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News / In the News•Oct 13, 2021

Energy Inequality Makes a Hotter World Deadlier for Poor Nations

Less developed regions will struggle to stay cool as the planet heats up, according to the Climate Impact Lab.
via Bloomberg
News / In the News•Oct 13, 2021

Rising Temperatures Will Change Air Conditioning Use—But Not How You Might Expect

A new report from the Climate Impact Lab set out to determine just how much household energy use has increased and will increase due to climate change.
via Earther
News / In the News•Sep 17, 2021

‘The Most Important Number You’ve Never Heard Of’

EPIC Director Michael Greenstone is interviewed by NYT's Peter Coy on the social cost of carbon.
via New York Times
News / In the News•Sep 04, 2021

We’ve Been Radically Underestimating the True Cost of our Carbon Footprint

Research from EPIC's Michael Greenstone and Tamma Carleton suggest the discount rate should be no higher than 2 percent, resulting in a social cost of carbon of $125.
via Vox
News / In the News•May 02, 2021

The US’ Smooth Transition Away from Coal

“Accelerating and Smoothing the Transition Away from Coal,” a chapter of the U.S. Energy & Climate Roadmap, by Mark Templeton, Director of the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic, is featured in...
Via Mining.com
News / In the News•Mar 11, 2021

The Number that Could Shift Climate Action into Overdrive

"The energy and climate challenge that the world faces is very demanding and we need a guide for how we should be responding to that challenge," said EPIC Director Michael...
via AFP
News / In the News•Mar 03, 2021

How Might Putting a Price on Carbon Work to Curb Emissions?

From the standpoint of industry, putting a price on carbon is preferable to strict new government regulation of emissions, says EPIC Director Michael Greenstone.
via Marketplace
News / In the News•Mar 01, 2021

Biden Raises Key Metric for Greenhouse Gases

Michael Greenstone, EPIC Director, says the formula for the social cost of carbon should be broadened to take into account damage done to vulnerable and overburdened communities that are likely...
via E&E News

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