Our National Parks Are in Crisis. Trump’s Solution Is Absurd
It’s easy to dismiss as absurd the Trump administration’s ideas for plugging the chronic funding gap of our national parks.
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Report on the Proposed Changes to the Federal Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
In 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) to regulate the emissions of mercury and other air toxics at electricity generating units (EP
State Capabilities for Problem-Oriented Governance
Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public problems.
Policy Evolution Under the Clean Air Act
The US Clean Air Act, passed in 1970 with strong bipartisan support, was the first environmental law to give the federal government a serious regulatory role, established the architecture of the US ai
A cost-effective way to power generation
Creating generation assets with the lowest unit cost is linked to optimising plant capacities and using private investment
Double Counting and the Paris Agreement Rulebook
The article discusses about the 2015 Paris Agreement in which the rule was made for all countries to provide detailed information on their climate change control targets and submitting the progress re
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Infrastructure Under Attack. What’s Next?
If a single armada of drones can make its way across the Saudi airspace undetected and successfully hit targets with surgical precision and maximum damage, then one must conclude the country's vulnera
Valuing US National Parks and Programs: America’s Best Investment
This book provides the first comprehensive economic valuation of US National Parks (including Monuments, Seashores, Lakeshores, Recreation Areas, Historic sites) and National Park Service (NPS) Progra
Multilateral Parametric Climate Risk Insurance: A Tool to Facilitate Agreement About Deployment of Solar Geoengineering
States will disagree about deployment of solar geoengineering, technologies that would reflect a small portion of incoming sunlight to reduce risks of climate change, and most disagreements will be gr
Stochastic Cost-Benefit Analysis of Urban Waste-To-Energy Systems
Municipal solid waste generation is a rapidly increasing challenge that is leading to severe pollution and environmental degradation in many urban areas of developing countries.
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