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Michael Greenstone speaks with the New York Times on the White House's decision to shelve the social cost of carbon.

World's first air pollution trading scheme yields results

The world’s first-ever market for trading in particulate matter emissions—launched in Gujarat’s Surat in 2019 through partnerships with the University of Chicago, Yale University, and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)—has reduced pollution by 20-30% among participating industries...

EPIC Air Quality Awardee Dr. Sunkaru Touray and EPIC Clean Air Program Director Christa Hasenkopf discuss air quality in The Gambia on QTV Gambia.

Eyal Frank, Harris Public Policy assistant professor, quantifies the harms of biodiversity loss.

In a new episode of PBS Energy Switch, EPIC scholar Ryan Kellogg discusses energy subsidies.

UChicago's Ryan Kellogg tells CNN that oil prices and production volumes "depend much more on the whims of the global marketplace" than the actions of any one president.

The LA Times cites an EPIC study on farmers' responses to groundwater pricing in their article on a new White House report.

University of Chicago Professor Andrew Chien weighs in on California's solar glut and the role of battery storage.

A failure to factor in inflation means the $300bn (£240bn) climate finance deal agreed at Cop29 is not the tripling of pledges that has been claimed, economists have said. Institute Faculty Director Michael Greenstone compared the $300bn target to “a...