The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill highlighted the glaring weaknesses in the current liability and regulatory regime for oil spills and for environmental catastrophes more broadly.
The parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will meet once again in Durban, South Africa, from 28 November to 9 December.
Catastrophic risks differ in terms of their natural or human origins, their possible amplification by human behaviors, and the relationships between those who create the risks and those who suffer the
There are now 7 billion people on the planet, according to the United Nations, and this is much more of a blessing than a curse.
We examine the value of terroir, which refers to the special characteristics of a place that impart unique qualities to the wine produced.
The U.S. environmental movement has devoted immense effort and political capital to blocking Keystone XL, the pipeline that would bring bitumen from Canadian oil sands to Gulf Coast refineries.
The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill posed near-term economic risks to the Gulf of Mexico region and raised questions about appropriate policies to mitigate catastrophic oil-spill risks.
The United States and the world need a revolution in energy technology—a revolution that would improve the performance of our energy systems to face the challenges ahead.
The United States and the world need a revolution in energy technology—a revolution that would improve the performance of our energy systems to face the challenges ahead.
Because of the global commons nature of climate change, international cooperation among nations will likely be necessary for meaningful action at the global level.
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