...ent Economics Research Group, The World Bank (on leave from the RAND Corporation)
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..., Evan M Herrnstadt and Richard D. Morgenstern
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RFF Discussion Paper 07-54; November, 2008
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Issue Brief: RFF IB 08-04; November 2008;
1616 P St. NW; Washington, DC 20036; 202-328-5000 www.rff.org
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Blue Texan links to this interesting US News piece on a chart that purports to show who the likely nominees are going to be in the upcoming Obama administration.
First thing I’m thinking: Is this another Rahm leak special , or is it Podesta’s doing? Obama better learn to like leaks, because he’s got at least one very chatty person working for him.
Second thing I&rsqu...... [Show More]
Last week, we discussed a little about who President-elect Obama (D) might choose as his Treasury Secretary . I suspect that will be the first cabinet post he names -- given the great concerns about the economy -- followed shortly thereafter by Secretary of State and Defense Secretary -- given concerns about war and terrorism.
So, rather than just list names, let’s ...... [Show More]
look at several lenses:
social stratification, the global economy, culture&consumption
key takeaways:
revenge of the push cart - in the past dirty, now fun.
even art in all the revived downtown are the same - painted cows (started: local, chicago) have become generic. you got to have it if you want to compete. sophisticated, ‘wit h-it’ ;
boston: ‘the big-dig’, f...... [Show More]
I sat in on some of the exciting sessions of the FPA’s annual World Leadership Forum (WLF) this week. If you’re interested in the recent developments in the financial industry and the bigger picture of the “geoeconomy,” there were two panels of experts discussing some of the ins and outs of those issues which you can view at C-Span .
Spanish President Jose Zapatero...... [Show More]
Reported for the Carbon Tax Center by James F. Handley. The "fierce urgency" of the climate crisis compels action,said Rep. John Larson (D-CT) at Thursday’s House Ways and Means Committee’s packed hearing on climate change revenue measures . Hurricane Ike’s devastation of coastal Texas imparted deeper meaningto Martin Luther King’s phrase. Witnesses pointed to stor...... [Show More]
Dividend? Yes. Payroll tax-shift? No. EITC tax-shift? Yes. Energy-efficiency? Hmm, tell me more. These are the bottom lines on carbon "revenue treatment," as we read them, of Resources for the Future’s impressive new report, The Incidence of U.S. Climate Policy . Released late last week, the report concludes that distributing carbon permit or tax revenues equally among U.S. resi...... [Show More]
Dallas Burtraw, Richard Sweeney, and Margaret A. Walls of the Resources for the Future Foundation have written a new paper evaluating the costs of a cap-and-trade carbon program on different regions and income levels in the U.S. (HT: Common Tragedies .)
First of all, the authors observe a nasty truth: by its nature, putting a price on CO2 is regressive, since lower-income families ...... [Show More]
Speaking on CNN last week, former GOP presidential candidate and current McCain economic adviser Steve Forbes belittled the likelihood of McCain’s plan to combat climate change actually coming to fruition.When asked about the economic impact of McCain’s proposed cap and trade, Forbes almost scoffed at the idea of such a policy ever actually being taken up. Forbes said:
“I thi...... [Show More]
Over the last month or so, I’ve been keeping my eye on a fantastic new project called On Day One (which I’ve written about here ). The organizing theme behind the project is to help ’set the agenda’ for the next president of the United States by providing policy suggestions and political direction based on user-submitted material.
Now, On Day One is honing-in o...... [Show More]
Some disheartening news from the frontlines of “clean coal” research:
“It’s a total mess.” Daniel M. Kammen , director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley
“Coal’s had a tough year.” John LaVelle , general manager of gasification at General Electric
“A year ago, (it) was an aggr...... [Show More]
On Monday, I wrote about a plan in California for 1,500 solar homes. Eco-tech news seems to simply pour out of the place. But if California wants to remain America’s eco-mecca, it’s going to have to work at it. States across the nation are ratcheting up efforts in areas such as renewable energy, efficiency, and green building standards. With the passing of five bills covering all of ...... [Show More]
Michael Giberson
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) announced today that the first allowance auction in the United States for a mandatory CO2 emissions reduction program will take place on September 10, 2008. A second auction will take place December 17, with quarterly auctions thereafter; the compliance period will begin January 1, 2009. The announcement indicated that ...... [Show More]
Studies examining the economic effects of the Lieberman Warner Climate Security Act (S. 2191) will be released in the coming months leading up to Senate consideration of the bill. Many of these studies will likely predict that the reductions of greenhouse gases required by the cap-and-trade system will lead to huge hikes in electric rates, reductions in jobs, and all sorts of other economi...... [Show More]
Speaking at Resources for the Future this afternoon, Kathleen McGinty , Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, outlined an “all things in moderation” approach to managing carbon, looking at the relative benefits and challenges of (1) a carbon tax, (2) cap-and-trade programs, and (3) corn-based ethanol.
Secretary McGinty began by under...... [Show More]
Wie man der OSI-Webseite entnehmen kann , wird ab 1. Oktober 2007 Miranda Schreurs die Nachfolge für Prof. Jänicke im Bereich (vergl eichende&# 41; Umwelt- und Energiepolitik antreten.
Wer sich ein (bewegtes) Bild von Prof. Schreurs machen möchte, findet hier ein Video aus dem Februar diesen Jahres.
Zur Erinnerung: Den Bericht über die Berufungsanhörung kann man auf dem lei...... [Show More]
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