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The Economics of Climate Change
How much will global warming cost future generations, and how much ... and member of the Nobel Prize for Economics Committee within the Royal ... future damages expected to arise from climate change, and how future costs
Superblocks: Barcelona’s Plan to Free Itself from Cars
). What he found seems, in retrospect, both obvious and profound: cars ... (who founded and still directs the Urban Ecology Agency of Barcelona) has ... space, active transportation choices, and much else. Ubiquitous
Nuclear Decommissioning
renewable energy, weak demand, and significant capital expenditure requirements at nuclear power plants are challenging reactor economics and ... . Justifications for such subsidies typically focus on retention of local jobs, and
Environmental Justice via Industrial Policy
investment into clean energy via tax credits and direct spending mechanisms ... for progress toward environmental justice, and what new challenges do ... constrained by existing statutes, precedent, and a U.S. Supreme Court hostile to
Putting a Prize at the End of the Race to Net Zero
by 2.4% from 2019 levels, and only a handful of countries are on track ... , Panama, and Suriname are the only countries that have already done so ... -zero countries more quickly by sharing best practices and rewarding early achievers
Questioning the Promise of Carbon Tax Border Adjustments
emissions that cause global warming is by implementing a carbon tax, and making it more expensive to buy products and services with a high carbon ... climate law and economics look at the most commonly proposed solution to
A Preview of Key Energy Challenges for the 2020s
dawn of electrification and the opening of the first central power plant ... and energy’s future didn’t look so bright. Two 1970s oil crises brought the era of easy oil to an end, and left Americans with an unfamiliar
Pennsylvania’s Gas Decade
.S. and Pennsylvania unconventional shale-based natural gas revolution were ... “Pennsylvania Gas Discount.” Between 2007 and 2016, gas commodity costs have ... experienced a -65% reduction, representing a decrease of -$5.47/Mcf, and U
Will Latest Solar Trade Dispute Impact U.S. Solar Growth?
long history of solar trade disputes involving China and, more recently ... editor Eric Wesoff explains the foundations of the latest complaint, and ... of the domestic solar manufacturing industry and solar project
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Rising Prospects for a U.S. Carbon Border Fee
for significant leadership from Washington on climate and clean energy ... passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and, most pointedly, the ... clean energy and improve the nation’s climate resilience. Recently