DOE. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory / by by Andrew Mills, Amol Phadke, and Ryan Wiser http://eetd.lbl.gov/EA/EMP/reports/lbnl-3077e.pdf [From press release] A new analysis by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) for the Western Governor’s Association explores renewable resource decisions in the West. The report’s “sensitivity analysis” examines how decisions about which … Continue reading »
Posted on March 18, 2010 …
Analysis of Policies to Reduce Oil Consumption and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the U.S. Transportation Sector
Harvard Univ., Kennedy School, Belfer Center / by W. Ross Morrow, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Gustavo Collantes and Henry Lee http://tinyurl.com/yayhcvb [This revision of an earlier study] from current and former researchers at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs finds that reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation will be a much bigger … Continue reading »
Multi-Lateralisms : Explaining Variation in Regime Instruments
Harvard Univ., Kennedy School, Belfer Center / by Alexander Thompson and Daniel Verdier (The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements Discussion Paper Series, Discussion Paper 10-34) http://tinyurl.com/ybqenq6 [From abstract] Different international regimes are built from legal instruments that vary in terms of whether they are multilateral or bilateral. We investigate the reasons for such variation. … Continue reading »
EPA Water Quality Planning Blog : Coming Together for Clean Water
EPA. Office of Water http://blog.epa.gov/waterforum/ [From press release] For a two- week period, EPA is holding a Web discussion forum on how the nation can better manage some of the most significant water pollution problems facing our nation. The feedback received on the online forum will help shape the discussion at EPA’s upcoming conference in … Continue reading »
Our Nation’s Air : Status and Trends through 2008
EPA. Of f ice of Air Quality Planning and Standards (EPA -454/R -09-002) http://www.epa.gov/airtrends/2010/index.html [From press release] Since 1990, nationwide air quality has improved significantly for the six common air pollutants: ground-level ozone, particle pollution, lead, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide. Emissions of toxic air pollutants, such as benzene, have declined about 40 … Continue reading »
Price Levels and Economic Growth : Making Sense of the PPP Changes Between ICP Rounds
World Bank / by Martin Ravallion (Policy research working paper no. WPS 5229) http://tinyurl.com/yc528sj [Summary] To the surprise of many observers, the 2005 International Comparison Program (ICP) found substantially higher purchasing power parity (PPP) rates, relative to market exchange rates, in most developing countries. For example, China’s price level index — the ratio of its … Continue reading »
