When Costs Outweigh Benefits: Accounting for Environmental Externalities

February 15th, 2012 - Nicholas Epstein

Beware of net negative value industries. More »

Policy Radio | Tom Wolf on the Changing Landscape of Energy Production

February 13th, 2012 - Claire O'Hanlon

In this week’s episode of Chicago Policy Radio, Claire O'Hanlon sits down with Tom Wolf to talk about where our energy comes from, how the sources of energy in Illinois are changing, and what policymakers can do to help the energy sector. More »

A Good Carbon Tax

February 10th, 2012 - Aman Chitkara

Cap-and-tax might be the best way to mitigate emissions after all. More »

It Pays to Price Congestion

January 31st, 2012 - Samantha Superstine

It saves commuters time and money, so why is it so unpopular? More »

Browner Pastures

January 18th, 2012 - Sam Quinney

Brownfield makeovers aren't glamorous for everyone. More »

Heat and Anxiety: What’s Next for International Climate Change Negotiations?

January 5th, 2012 - Aman Chitkara

Elliot Diringer, a former top environmental adviser to President Bill Clinton, discusses the cloudy future of climate change policy. More »

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Making Use of Carbon Capture and Sequestration

December 4th, 2011 - 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. More »

A Sunny Perspective on the Future of Solar Energy

November 30th, 2011 - Evan Johnson

Solyndra’s recent bankruptcy has sparked much debate about the market viability of solar energy. And while solar may not be as cost-effective as fossil fuels are now, a recent analysis finds that “solar power technologies in the US and Spain are likely to appr... More »

Fuel of Uncertainty

November 21st, 2011 - Bradley Crawford

Biofuels are either essential to our energy independence and efforts to combat climate change or a boondoggle that threatens global food security. The World Bank’s Govinda R. Timilsina and Ashish Shrestha analyze this disconnect in “How Much Hope Should We Hav... More »

Greening the Rust Belt

November 21st, 2011 - Mike Sitkowski

As the economy struggles to rebound and the foreclosure crisis takes its toll on American cities, vacant land and abandoned buildings continue to abound. For America’s once-great manufacturing cities, the impact has been even greater as metropolitan areas thro... More »

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