China issued its first Fuel Economy Standards (FES) for light-duty passenger vehicles (LDPV) in September 2004, and the first and second…
There is a low but uncertain probability that climate change could trigger “mega-catastrophes,” severe and at least partly irreversible…
A standard result in regulation is that efficiency requires that marginal prices be set equal to marginal costs. This paper performs an…
We describe the major features of a post-2012 international global climate policy architecture with three essential elements: a means to…
The gaps in the Kyoto Protocol that most badly need to be filled are: the absence of emission targets extending far into the future, the…
Without energy, there is no economy. Without climate, there is no environment. Without economy and environment, there is no material well-…
The United States must change the way it produces and uses energy by shifting away
from its dependence on imported oil and coal-fired…
Matthew Bunn and Martin B. Malin examine the conditions needed for nuclear energy to grow on a scale large enough for it to be a…
The United States must change the way it produces and uses energy by shifting away from its dependence on imported oil and coal-fired…
The global climate regime, as represented by the Kyoto Protocol, may be on a collision course with the global trade policy regime, as…