Fossil fuel subsidies represent a government failure. They are a form of spending, paid for by American taxpayers, to businesses in an…
April 21, 2021, Opinion: "Which efforts should we collectively undertake to decrease emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other…
Introduction to Special Issue on Risk Assessment, Economic Evaluation, and Decisions - James Hammitt
April 2021, Paper: "Integrating risk assessment, economic evaluation, and uncertainty to inform policy decisions is a core challenge to…
April 5, 2021, Paper: "To reliably achieve deep decarbonization of the US power sector, a candidate policy must perform robustly across a…
April 5, 2021, Paper: "We consider the effects of climate change on seasonally migrant populations that herd livestock – i.e., transhumant…
A central challenge in securing property rights is the subversion of justice. We present a model of a polluter whose discharges harm…
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Solar geoengineering (SG) entails using technology to modify the Earth's radiative balance to offset some of the climate changes caused by…
This paper highlights the importance of the Amazon for the global ecosystem, the retreat and the advance of deforestation in the area…
March 9, 2021, Paper: "From the Forward:“The evidence is clear. However, due to the nature of science, not every detail is ever totally…
Donald Trump's 2016 election and his nomination of climate skeptic Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency drastically…