carbon tax
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American Skeptics: How Special Interests Create Ambiguity on Climate Change
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Much of the controversy over environmental issues in the US can be attributed to interest groups campaigning in the media. A new model strives to show the ways in which these efforts might inform or misinform audiences and their effects on environmental issues.
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Power Plays: What’s Ahead for US Energy
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The former Chairman and CEO of Chicago-based Excelon, John W. Rowe discusses the future of energy production, pricing, and policy.
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Does Taxing Carbon Level the Playing Field for Wind Power?
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Raising the cost of dirty power through carbon taxing won’t necessarily cure our addiction to gas and coal
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What’s That Burger Emitting?
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The business of food is bad for the planet. But the problem isn’t just a first-world one.
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More Palatable and Less Effective
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GDP-linked carbon intensity targets lure wary parties to the climate negotiating table. But are these targets any more than a tease?
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Keystone Confusion: A Crude Mix of Policy and Politics
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An energy policy analyst walks us through the muck on the Keystone Pipeline.
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Making Use of Carbon Capture and Sequestration
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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.