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Climate Change

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

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

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    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.

  • A Good Carbon Tax

    A Good Carbon Tax

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    Aman Chitkara

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

  • Our Huddled Masses: New Frontiers In Refugee Resettlement

    Our Huddled Masses: New Frontiers In Refugee Resettlement

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    Claire Pritchard

    With new waves of refugees coming to our shores, Bob Montgomery, a nationally recognized leader in his field, details the policy and political challenges ahead.

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

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

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    Aman Chitkara

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

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

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    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.

  • A Sunny Perspective on the Future of Solar Energy

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    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 approach competitiveness with fossil-fired generation by around…

  • Fuel of Uncertainty

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    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 Have for Biofuels?”, which weighs findings from dozens of studies…