The parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will meet once again in Durban, South Africa, from 28 November to 9 December.…
Catastrophic risks differ in terms of their natural or human origins, their possible amplification by human behaviors, and the…
There are now 7 billion people on the planet, according to the United Nations, and this is much more of a blessing than a curse. While more…
The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill posed near-term economic risks to the Gulf of Mexico region and raised questions about appropriate…
The United States and the world need a revolution in energy technology—a revolution that would improve the performance of our energy…
The U.S. environmental movement has devoted immense effort and political capital to blocking Keystone XL, the pipeline that would bring…
We examine the value of terroir, which refers to the special characteristics of a place that
impart unique qualities to the wine produced.…
The United States and the world need a revolution in energy technology—a revolution that would improve the performance of our energy…
Because of the global commons nature of climate change, international cooperation among nations will likely be necessary for meaningful…
In this paper, we provide new evidence regarding the pass-through of diesel and gasoline
taxes to prices, and how the estimated pass-…