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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
Rare Earth Elements Pose Environmental, Economic Risks for Clean Energy
of goods such as cell phones and computer hard drives. They’re also a critical element in wind turbines and electric vehicle motors. Today ... Chinese-American diplomatic tensions and rising demand for clean energy
Planning for Net Zero in an Imperfect World
local and global levels, and questions of technological scalability. The ... , visiting scholar at the Kleinman Center and professor of Future Energy ... and the role negative emissions could play in achieving net-zero goals
June Developments Point to Inevitability of National Carbon Price
death and taxes, said Ben Franklin, and the latter must now include a tax ... outside of the liberal enclaves of the Northeast and California, both of which have cap and trade programs. Yet carbon-tax wielding barbarians
UN Pushes Decarbonization Plans as COVID Recovery Tool
reduction goals and pledge to deeper cuts in the service of limiting global ... coronavirus and providing economic stimulus. Threat turned to reality in April ... uncertainty and pandemic, work on the Paris process has continued, most recently