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Ocean Planning and Massachusetts

It is de rigueur these political days to claim that anything Massachusetts does is bad for the nation as a whole.

Critics of Biotech Crops Proved Wrong

Critics of agricultural biotechnology have long maintained that the technology is unsuitable for small-scale farmers and harmful to the environment.

Technological Abundance for Global Agriculture: The Role of Biotechnology

Science and innovation have always been the key forces behind agricultural growth in particular  and economic transforma

Did the Durban Meeting Succeed?

Gasoline Taxes and Consumer Behavior

Gasoline taxes can be employed to correct externalities associated with automobile use, to reduce dependency on foreign oil, and to raise government revenue.

Climate Policy: Hard Problem, Soft Thinking

Climate change is more uncertain, more global, and more long-term than most issues facing humanity.

International Climate Policy: The Durban Platform Opens a Window

In late November and early December of last year, some 195 national delegations met in Durban, South Africa, for the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of the United Nations Framework Convention

Rahm's Doctrine Revisited, Revised

Politically Feasible Emissions Targets to Attain 460 ppm CO2 Concentrations

A new climate change treaty must address three current gaps: the absence of emissions targets extending far into the future; the absence of participation by the United States, China, and other develop

Three Key Elements of a Post-2012 International Climate Policy Architecture

This article describes three essential elements of an effective post-2012 international climate policy architecture: a framework to ensure that key industrialized and developing nations are involved i