Yale E360
JANUARY 1, 2021
As Arctic sea ice steadily disappears and temperatures rise across the region, the tundra has generally been greening, with shrubs and small trees growing more robustly. But a new study of growth rings in Arctic shrubs reveals a countervailing trend — the withering of plants in some areas because summer conditions have grown too hot and dry. Read more on E360 ?.
Environmental and Urban Economics
DECEMBER 28, 2020
Post-pandemic many educated people will be working from home 3 days a week. Some of these people will choose to live further from city centers. How will such "sprawl" and reduced work trips affect the profitability of ride sharing companies? For urban economists to be useful here, we need to make some progress on a few core questions. Does Uber make more money on short urban trips versus picking people up in the far flung suburbs?
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Environment, Law, and History
DECEMBER 28, 2020
The latest issue of the Journal of Environmental Law has an interesting piece by Ben Pontin, "The Constitutive Tension Between Public Health and Environmental Protection—An Historical Perspective" Pontin writes (footnotes omitted): According to David Hughes, the author of an early formative textbook, environmental law has ‘public health origins’.
Environmental Progress
DECEMBER 30, 2020
I’m happy to announce exciting news: an anonymous donor has offered to double all donations made to Environmental Progress — up to $100,000! There's just one catch: all donations must be received before midnight on December 31! Can you help? Please click here to make a tax-deductible donation It's been quite a year: - Apocalypse Never became one of the most critically-acclaimed and best-selling books on the environment of all time!
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.
Yale E360
DECEMBER 28, 2020
The Indonesian government has announced a major expansion of a program to make biodiesel out of palm oil, a move that officials say would necessitate planting 37 million acres of new palm oil plantations — an area one-fifth the size of Borneo. Read more on E360 ?.
Environmental and Urban Economics
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Several excellent urban economics research teams have access to U.S geocoded cell phone data. Since I am not part of any of these teams, I will use this blog post to offer them some unsolicited advice. For some examples of these teams; skim this and this. Geotagged data provide researchers with a spatial and temporal high frequency database to know where each person spends her day.
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Environmental Law Centre
DECEMBER 29, 2020
The Carbon Tax Reference: A Primer (Part 2) PART TWO: IS THE ACT CONSTITUTIONAL? This is the second in a pair of blog posts. The post The Carbon Tax Reference: A Primer (Part 2) appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.
Yale E360
DECEMBER 30, 2020
Despite Americans’ increased dependence on cell phones and other technology, the amount of electronic waste generated in the United States has shrunk 10 percent since 2015. The decline is due to the phasing out of bulky products, such as large cathode-ray tube televisions and computer monitors, according to a new study. Read more on E360 ?.
Environmental and Urban Economics
DECEMBER 30, 2020
Congratulations to Nick Kristof of the New York Times. I am really impressed with this discussion between him and Carol in Berkeley. My mother's name is Carol and she has been to Berkeley and I'm wondering if my mom wrote the following response; Here is the NY Times Source and my remarks appear below. By all means, let’s talk about “personal responsibility”’ — Nicholas Kristof Carol in Berkeley, Calif., on “ Who Killed the Knapp Family?
Environment, Law, and History
DECEMBER 31, 2020
Dan Farber recently posted on the subject at Legal Planet. Here's part of what he had to say: No doubt we could design a more effective and efficient regulatory scheme if we were start over. But the Clean Air Act has nonetheless had a major impact. Here’s what EPA has to say on the subject — and remember, this is from the Trump EPA, which is no fan of regulation: Experience with the Clean Air Act since 1970 has shown that protecting public health and building the economy can go hand in hand.
Speaker: Antoine M. Thompson, Executive Director of the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition
Diversity, Equity, Justice, and Inclusion (DEJI) policies, programs, and initiatives are critically important as we move forward with public and private sector climate and sustainability goals and plans. Underserved and socially, economically, and racially disadvantaged communities bear the burden of pollution, higher energy costs, limited resources, and limited investments in the clean energy and transportation sectors.
Yale E360
DECEMBER 29, 2020
Scientists are warning that wildfire smoke can carry microbes that cause infectious diseases, adding another public health concern to the worsening severity of wildfires across the globe. The analysis, published in the journal Science , said there while the pulmonary and cardiovascular consequences of wildfire smoke inhalation have been well researched, the risk of potential infection from airborne microbes has not.
Environmental and Urban Economics
DECEMBER 29, 2020
In recent decades, U.S Clean Air Regulations have focused on reducing the emissions of new cars, new factories and new power plants. Old cars, old factories and old power plants have often been "grandfathered" and haven't faced regulations. Given the durability of capital, this differential regulation creates long lags between "cause" and "effect". In this case, the cause is the new regulations and the effect is environmental progress.
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