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Ecosystem Stewardship: Sustainability Strategies for a Rapidly Changing Planet

Ecosystem stewardship is an action-oriented framework intended to foster the social–ecological sustainability of a rapidly changing planet.

DOE FY 2011 Budget Request for Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment: Analysis and Recommendations

In spite of the difficult fiscal situation, President Obama's FY 2011 budget request for energy research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) would increase funding for applied energy RD&D p

The Effect of Allowance Allocations on Cap-and-Trade System Performance

We examine an implication of the “Coase Theorem” which has had an important impact both on environmental economics and on public policy in the environmental domain.

Responding to Threats of Climate Change Mega-Catastrophes

There is a low but uncertain probability that climate change could trigger “mega-catastrophes,” severe and at least partly irreversible adverse effects across broad regions.

A New Climate for Society

This article argues that climate change produces discordances in established ways of understanding the human place in nature, and so offers unique challenges and opportunities for the interpretive soc

Analysis of Policies to Reduce Oil Consumption and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the US Transportation Sector

Even as the US debates an economy-wide CO2 cap-and-trade policy the transportation sector remains a significant oil security and climate change concern.

Off-grid Energy Services for the Poor: Introducing LED Lighting in the Millennium Villages Project in Malawi

Lanterns that use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) powered by batteries, which are in turn charged by grid electricity or small solar panels, have emerged as a cost-competitive alternative to kerosene and

Storing Carbon in Wood: A Cheaper Way to Slow Climate Change?

The straightforward way to slow climate change is to reduce the quantity of greenhouse gases (in particular, carbon dioxide) dumped into the atmosphere, giving the planet more time to recycle the offe

Fueling the Miracle: China’s Energy Governance and Reform

This book offers the best overview available of Chinese society, economy, and politics.

Electricity Market Reform