1 day ago by Michael Ricciardi

{Note to the reader: this is my entry into the UNEP’s World Environment Day (WED) blogging competition, addressing the 2012 theme: The Green Economy – Does It Include You? After considering many examples of who the ‘you’ in the title could refer to, I’ve decided to hand over this blog entry to my [. ...

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2 days ago by The Punk Patriot

The Price of Gas from CIR on Vimeo.

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3 days ago by irp2

Commercial Climate 22 February 2011. Through incorporating externalities into their lifecycle analysis, Harvard researchers have discovered the true extent of subsidies to coal in the United States: $345 billion. This implies a real cost of electricity production by coal-fired power … Continue readi ...

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4 days ago by David King

There are many justifications for investing in transportationinfrastructure. Some of the most common and widely used claims for why thepublic should spend lots of money on new trains, roads, bike lanes or othersuch things are that such investments will create jobs, lead to new economicactivity and o ...

Getting from here to there - davidaking.blogspot.com · 7 references

7 days ago by Phil Scarr

Earlier this week I posted about Edible Externalities. Well, apparently the Europeans were listening to me… PARIS — Sugar should be identified alongside alcohol and tobacco as a health danger, and governments should tax sweetened drinks and food as part of their efforts to combat it. So says a comme ...

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8 days ago by Robert Stavins

In 2009, the U.S. Congress considered but ultimately failed to enact legislation aimed at limiting U.S. greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. The bill under consideration at that time, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, was the last in a series considered over several years. Sponsored by ...

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9 days ago by Giffenman

By Alexander Wickham Opinion Thursday, 2 February 2012 at 4:15 pm Sir Richard Branson is a fascinating figure. His politics are surprisingly convoluted for a billionaire businessman; at times he has resembled a Thatcherite neo-classical and at others he has been a Labour-supporting proponent of huma ...

Unpopular Opinion - giffenman-miscellania.blogspot.com · 1 reference

12 days ago by Walter Borden

Science and Sustainability We at Fund Balance are concerned that the only mention of climate change in President Barack H. Obama’s 2012 State of the Union address was “The differences in this chamber may be too deep right now to pass a comprehensive plan to fight climate change.” The U.S. National A ...

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14 days ago by David Zetland

A year later and still worth a read... The private-public cycle -- how politicians like to shift blame for price increases onto "greedy" private water companies and then take credit for their service improvements. People choose their paths -- a long post, with lots of comments, discussing the differ ...

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19 days ago by Blogger Bryn

You decide http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-16682596 a) What is the negative externality in the clip? b) Why is it a negative externality?c0 Use a diagram to explain how the market fails with this externality d) Using information from the clip, discuss the extent to which legislation ...

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