Politics

From the WSJ (Investors Plow Into Renewables, but Projects Aren’t Getting Built):  Even as developers plan an unprecedented number of grid-scale wind and solar installations, project construction is plummeting across the U.S. Despite billions of dollars in federal tax credits up for

"Dr. Peter Gleick is a leading scientist, innovator, and communicator on global water and climate issues." He is also a frequent Tweeter and sometimes instigator. Yesterday he tweeted this: I'm fairly certain Dr. Gleick knows there are a large number of

I just learned that Jack Knetsch died back in August. Here is the obituary from Simon Fraser University: Jack was a Professor in SFU’s Economics Department and the School of Resource and Environmental Management from 1974 to 1998, at which time

While teaching emissions control policies this last week to my undergraduates, I revisited my signature of the Economists’ Statement on Carbon Dividends (now signed by over 3600 economists). It’s been four years since the origin of the statement, and despite

Official youngest (and only) son of Env-Econ is a junior in college. He is currently taking his first econometrics class. I got the text below on Friday: Knowing full-well this is likely to get me in trouble, here's my explanation of

Two economists walk into an AERE happy hour in New Orleans. One says, “Hey, are you and Economist 3 done providing that awesome public good?” Two says, “Ya know, we’ve been thinking about providing it again!” One says, “DO IT! It’s so useful

During Covid one thing led to another and I agreed to develop an online course for ECO 2620 Introduction to Environmental and Resource Economics. Here is how I describe what happened on the course webpage: Some background: During the Covid-19 summer

With this post I'm introducing a new gimic

The MIT Climate Portal describes carbon offsets in this way: Carbon offsets are tradable “rights” or certificates linked to activities that lower the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. By buying these certificates, a person or group can fund

Growing up on the east coast, and now living in the mid-west, water quantity has never been an issue for me or my work (water quality is an issue, but quantity, less so). APPARENTLY* water quantity is an issue in