7 Posts Tagged "Science"
Benefits of Clean Air and Water Dwarf Costs 10 to 1
Posted on May 8th 2013 |
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(This post was first published on EDF Voices.)
The Office of Management and Budget is nerd heaven: a bunch of people getting their professional kicks from analyzing federal ...
Nature: The rebound effect is overplayed
Posted on January 23rd 2013 |
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Trying to put the rebound effect for energy efficiency in its rightful place is like playing a game of wack-a-mole. Predictably every couple of years, someone new discovers the counter-intuitive appeal of showing how more efficient energy policies may lead to more energy use. Wham! Told yo ...
WSJ Review: This is what a ‘fat tail’ looks like.
Posted on November 1st 2012 |
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Harvard's Martin Weitzman and I on why it isn't over 'til the fat tail zings:
Call them “black swans,” “unknown unknowns,” “fat tails,” or “10-foot women.” Whatever you call them, they’re bizar ...
Geoengineering: ignore economics and governance at your peril
Posted on October 31st 2012 |
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How serious is global warming? Here’s one indication: the first rogue entrepreneurs have begun testing the waters on geoengineering, as Naomi Klein laments in her must-read New York ...
Foreign Policy on Playing God
Posted on October 25th 2012 |
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In its first post-debate, non-debate piece ...
Elinor Ostrom and a new culture in economics
Posted on June 12th 2012 |
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Elinor Ostrom, the first and only female Nobel Laureate in Economics, died
Solar revolution closer to sun
Posted on May 25th 2012 |
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Aviation may be the ...
