Posts Tagged ‘
Environment ’
Jan 1st, 2013 |
By Nicholas Epstein
Can old fashion farming practicies replace chemicals without harming yields?
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief |
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Tags: Adam S. Davis, Agrichemicals, Agriculture, Ann M. Johanns, Craig A. Chase, Crop Rotation, Cropping System Diversification, Environment, Farming, Food Policy, Industrial Farming, Jason D. Hill, Marsden Farm Experiment, Matt Liebman, Sustainability
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 |
3 comments
Tags: Climate Change, economics, Environment, GDP, growth, instability, international, political economy, temperature
May 30th, 2012 |
By Marisa O'Donnell
High speed rail is coming, but where should it go?
Posted in Research in Brief, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: analysis, Cities, data, economic stimulus, Environment, high speed rail, Public Transportation, regional planning, trains, transportation, urban areas, urban planning
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 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
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
Mar 19th, 2012 |
By Aman Chitkara
GDP-linked carbon intensity targets lure wary parties to the climate negotiating table. But are these targets any more than a tease?
Posted in Energy & Environment, International Affairs, Research in Brief |
2 comments
Tags: carbon, carbon market, carbon tax, China, Development, emmision reduction, emmision targets, Energy, Environment, ETS Cap and Trade, fossil fuels, India, intensity targets, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International Development, IPCC, Ottmar Edenhofer, Robert Marchinski, Sustainability
Feb 29th, 2012 |
By Samantha Superstine
How much should we spend to avoid a very, very bad event that almost certainly won’t happen?
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief |
4 comments
Tags: Asteroid, Climate Change, Cost benefit analysis, Dinosaurs, Dismal Theorem, Earthquake, Environment, Global Warming, Martin Weitzman, New York Times Magazine, Paul Krugman, William Nordhaus