A new report examines the economic and climate impacts of Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, now stalled in court.
As Climate Concerns Rise, What Role Will Natural Gas Play?
The head of the International Energy Agency’s gas division discusses the outlook for natural gas as global efforts to address carbon emissions intensify.
Why Is It so Hard to Build the Electric Grid of the Future?
America’s electric grid is ill-equipped to enable the low carbon energy system of the future. A grid policy expert explores the policy and economic changes that will be needed to bring the grid up to date.
Energy Regulator FERC Finds Itself Cornered Over Climate Change
FERC has spent the last three years issuing rules that insulate electricity markets from responsibility for the climate damages they cause. The result has been a backlash from the states.
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?
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.
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.
Understanding the Social Cost of Carbon
The social cost of carbon provides an estimate of the economic damage caused by carbon emissions. A climate economist tells how it’s calculated.
Why Americans Want a Carbon Tax, But Won’t Support One at the Polls
An economist looks at how economic worries, and political ideology, have made carbon taxes a tough sell.
Can The Airline Industry Survive Climate Change?
The air industry’s climate problem hasn’t escaped public attention.