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- Gauging Economic Consensus on Climate Change – Issue Brief – We conducted a large-sample global survey on climate economics, which we sent to all economists who have published climate-related research in the field’s highest-ranked academic journals; 738 responded. To our knowledge, this is the largest-ever expert survey on the economics of climate change. The results show an overwhelming consensus that…
- Comments to Highway Administration and Army Corps on Addressing Greenhouse Gas Emissions – We submitted comments to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on recent draft environmental impact statements (EISs), in which we stressed the importance of addressing climate impacts of proposed projects.
- Comments to BLM on Foidel Creek Mine Expansion – A proposed expansion of the Foidel Creek Mine in Colorado would allow Peabody Energy to recover nearly five million additional tons of federal coal, extending the mine’s life by an additional two years. We submitted joint comments that critique the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) environmental assessment of the expansion,…
- Comments on Carlsbad Region Fossil Fuel Leasing – We submitted two sets of comments to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in response to their Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP), which focuses on mineral development potential in the Carlsbad region of New Mexico. Our comments recommend that BLM not offer more lands for fossil fuel leasing, but instead…
- Managing the Future of the Electricity Grid: Distributed Generation and Net Metering – As distributed energy generation is becoming increasingly common, the debate on how a utility’s customers should be compensated for the excess energy they sell back to the grid is intensifying. This article provides a thorough analysis of the benefits and the costs of distributed generation and highlights the analytical flaws…
- Government Transparency and Accountability – Safeguards that protect public well-being, including environmental policies, rely on the transparency and accountability of the federal regulatory process. These resources for journalists and policymakers highlight how fundamental changes to regulatory policy and cost-benefit analysis are currently threatening these public safeguards.
- Implementing NEPA in the Age of Climate Change – Under the National Environmental Policy Act, agencies must consider the environmental impacts of major federal actions before they can move forward. But agencies frequently downplay or ignore the climate change impacts of their projects in NEPA analyses, citing a slew of technical difficulties and uncertainties. This article, published in the…
- EPA and DOT Finalize 2017-2025 Fuel Economy Standards – The DOT and EPA finalized fuel efficiency standards today for cars and light duty trucks, increasing fuel efficiency to 54.5 mpg by Model Year 2025. The agencies calculate that consumer savings under the new standards will be comparable to lowering the price of gasoline by $1 per gallon by 2025.
- Richard L. Revesz – Richard L. Revesz is one of the nation’s leading experts in the fields of environmental and regulatory law and policy. Revesz is the Lawrence King Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus at the New York University School of Law, where he founded and directs the Institute for Policy Integrity, a…
- Key Economic Errors in the Clean Car Standards Rollback – The federal Clean Car Standards promised steadily increasing fuel efficiency and lower vehicle emissions. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency have now rolled back those standards, eviscerating important public health benefits and fuel savings for consumers. But the agencies’ own analysis shows that the rollback…