Energy & Environment
May 22nd, 2012 |
By Abigail Mackenzie Kerl
A leading farm expert tells us how the sausage is made.
Posted in Energy & Environment, Policy in Practice, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Farm Bill, Food, Food Policy, Food Prices, food security, Fresh Taste, Karen Lehman, Sustainability
May 21st, 2012 |
By Samantha Superstine
For environmentally friendly products, performance isn’t everything.
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief |
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Tags: Cars, Conservation, conspicuous conservation, conspicuous consumption, Consumption, economics, environmental, green, hybrid, prii, prius, toyota
May 18th, 2012 |
By Marisa O'Donnell
New York’s failed plan for congestion pricing has lessons for policymakers everywhere.
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief, Urban Affairs |
1 Comment »
Tags: carbon, Chicago, Cities, Climate Change, CO2, congestion, Congestion Pricing, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Los Angeles, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City, NYC, PlaNYC, Traffic, Transport Policy, transportation, Urban, Urban Affairs, urban transportation
May 7th, 2012 |
By Nicholas Epstein
What would a Green Bank look like?
Posted in Energy & Environment, Policy in Practice |
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Tags: clean energy, Congress, financing, General Counsel of the Coalition for Green Capital, green bank, Green Energy, green technology, Kenneth Berlin, President Barack Obama, Senator Mark Jeff Bingaman
May 4th, 2012 |
By Rebecca Lordan
A new study finds that Clean Air Act regulations reduce productivity in the manufacturing sector.
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief |
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Tags: Booth School of Business, Census Bureau, Chad Syverson, Clean Air Act, Clean Air Act Amendments, Climate Change, Energy, Energy Policy Institute of Chicago, Environmental Regulations, EPA, EPIC, John List, Manufacturing, Michael Greenstone, Survey of Manufacturers, Total Factor Productivity
May 3rd, 2012 |
By Bradley Crawford
Something smells funny at hog farms. And it’s not the hogs.
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief |
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Tags: CAFOs, Clean Water Act, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Farming, Hog Farm, Livestock, Manure, Nigel Key, Open-Air Pens, Purdue University, Regulations, Regulatory Avoidance, Stacy Sneeringer, Unintended Consequences
Apr 30th, 2012 |
By Evan Johnson
A researcher evaluates two lesser-known methods to spur renewable energy production. He finds them wanting.
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief |
1 Comment »
Tags: carbon, Climate Change, CO2, Coal, Electricity, Energy Subsidies, Feed-In Tariffs, Loan Guarantee, MIT Sloan School of Management, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Technology, Renewable Portfolio Standards, Renewables, Richard Schmalensee, Subsidies, Wind Power
Apr 27th, 2012 |
By Danielle Wrobel
China’s insatiable thirst for energy means climate change is inevitable.
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief |
1 Comment »
Tags: China, Climate Change, CO2, Coal, emissions, Energy, International Development, Million Tons of Oil Equivalent, Minqi Li, oil, Sustainability
Apr 18th, 2012 |
By Samantha Superstine
How customers are pulling rental car companies to greener pastures.
Posted in Energy & Environment, Policy in Practice |
5 comments
Tags: Alamo, clean-fuel technology, electric infrastructure, electric passenger vehicles, Electrification Coalition, Enterprise, Enterprise Holdings, EV infrastructure, EVs, green technology, Lee Broughton, National, rental cars
Apr 18th, 2012 |
By Nicholas Epstein
The future of natural gas is bright. Switching to gas, though, is no panacea.
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief |
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Tags: Cap-and-Trade, Carbon Pricing, China, Climate Change, Five Year Economic Plan, Fracking, Global Warming, Golden Age of Gas, IEA, International Energy Agency, natural gas, Nuclear Power, OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Renewables, Shale, Sustainability