Research that Informs Business and Public Policy- I’m Not Really Down with Most Top Down Evaluations Maximilian Auffhammer
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- If a Tree Falls in the Forest…Should We Use It to Generate Electricity? Meredith Fowlie
- Spying on You from Space Maximilian Auffhammer
Author Archives: Meredith Fowlie
If a Tree Falls in the Forest…Should We Use It to Generate Electricity?
Every summer vacation, we pack our tree-hugging family into the car and head for the Sierra Nevada mountains. In many respects, our trip this summer was just like any other year, complete with family bonding moments and awe-inspiring wilderness experiences: … Continue reading
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The Promise and Perils of Linking Carbon Markets
The theme of the week is “We’re stronger together“. This rallying cry applies in lots of places.. including climate change mitigation! So this week’s blog looks at how this theme is playing out in carbon markets. A good place to start … Continue reading
Time to Unleash the Carbon Market?
What’s a ton of carbon (dioxide equivalent) worth? Not much if you ask the world’s carbon markets. The graph below summarizes prices and quantities covered by existing carbon emissions trading programs (green) and carbon taxes (blue). Nearly all carbon market … Continue reading
The Duck has Landed
May has arrived and days are getting longer and warmer. This is good news for baseball fans, barbecue enthusiasts, and grid operators concerned about integrating unprecedented levels of solar energy onto the California grid. Source: Solar panels at Busch Baseball … Continue reading
Canada’s Got a Good Thing Going
It’s tax season and this makes many Americans pretty grumpy. According to a recent poll/parody, 27% of those surveyed indicate they would rather get an IRS tattoo than pay their taxes. Source Given the deep-seated ire that taxation can inspire … Continue reading
Coal is too Cheap
Two weeks ago on this blog, Max drew our attention to the fact that gas is too darn cheap. To underscore this point, he noted that the average American is purchasing gasoline at half of its true social cost. … Continue reading
Vehicle Emissions Testing Where the Rubber Hits the Road
What do pro cycling, education reform, and vehicle emissions standards all have in common? source , source , source Cheating scandals is the flip answer. But a more fundamental connection is summed up by “Goodhart’s law” which predicts that, once a measure becomes … Continue reading
Are the Benefits to the Weatherization Assistance Program’s Energy Efficiency Investments Four Times the Costs?
Today’s post is co-authored by Michael Greenstone (University of Chicago) and Catherine Wolfram (UC Berkeley) Faculty Directors of The E2e Project. As featured in the New York Times For Government That Works, Call In the Auditors The urgency of climate … Continue reading
Are We Over-Air Conditioned?
Air conditioning made lots of headlines this summer. In newspaper accounts, internet memes, and office gripe sessions, there was much commiseration about the over-air conditioning of the American workplace…. Someecard Source It seems no one is spared from these polar working … Continue reading
Membership has its Co-benefits
Last week marked the first “informal ministerial consultations” in the run up to the UN climate talks in December. The objective of these informal meetings before The Meeting is to provide the opportunity to find common ground and an organizing … Continue reading
