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Beware of Scorched-Earth Strategies in Climate Debates

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Robert Stavins

With the apparent collapse last week of U.S. Senate consideration of a meaningful climate policy, it is important to reflect on what could be a very serious long-term casualty of these acrimonious climate policy debates, namely the demonizing of cap-and-trade … Continue reading >

Posted in Climate Change Policy, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Environmental Economics, Environmental Policy, Positive Political Economy | Tagged cap-and-trade, carbon pricing, Clean Air Interstate Rule, conservatives, cost-effectiveness, Democratic, efficiency, environmental politics, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, global climate policy, lead trading, leaded gasoline phasedown, market-based environmental policies, Obama Administration, Reagan Administration, regulation, Republican, revenue-neutral taxes, Richard Schmalensee, SO2 allowance trading, sulfur dioxide, U.S. House of Representatives, Waxman-Markey legislation | 17 Comments

The Real Options for U.S. Climate Policy

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Robert Stavins

The time has not yet come to throw in the towel regarding the possible enactment in 2010 of meaningful economy-wide climate change policy (such as that found in the Waxman-Markey legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in June, … Continue reading >

Posted in Climate Change Policy, Economic Stimulus Policy, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Environmental Economics, Environmental Policy, Natural Resource Economics, Natural Resource Policy, Positive Political Economy | Tagged Assembly Bill 32, baseline-and-credit system, Best Available Control Technology, biofuels, Cap-and-Dividend, cap-and-trade, carbon capture and storage (CCS), carbon pricing, carbon tax, Clean Air Act, Clean Development Mechanism, Clean Energy Standards, CLEAR Act, cost-effectiveness, distortionary taxes, Dormant Commerce Clause, economic stimulus package, efficiency, emission-reduction-credit system, endangerment finding, energy security, Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Environmental Law Institute, environmental politics, ethanol, G20, global climate policy, Gulf oil spill, import allowance requirement, International Energy Agency, Kerry-Lieberman legislation, leaded gasoline phasedown, linkage of cap-and-trade systems, market failure, market-based environmental policies, Massachusetts v EPA, mobile source standards, National Bureau of Economic Research, new source performance standards, New Source Review, NIMBY, Obama Administration, oil import fee, output-based updating allocation, populism, President Barack Obama, President George H.W. Bush, price collar, principal-agent problem, Professor Lawrence Goulder, public nuisance litigation, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, regulation, Renewable Portfolio Standard, revenue-neutral taxes, sectoral approaches, Senator Jay Rockefeller, Senator Jeff Bingaman, Senator Lamar Alexander, Senator Lisa Murkowski, Senator Maria Cantwell, Senator Richard Lugar, Senator Susan Collins, Senator Thomas Carper, stepwise regulation, subsidies, sulfur dioxide, tailoring rule, technological change, technological diffusion, technology innovation, three-pollutant legislation, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Waxman-Markey legislation, Western Climate Initiative, World Resources Institute | 8 Comments

The Making of a Conventional Wisdom

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Robert Stavins

Despite the potential cost-effectiveness of market-based policy instruments, such as pollution taxes and tradable permits, conventional approaches - including design and uniform performance standards – have been the mainstay of U.S. environmental policy since before the first Earth Day in … Continue reading >

Posted in Environmental Policy, Positive Political Economy | Tagged acid rain, cap-and-trade, cost-effectiveness, environmental politics, global climate policy, leaded gasoline phasedown, market-based environmental policies, regulation, sulfur dioxide | 9 Comments

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Beware of Scorched-Earth Strategies in Climate Debates

The Real Options for U.S. Climate Policy

The Making of a Conventional Wisdom

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