Posts Tagged ‘
Climate Change ’
May 21st, 2013 |
By Lindsay Haymes
Newt Gingrich on what he learned from the campaign trail, what to expect from Republicans over the next few years, and what he would do if he were Speaker of the House today.
Posted in Energy & Environment, Law & Justice, Policy in Practice, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: Cap-and-Trade, Chicago, Climate Change, Clinton, Contract with America, Gangs, Gun Violence, immigration, Immigration reform, Latino Americans, New York City, Newt Gingrich, Polarization, Republican Party, State of the Union, Udacity, US House
Apr 15th, 2013 |
By Matthew Smith
The Obama campaign’s chief pollster discusses his current role in the White House.
Posted in Law & Justice, Policy in Practice |
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Tags: American Politics, Barack Obama, Benenson Strategy Group, Climate Change, Energy, Gun Control, Joel Benenson, League of Conservation Voters, Newtown, Obama Administration, politics, polling, public opinion, State of the Union
Mar 7th, 2013 |
By Jeff Gerlach
New research suggests economic growth plays a larger role in climate change than population growth
Posted in Energy & Environment, International Affairs, Policy in Practice |
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Tags: Climate Change, CO2 emissions, El Nino Southern Oscillation, ENSO, GDP, population growth, volcanic eruptions, volcanoes, WGDP, world population
Nov 23rd, 2012 |
By Jeff Gerlach
Climate policies and their restriction on carbon emissions will have a direct impact on the expansion and growth of the Canadian oil sands industry
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief |
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Tags: bitumen, Canada, carbon emissions, CCS, CGE, Climate Change, CO2, oil sands
Jun 6th, 2012 |
By Danielle Wrobel
Climate change is about more than just the weather. Three economists find that rising temperatures lead to falling economic growth.
Posted in Energy & Environment, International Affairs, Research in Brief |
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Tags: Climate Change, economics, Environment, GDP, growth, instability, international, political economy, temperature
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 |
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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 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
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 |
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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 |
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Tags: China, Climate Change, CO2, Coal, emissions, Energy, International Development, Million Tons of Oil Equivalent, Minqi Li, oil, Sustainability
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