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Begin with the current inventory of carbon dioxide emissions – CO2 being the principal greenhouse gas generated almost entirely by energy use. According to the Department of Energy’s most recent data on greenhouse gas emissions, in 2006 the U.S. emitted 5.8 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide, or just under 20 tons per capita. An […]

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A recent news story (I link to it at the very end of this post) brings to mind two Journey songs (yes, I was/is a Journey fan), “Anyway you want it,” and “Don’t Stop Believing”. Imagine the reaction if I got on the news today and exclaimed,

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Weekend at the Museum

That was in the gift shop. A little earlier I finished reading the following placquard: “The slash-and-burn agricultural practice of these early ____ meant they had to move their villages every 15 to 25 years to find fresh sources of fertile soil, firewood, and game. This has made it difficult to arrive ata definite sequence […]

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The Blob

The first chapter of a leading environmental economics textbook is on global warming. Nothing about the big picture, or efficiency, or market imperfections, or normative v. positive questions, etc. Nope, just global warming. I suppose it is useful as a motivating tool for the textbook – such as how economics can help us think about […]

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Many claim that environmentalism is good business. This paper suggests that this is not the case. I am sure it will be accused of focusing on short-term effects only and all sorts of other sordid things. But its findings need to be considered seriously.

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