| | Senate committee gives approval to climate evaluation model research(7/13/2009)A $1.8 million project at The University of Alabama in Huntsville on climate model evaluation has received committee approval in the U.S. Senate, according to U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The project is part of the Fiscal Year 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations bill. Following this action by the committee, this legislation will now go to the full Senate for consideration. The Climate Model Evaluation Project was funded at $1.8 million and directly addresses the cost of energy for manufacturing, industrial, and residential electricity. "This research will show how effective potential policies will be in impacting the climate and how confident one can be in their achieving the intended outcome," said Sen. Shelby. UAHuntsville will examine and evaluate climate model simulations to determine the level of performance these models achieve so that policymakers may develop a better understanding of the reliability of these forecasts. "Given the tremendous burden that any climate change legislation would place on the U.S. economy, it is imperative that any steps taken are done so only after achieving reasonable certainty that they will produce the benefits necessary to justify the associated costs," said Shelby. "Information gained from the Climate Model Evaluation Project will be of great benefit to policymakers, ensuring that they are better informed as climate legislation is debated." |
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