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An economist's take on how to combat climate change
2015-12-04 01:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PBS: We turn to economists Gernot Wagner of the Environmental Defense Fund and Martin L. Weitzman of Harvard University for how economics might be able to tackle the immense problem that is climate change. The co-authors of Climate Shock last took to Making Sen$e to make their case for insuring ourselves against global warming by pricing carbon dioxide pollution. Below, Wagner and Weitzman discuss the 2 degree Celsius threshold and offer steps world leaders can take to combat climate change. For...
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What Economists Don't Get About Climate Change
2015-11-03 14:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Economists tend to see climate change as a big optimization problem: Weigh the potential costs of future disasters against the benefits of fossil-fueled economic growth, and find a price of carbon that will balance the two. Unfortunately, it's an illusory goal. Consider, for example, a recent study by Yale University's Kenneth Gillingham and colleagues. Using a collection of so-called "integrated" models of climate and the economy, they seek to get a better handle on how various uncertainties...
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Climate Change Kills the Mood: Economists Warn of Less Sex on a Warmer Planet
2015-11-02 23:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Climate change has been blamed for many things over the years. Never, until now, has anyone thought it was possible to see it as a kind of contraceptive. Hot weather leads to diminished coital frequency," according to a new working paper put out by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Three economists studied 80 years of U.S. fertility and temperature data and found that when its hotter than 80 degrees F, a large decline in births follows within 10 months. Would-be parents tend not to make...
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Canada had weak first 4 months but not in a recession: C.D. Howe economists
2015-07-29 18:27:43| Canadian Plastics Headlines
Business Cycle Council fails to find enough evidence to prove Canada is entering a recession. The post Canada had weak first 4 months but not in a recession: C.D. Howe economists appeared first on Canadian Plastics.
Report By Brattle Economists Quantifies Significant Value Of Nuclear Power Plants To Ohio's Economy And Contribution To Limiting Carbon Emissions
2015-07-13 03:45:26| pollutiononline Home Page
Ohio’s two nuclear energy plants contribute $521M to the state’s gross domestic product (GDP), in addition to other economic and societal benefits, according to a new study conducted by economists at global consulting firm The Brattle Group
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