Electricity market deregulation promised to bring more affordable and reliable electricity to consumers. A quarter of a century after deregulation began, has its promise delivered for all Americans?
U.S. Electricity Regulator Takes a Hard Look at Carbon Pricing
In September the U.S. electricity regulator, the FERC, held its first conference to explore carbon pricing in the nation’s electricity markets. Is a carbon price finally on the way?
Zoning Rules Stifle Urban Clean Energy. Can The Rules Be Rewritten?
Outmoded and often discriminatory zoning laws block clean energy development in low-income urban neighborhoods. An effort is underway to update rules, and enable clean energy equity.
As Climate-Related Disasters Intensify, Retreat Emerges as Adaptation Strategy
An environmental lawyer examines the legal and social challenges that could complicate managed retreat from areas at risk to climate-related disaster.
The Human History of Climate Change
Much attention has been paid to the ways we humans are changing our climate. Yet, how has an ever-evolving climate changed us?
Carbon Tax Border Adjustments: Good Politics, Bad For Consumers?
While border adjustments alleviate economic pressure on polluting industries, at least in the near term, they transfer that pressure onto consumers.
Questioning The Promise of Carbon Border Tax Adjustments
Most carbon tax proposals include a border adjustment to protect American industry from foreign competition. Yet research suggests that benefits won't extend to consumers.
Trump Rollbacks Of Energy Regulations Won’t Survive A New Administration
The very tools that Trump has used to undo Obama-era protections could come back to haunt him.
Will Trump’s Regulatory Rollbacks Survive?
President Trump has gone to great lengths to undo the regulatory accomplishments of his predecessor. But the president’s methods could come back to haunt him.
June Developments Point To Inevitability Of National Carbon Price
The momentum for carbon pricing is strong, and a carbon tax, in particular, is the favored vehicle of many prominent economists.