Neither extreme is desirable.
Nature Climate Change
Nature Climate Change
Neither extreme is desirable.
June 25th, 2014
Lessons in managing climate risks from some most familiar with financial ones
June 5th, 2014
There's no such thing as a free lunch, but sometimes you are paid to eat it.
May 16th, 2014
Price carbon, and get out of the way. It's effective. It’s cheap. It works. Except for when politics gets in the way.
Ensia
Economics is largely just organized common sense, and it doesn’t get much more common sense than benefit-cost analysis.
March 25th, 2014
Lecture on U.S. Social Cost of Carbon
February 4th, 2014
Coal lobby speaks, industry no longer listens
June 3rd, 2013
The U.S. government's calculation is a good start, but it's only a start
Nature
Increasing energy efficiency brings emissions savings.
Foreign Policy
No Congress? No problem. Here's what Obama can do now.
Nature Energy
Economics 101 says price carbon. Economics 102 says subsidize R&D. Political Economy 101 points to policies that support clean technology deployment.
August 28th, 2017
Alpbach, Austria
April 24th, 2017
With a 9x return, EPA gives taxpayers the biggest ROI of any federal agency
The Guardian
Models suggest solar geoengineering could reduce climate change and our independently assessed studies are vital to understanding its full potential
March 28th, 2017
If anything, $40 per ton of CO2 ought to be considered a lower bound
March 24th, 2017
Washington, DC
December 1st, 2016
Wisconsin Public Radio
December 9th, 2016
Scottsdale, AZ
Foreign Affairs
The Good and Bad News for Climate Change