty Smith of Texas Public Citizen, and Peter Altman of the SEED coalition, for their encouragement and support for this work. This work builds upon previous analyses generously supported by WWF, W. Alton Jones Foundation and the Energy Foundation. We wish to thank Neal Elliott and John DeCicco of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy,for their technical advice. We also wish to thank Skip Laitner for his contributions to the methodology,used to develop the state-specific impacts of the national policies. Tellus Institute,i Table of Contents Page Summary ......................................................................................................................................iii 1. Introduction................................ ................................ ................................ ........................ 1 1.1. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE................................ ................................ ............................. 1 1.2. REGIONAL IMPACTS................................ ................................ ................................ ........ 2 1.3. CLIMATE PROTECTION................................ ................................ ................................ .... 3