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A Word on Congestion Pricing

Legal Planet

Yesterday, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved the city’s long-planned and hotly debated congestion pricing program , the first of its kind in the US. Accurately accounting for the impact of vehicle travel on congestion, air quality, and the climate requires some form of congestion pricing.

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Why Are Gasoline Prices So Volatile?

Union of Concerned Scientists

When gasoline prices rise, as they have since the winter of 2020, or spike dramatically, as they have with the war in Ukraine , people naturally want to know why it happened and what we should do about it. The basics of gasoline prices are no mystery, with lots of useful information available from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Does Upzoning Reduce Housing Prices?

Legal Planet

This increase occurs predominantly for units at the higher end of the rent price distribution; we find no statistically significant evidence that additional lower-cost units became available or became less expensive in the years following reforms. Download as PDF The post Does Upzoning Reduce Housing Prices?

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How a Fertilizer Shortage Could Drive Food Prices Even Higher

Union of Concerned Scientists

Global food supply chains are further stretched from the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions brought on by the war in Ukraine, which have disrupted the movement of grains and other agricultural products and resulted in shortages and massive price spikes. Where do fertilizer prices stand now?

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Panasonic Introduces Internal Carbon Pricing System Trial

Environment + Energy Leader

Panasonic offers an internal carbon pricing system that aims to advance the competitiveness of businesses dedicated to carbon neutrality.

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UK Government Announces New Import Carbon Pricing Mechanism

Clean Energy Law

Goods imported into the UK from countries with a lower or no carbon price will face a levy by 2027. The UK CBAM (or other form of carbon tax) seeks to address this issue by aiming to put a fair price on the carbon emitted during the production of certain carbon-intensive goods entering the UK. Davies , Michael D.

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Ways of Price Making, Inflation, and Energy Price Shocks

Legal Planet

Energy prices have been much in the news over the past several months, occupying a prominent place in mainstream discussions of inflation. Some have suggested parallels between the current moment and the 1970s , when two oil price shocks fueled price increases across the economy, producing a potent mix of inflation and economic stagnation.