By Susan Phillips
As climate talks in Doha, Qatar go into overtime, countries still seem divided over how to reduce global warming and pay for its costs to developing nations. Today on WHYY’s Radio Times, host Marty Moss-Coane speaks to University of Chicago Law professor David Weisbach about prospects, or lack there of, for a carbon tax. Weisbach discusses how such a tax could impact the nation’s debt, economy and environment.
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Areas of Focus: Climate Change, Environment
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Climate Change
Climate change is an urgent global challenge. EPIC research is helping to assess its impacts, quantify its costs, and identify an efficient set of policies to reduce emissions and adapt...
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Environment
Producing and using energy damages people’s health and the environment. EPIC research is quantifying the social costs of energy choices and uncovering policies that help protect health while facilitating growth.