An Economist’s Guide to Spending Bezos’s Billions on Climate Change
The money would go far in politics, but it will also allow for technological experimentation and will take a fundraising burden off recipients.
Washington
KGO 810 Radio San Francisco
Pat Thurston Show
Carbon Taxes Alone Aren’t Good Climate Policy
To drive down tomorrow’s CO₂ emissions, governments need to subsidize fossil fuel alternatives, too.
Carbon Pricing Dialogue
Washington, DC
WaPo: “Mnuchin said Thunberg needed to study economics before offering climate proposals. So we talked to an economist.”
By Philip Bump
Why Oil Giants Figured Out Carbon Costs First
Inaugural Risky Climate column
NPR Marketplace: "The Trump administration wants to end California’s cap-and-trade program"
By Scott Tong
PBS Newshour
With Paul Solman
Energy Research Insights for Decisionmaking
Washington, DC
Climate Policy—Past, Present, and Future
Fall 2018
Factoring in the forgotten role of renewables in CO2 emission trends using decomposition analysis
Renewables decreased U.S. CO2 emissions by 2.3–3.3% from 2007-13, roughly matching the 2.5–3.6% from natural gas.
Policy sequencing toward decarbonization
Economics 101 says price carbon. Economics 102 says subsidize R&D. Political Economy 101 points to policies that support clean technology deployment.
European Forum Alpbach Geoengineering
Alpbach, Austria
Why the EPA gives Taxpayers the Biggest Bang for their Hard-earned Buck
With a 9x return, EPA gives taxpayers the biggest ROI of any federal agency
Fear of solar geoengineering is healthy – but don't distort our research
Models suggest solar geoengineering could reduce climate change and our independently assessed studies are vital to understanding its full potential
Forum on U.S. Solar Geoengineering Research
Washington, DC
Harvard Electricity Policy Group
Scottsdale, AZ