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Calling Out Climate Lies for a Living

Union of Concerned Scientists

I first wrote about ExxonMobil in March 2013 after I saw the company’s then-CEO, Rex Tillerson, on the Charlie Rose talk show, who provided me with fodder for perhaps my favorite of two dozen ExxonMobil-related columns. And Rose did, at times, ask follow-up questions. Photo: Pool/Getty Images) The history of that lie bears retelling.

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Reducing Gun Violence: What Role for the CDC?

Union of Concerned Scientists

For gun violence, however, there is federal data going back only to 2015 with sporadic information from earlier years. The CDC research effort is guided by a National Academy of Sciences report from 2013. And virtually no federal funding for research into gun violence was available for many years prior to 2019.

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Sounding Green vs Being Green: How to finance sustainability?

HumanNature

Sounding Green” has not only become politically correct, but also a possible finance-generating mechanism. Climate is a global issue and when complex political systems around the world are brought together, solutions cannot be straightforward. Developing countries need renewable energy investments of about US$1.7

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Why Climate Economics Continues to Succeed

Environmental and Urban Economics

I agree with him that too few climate economists work on political economy issues. I have published a 2013 paper and a 2015 political economy paper on carbon tax voting. My 2011 paper with Matt Kotchen on political economy of regulation was discussed by Rush Limbaugh on his radio show!

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Will the Biden Administration's Trillion Dollar Investment in Infrastructure Unlock the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities?

Environmental and Urban Economics

The Biden Administration is about to enact a new infrastructure law that will spend more than $1 trillion dollars on rebuilding America's infrastructure. Kahn, 2013. Kahn, 2015. Do political connections help or hinder urban economic growth? Cities such as Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit and St. 41(1), pages 1-28, March.

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Climate—and a Cautionary Tale of Three New Hampshire Commissioners

Union of Concerned Scientists

Earlier in his political career, Bettencourt served as Republican House Majority Leader, and as the public face of the conservative agenda in the state’s House of Representatives. Bettencourt, encouraged New Hampshire residents to go out and buy flood insurance.

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Recent INTERPOL Reforms Provide Insight Into Strategies for Challenging Improper Red Notices

Arnold Porter

In the past decade, as the use of Red Notices by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) member states has increased dramatically, so too have calls for INTERPOL to strengthen its gatekeeping function and guard against national authorities' potential misuse of this powerful tool of international law enforcement cooperation.