Climate Fast Facts: Missouri

Clean Businesses (2007)	Clean Jobs (2007)	Clean Job Growth (1998-2007)	Overall Job Growth (1998-2007)	Jobs Lost (2008-2009)

1,062	11,714	5.4%	2.1%	102,000

Climate & Energy Resources

Latest Climate Science (Union of Concerned Scientists)
Global Warming & Missouri (National Wildlife Federation)
Cost of Delay (Environmental Defense Fund)
Meeting the International Clean Energy and Climate Change Challenges (The White House)

Jobs

The clean energy economy has a lot to show the Show Me State. The state could gain 36,000 jobs and about $2.9 billion in investment revenue if $150 billion was invested in clean energy nationwide, and drop unemployment by 1.1 percent.

Clean-Energy Investments Create Jobs in Missouri (Center for American Progress/PERI)
Missouri: Green Prosperity and Poverty Reduction (Natural Resources Defense Council)
Missouri’s Road to Energy Independence (Blue Green Alliance)
Clean Energy Jobs in Missouri (Environmental Defense Fund)
Clean Energy and Climate Policies Lead to Economic Growth in Missouri (Environmental Entrepreneurs)

Opportunity

Missouri will be an integral part of the national clean energy economy. Committing 50,000 MW of new wind energy in the United States would bring 3,234 jobs and over $1 billion in investments to the state. Under the ACES bill Missouri would receive $642 million for expanded energy efficiency investments, $215 million for natural gas efficiency investments.

ACES Funding for Efficiency Investments- MO (Environment Northeast)
Charting a New Path for Missouri’s Electricity Generation and Use (National Wildlife Federation)
The Clean Energy Economy: Missouri (Pew Center)
Carbon Cap Critics Predict Healthy Economy in Missouri under Cap-and-Trade (PERI/UMASS)
The 2009 Report on the Future of The South (Southern Growth Policy Board)
Renewable Energy Works: Missouri

Cut Costs

The average family in Missouri would save $6.32 per month on their energy bills and a sizeable $16.82 per month on vehicle fuel costs if the American Clean Energy and Security Act was enacted.

Climate Bill Cuts Electricity Bills (Natural Resources Defense Council)
Climate-Protection Policies Cut Fuel Bills (Natural Resources Defense Council)
Summary of Competitiveness Provisions in ACES (Center for Clean Air Policy)
Clean Energy, Green Jobs: A National Renewable Electricity Standard Will Boost the Economy and Protect the Environment (Union of Concerned Scientists)

Climate Consequences

If the climate crisis is not addressed, significant health, trade, agricultural and water issues will affect Missouri. An EPA study reveals urban heat island effect, heat waves, droughts, and extreme rainfall with flooding, and early snowmelt will likely plague the state.

Confronting Climate Change in the Midwest: Missouri (Union of Concerned Scientists)
Human Health Impacts of Global Warming on Missouri (Pew Center)

Global Climate Change Impacts in the Midwest (U.S. Global Change Research Program)
Global Climate Change Impacts on the U.S.: Midwest Assessment (Union of Concerned Scientists)

Hotter Fields, Lower Yields: Global Warming's Impact on Agriculture (Environment America)
Heavy Rainfall and Increased Flooding Risk: Global Warming’s Wake-Up Call for the Central United States (National Wildlife Federation)

Climate Change in the United States: The Prohibitive Costs of Inaction (Union of Concerned Scientists)

State Actions

While Congress debates climate and energy legislation on the Hill, Missouri has release some progressive climate measures of its own. The state has written a climate action plan, and has a renewable fuel standard in addition to financial incentives for biofuels. The state also has set renewable energy portfolio standard of 15 percent by 2021.