Green Building Finance Consortium / by Scott R. Muldavin http://www.greenbuildingfc.com/Documents/Value%20Beyond%20Cost%20Savings–Final.pdf [Abstract] This book presents the key findings and conclusions regarding the valuation and underwriting of sustainable properties from three years of independent research by the Green Building Finance Consortium. Value Beyond Cost Savings: How to Underwrite Sustainable Properties is supplemented by separate publication of six … Continue reading »
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A Hedonic Analysis of the Impact of LUST Sites on House Prices in Frederick, Baltimore, and Baltimore City Counties
US EPA / by Jeffrey Zabel and Dennis Guignet http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eed.nsf/WPNumber/2010-01 [Abstract] Petroleum from leaking underground storage tanks (LUSTs) can contaminate local soil, and surface and groundwater. In some cases this can pose health risks to the surrounding population. Focusing on single family home sales from 1996-2007 in three Maryland counties, we use a hedonic house … Continue reading »
On Commitment Levels and Compliance Mechanisms – Determinants of Participation in Global Environmental Agreements
Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) ETH Zurich / by Thomas Bernauer, Anna Kalbhenn, Vally Koubi and Gabi Ruoff http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~lstohr/cege/Diskussionspapiere/94_Bernauer.pdf [Abstract] [The authors] argue that participation in international agreements is influenced by their design characteristics, notably commitment levels, measured by the specificity of obligations, and compliance mechanisms, measured by monitoring, enforcement, assistance, and dispute … Continue reading »
Website for 2nd Ed. of Charles Kolstad’s Textbook, Environmental Economics
Oxford University Press http://www.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199732647/ [Website] Welcome to the companion website for the second edition of Charles D. Kolstad’s Environmental Economics, the hub for the book’s images, availabe to download on PowerPoint slides, and errata. Environmental Economics is the first text to concentrate solely on environmental economics—the problems of earth, air, and water pollution from an … Continue reading »
Economic Insights from Modeling Analyses of H.R. 2454 — the American Clean Energy and Security Act (Waxman-Markey)
Pew Center for Global Climate Change (In Brief –Innovative Policy Solutions To Combat Climate Change) http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/economic-insights-hr2454.pdf [Summary] This brief compares modeling analyses of the House-passed clean energy and climate bill (H.R. 2454) conducted by seven different groups (US Energy Information Administration, US EPA, National Black Chamber of Commerce, American Council for Capital Formation-National Association of … Continue reading »
Air Pollution, Economic Activity and Respiratory Illness : Evidence from Canadian Cities, 1974–1994
Environmental Modelling & Software (July, 2010) v25 n7 Pages 873-885, by Gary Koop , Ross McKitrick and Lise Tole — free full text version available at: http://www.uoguelph.ca/~rmckitri/research/airhealth/KMT_EMS_DEC09.pdf [Abstract] Many studies have reported a relationship between urban air pollution levels and respiratory health problems. However, there are notable variations in results, depending on modeling approach, covariate … Continue reading »
Updated Economic Analysis of California’s Climate Change Scoping Plan : Staff Report to the Air Resources Board
California Environmental Protection Agency. Air Resources Board http://www.arb.ca.gov/newsrel/2010/nr032410b.html [From press release] The California Air Resources Board released an updated economic analysis today that forecasts robust economic growth as the state continues implementing AB 32, focusing primarily on energy efficiency and fuel diversification measures. “This analysis confirms what economists have been saying all along: that full … Continue reading »
Driving Growth : How Clean Cars and Climate Policy Can Create Jobs
Natural Resources Defense Council, the UAW and the Center for American Progress http://www.nrdc.org/energy/files/drivinggrowth.pdf [From press release] A new report finds that new vehicle technology and the right policy choices, including incentives for higher fuel efficiency vehicles, could create up to 150,000 jobs for U.S. workers…The analysis emphasizes that improving vehicle performance would drive demand for … Continue reading »
