The Environmental Justice Dimensions of Climate Change
Nations around the world are considering strategies to mitigate the severe impacts of climate change predicted to occur in the twenty-first century.
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Cancun Produces Meaningful Steps
This is a good time to reflect on the status of international negotiations to address the threat of global climate change.
¿Qué sucedió (y por qué)? Una evaluación de los Acuerdos de Cancún
Las negociaciones internacionales sobre el clima que se llevaron a cabo en Cancún, México, han concluido, y a pesar de las fatÃdicas predicciones que dominaron las semanas y los meses previos a dicha
Politically Feasible Emission Target Formulas to Attain 460 ppm CO2 Concentrations
A new climate change treaty must plug three gaps: the absence of emission targets extending far into the future, the absence of participation by the United States, China, and other developing countrie
LEED, Energy Savings, and Carbon Abatement: Related but Not Synonymous
Efforts to green the building industry are strongly linked to performance metrics such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
The Problem of the Commons
The problem of the commons is more important to our lives and thus more central to economics than a century ago when Katharine Coman led off the first issue of the American Economic Review.
Transforming the Energy Economy: Options for Accelerating the Commercialization of Advanced Energy Technologies
On December 1–2, 2010, a group of senior representatives from government, industry, finance, and academia convened at Harvard Kennedy School for a workshop on "Energy Technology Demonstration." The pu
The SO2 Allowance Trading System and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990: Reflections on Twenty Years of Policy Innovation
The introduction of the U.S.
Standard Oil as a Technological Innovator
A century ago, in 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its path-breaking decision in the monopolization case against the Standard Oil Companies.
The Value of Terroir: Hedonic Estimation of Vineyard Sales Prices
We examine the value of terroir, which refers to the special characteristics of a place that impart unique qualities to the wine produced.
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