Research
After Oil: U.S.-China Split Will Hurt Clean Energy
An Integrative Framework for Sustainability Science
Sustainability science draws from a great variety of perspectives including tacit (traditional and practical) knowledge, ecology and economics, engineering and medicine, political science and law, and
Cicadian Rhythm: Insecticides, Infant Health and Long-term Outcomes
This paper utilizes a peculiar ecological phenomenon, the mass emergence of cicadas in 13 and 17-year cycles, to identify the impact of pesticides on human health and long-term development.
Can Industrial-Scale Solar Hydrogen Supplied from Commodity Technologies Be Cost Competitive by 2030?
Expanding decarbonization efforts beyond the power sector are contingent on cost-effective production of energy carriers, like H2, with near-zero life-cycle carbon emissions.
Who is Rescuing America's Parks?
Explains the landmark Great American Outdoors Act and why the bipartisan politics aligned to make it possible.
Rolling the Dice in the Corridors of Power: William Nordhaus’s Impacts on Climate Change Policy
The seminal contributions of William Nordhaus to scholarship on the long-run macroeconomics of global climate change are clear.
The Macroeconomic Impact of Europe’s Carbon Taxes
Policy makers often express concern about the impact of carbon taxes on employment and GDP.
Three Prongs for Prudent Climate Policy
For three decades, advocates for climate change policy have simultaneously emphasized the urgency of taking ambitious actions to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and provided false reassurances
Valuing U.S. National Parks and Programs: America's Best Investment
This book provides the first comprehensive economic valuation of U.S.
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