Posts Tagged ‘
CO2 ’
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
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
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
Mar 30th, 2012 |
By Abigail Mackenzie Kerl
The business of food is bad for the planet. But the problem isn’t just a first-world one.
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief |
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Tags: Agriculture, Animal Products, carbon, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, carbon tax, Climate Change, CO2, Development, Environment, Food, GHGs, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gases, Hamburgers, Health, International Development, Sustainability, Tara Garnett, University of Surrey
Feb 15th, 2012 |
By Nicholas Epstein
Beware of net negative value industries.
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief |
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Tags: American Economic Review, Climate Change, CO2, Energy, Environment, F.A. Hayek, GED, Gross External Damages, Nicholas Muller, Pollution, Regulation, Robert Mendelsohn, Sulfur Dioxide, William Nordhaus
Dec 4th, 2011 |
By Bradley Crawford
MIT’s Howard J. Herzog explores the central issues involved in transforming carbon capture and storage (CCS) from a boutique technology to a broadly commercial one.
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief |
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Tags: carbon, carbon capture, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Pricing, carbon tax, CCS, Climate Change, CO2, Global Warming, Howard Herzog, MIT