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News / In the News•Jul 15, 2021

Federal Policy, Not Markets, Will Drive the Energy Transition, New Report Says

“The problem of climate change is vexing, and not one that private markets will solve on their own,” Harris Public Policy's Ryan Kellogg and his co-author write in a new...
via Financial Times
News / In the News•Jul 15, 2021

Democrats’ Budget Plan Pushes A Shift To Clean Energy. Here’s How It Would Work

EPIC Director Michael Greenstone talked with NPR's Jeff Brady about efforts to pass a clean electricity standard. Most of Greenstone's U.S. Energy & Climate Roadmap recommendations for how to best...
via NPR
News / In the News•Jun 14, 2021

Will Biden Be Forced to Give Up What Some Say is His Best Shot at Tackling Climate Change?

“There’s no penalty for increasing the odds of disruptive climate change, and a clean electricity standard would help to level the playing field,” said EPIC Director Michael Greenstone.
via Inside Climate News
News / In the News•Apr 13, 2021

Biden’s Paris Goal: Pressure Builds for a 50 Percent Greenhouse Gas Cut by 2030

EPIC Director Michael Greenstone argues that putting a price on carbon—either through a tax or a cap on emissions—would be the most cost-efficient way to level the playing field for...
via Inside Climate News
News / In the News•Apr 05, 2021

Biden Clean Electricity Standard Faces High Hurdles

EPIC postdoctoral scholar Ishan Nath tells The Hill that that one advantage to carbon pricing is that it can be applied economywide and not just to the electricity sector. In...
via The Hill
News / In the News•Mar 31, 2021

Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Aims to Turbocharge U.S. Shift from Fossil Fuels

EPIC Director Michael Greenstone comments on Biden's infrastructure proposal. In the U.S. Energy & Climate Roadmap, he recommends a national clean electricity standard.
via Washington Post
News / In the News•Apr 23, 2019

Is The ‘Most Popular’ State Climate Policy Too Costly?

New research from EPIC Director Michael Greenstone and co-authors suggests the costs of Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) are higher than was once thought.
via E&E News
News / In the News•Apr 22, 2019

Renewable Energy Mandates Are Costly Climate Policies

Axios' Amy Harder explores a new study from EPIC Director Michael Greenstone that suggests Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) are an inefficient way to reduce carbon emissions.
via Axios

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