The Economic Value of Shale Natural Gas in Ohio

Ohio State University / by Mark Partridge and Amanda Weinstein http://bit.ly/rIrCpn [From a Cleveland Plain Dealer article] The economic boon of shale gas — ballyhooed for months by Gov. John Kasich and the gas industry — is overblown, a team of Ohio State University economists concludes. Their independent study asserts that the development of shale [...]

The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon: Theory and Experience

Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard Univ. /by Joseph Aldy and Robert Stavins http://bit.ly/sJip4i In a modern economy, nearly all aspects of economic activity affect greenhouse gas – in particular, carbon dioxide (CO2) – emissions, and hence the global climate.  To be effective, climate change policy must affect decisions regarding these activities.  This can be done [...]

Transforming U.S. Energy Innovation

Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard Univ.  / by Laura Diaz Anadon, Matthew Bunn, Gabriel Chan, Melissa Chan, Charles Jones, Ruud Kempener, Audrey Lee, Nathaniel Logar and Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti http://bit.ly/ucKQAd …Our report offers analysis and recommendations designed to accelerate the pace at which better energy technologies are discovered, developed, and deployed, and is focused in [...]

Governing Climate Engineering: Scenarios for Analysis

Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard Univ. / by Daniel Bodansky http://bit.ly/t8ezwx [Overview]   Geoengineering is a broad concept that encompasses a variety of approaches to counteract the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, including both techniques to limit how much sunlight reaches the earth (usually referred to as “solar radiation management” or SRM) as well techniques to [...]

Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming: DRAFT

US EPA. Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Ada, OK (EPA 600/R-00/000) http://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/wy/pavillion/index.html [Fuelfix.com]  The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday linked hydraulic fracturing with groundwater contamination in Wyoming _ a first-of-its-kind conclusion by the federal agency that could trigger new scrutiny of the practice used to extract oil and natural gas [...]