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Save to My PortfolioPlug-In Electric Vehicles 2008: What Role for Washington?

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Thursday, June 12, 2008
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Reuters/Gus RuelasOn June 11 and 12, the Brookings Institution and Google.org will host a conference on electric vehicles, their potential to reduce oil dependence and the role of federal policy in promoting them. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioEnergy Challenges for the Next President

The Honorable Lamar Alexander, (R-Tenn.), William J. Antholis, Carlos Pascual, David B. Sandalow, Jonathan Elkind and Jason Bordoff, May 12, 2008

Energy issues are central to the most important strategic challenges facing the United States and the world. And in the presidential campaign, they are increasingly central to the discussion of how the next president will approach America's environmental, economic and security policy. On May 12, the Opportunity 08 project at Brookings hosted Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) for a discussion of energy issues facing the next president.

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Save to My PortfolioEnergy Challenges for the Next President

Monday, May 12, 2008
Washington, DC

Ralph AlswangEnergy issues are among the most important strategic challenges facing America and the world.  From ethanol subsidies to trade policy, energy may well dominate policy and political discussions this summer. The Opportunity 08 project at Brookings hosted a discussion with Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) on the big energy questions facing the next president. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioCommon Wealth: Economic Possibilities for a Crowded Planet

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance: A Simple Way to Reduce Driving-Related Harms and Increase Equity

Jason E. Bordoff and Pascal J. Noel, April 17, 2008, The Brookings Institution

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioThe Bridge at the Edge of the World: A Discussion with James Gustave Speth

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAustralian Climate Change Policy Built on Shaky Foundation

Warwick J. McKibbin, March 28, 2008, The Australian Financial Review

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPlace-Specific Benefits of Great Lakes Restoration

John C. Austin, Soren Anderson, Paul N. Courant and Robert E. Litan, March 24, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTradable Water Rights

Michael Greenstone, Spring 2008, Democracy Journal, Issue #8, Spring 2008

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioClimate Change and the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit

Monday, March 03, 2008
Washington, DC

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Save to My PortfolioClimate Change and the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit

Carlos Pascual, Warwick J. McKibbin, James Connaughton and Mutsuyoshi Nishimura, March 03, 2008

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAdvancing Sino-U.S. Energy Cooperation Amid Oil Price Hikes

Richard Weixing Hu, March 2008, Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPay-As-You-Drive Car Insurance

Jason E. Bordoff, Spring 2008, Democracy Journal, Issue #8, Spring 2008

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Save to My PortfolioContending with the Rise of China

Richard C. Bush III and Martha Raddatz, February 22, 2008

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioDiving in the Deep End: Help Water Agencies Address Climate Change

Patricia Mulroy, February 07, 2008, Opportunity 08

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Save to My PortfolioClimate Change and Global Trade

William J. Antholis and Martha Raddatz, February 01, 2008

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioEthanol: Law, Economics, and Politics

Robert Hahn, January 2008, AEI Center for Regulatory and Market Studies

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