Environment

PlanetPolicy

It’s Energy Week: Here are 10 lessons about buying or leasing an electric car

Timmons Roberts

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

A view of the Pennsylvania State house from the State Street bridge in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, January 18, 2012. The Keystone State's capital city faces a $317 million debt that accumulated after a municipal incinerator was repaired and retrofitted in 2003. After Harrisburg's attempt to file bankruptcy was rejected by a judge last fall, Pennsylvania's governor installed a receiver that has sole authority over how tax dollars are spent. Compounding the financial mess, the city council and mayor barely speak, little money is available for routine road and streetlight repairs, and high crime and poor schools have fueled suburban flight. Picture taken January 18, 2012. To match Feature HARRISBURG-CAMPBELL/ REUTERS/Tim Shaffer (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS CITYSPACE) - RTR2WP3W

FixGov

Leaving money on the table: Pennsylvania’s resistance to taxing resource extraction

Rachel Hampton and Barry Rabe

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

An apartment complex for labourers who work at a shoe factory is seen in the city of Wenzhou, in Zhejiang province February 18, 2011. Labour shortages in Chinese coastal factories are nothing new. The world's workshop has been churning out the exports again after hitting a lull during the global financial crisis. But workers are becoming more choosy about the kind of jobs they want, eschewing the long hours, tedious work and poor benefits offered in China's many sweatshops. What's more, competition for labour is now coming from new factories in China's rapidly urbanising interior. To match Special Report CHINA-LABOUR/ Picture taken on February 18, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - RTR2J0WC

Future Development

Future Development Reads: Air conditioning and economic development

Indermit Gill

Friday, June 23, 2017

An array of solar panels are seen in Oakland, California, U.S. December 4, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RTSUNG0

FixGov

Americans want states to pick up federal climate policy slack

Barry Rabe, Sarah Mills, and Christopher Borick

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Reports

Solar array on Brookings Institution's roof

Climate Change

Leveling the playing field for rooftop solar

Philip A. Wallach

Friday, June 16, 2017

A marker indicating the conservation easement.

Environment

Abuse of tax deductions for charitable donations of conservation lands are on the rise

Adam Looney

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Rigging equipment is pictured in a field outside of Sweetwater, Texas.

Energy Industry

Nobody knew border carbon adjustments could be so complicated

Warwick J. McKibbin, Adele Morris, Peter J. Wilcoxen, and Weifeng Liu

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Climate Change

Le leadership africain à une époque à haut risque climatique

Russell Bishop

Friday, March 3, 2017

Environment

Meeting new norms for air pollution from power plants in India

Rahul Tongia and Deborah Seligsohn

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Blog Posts

Solar panels sit on the roof of SunPower Corporation in Richmond, California March 18, 2010. REUTERS/Kim White/File Photo - RTSTKW8

PlanetPolicy

The fantasy of quick and easy renewable energy

Samantha Gross

Monday, June 19, 2017

The Elevation Resources drilling rig is shown at the Permian Basin drilling site in Andrews County, Texas, U.S. on May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Ann Saphir/File Photo - RTX2H3SN

PlanetPolicy

The next energy revolution: The promise and peril of high-tech innovation

David Victor and Kassia Yanosek

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

People take photos at sunset in Key West, Florida, U.S. February 5, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RTX2ZRG2

FixGov

Trump’s global warming views remain elusive, but not those of Americans

Christopher Borick, Barry Rabe, and Sarah Mills

Monday, June 12, 2017

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Events

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The future of the Paris Agreement and global climate change cooperation without U.S. leadership

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Carbon pricing and the future of global climate cooperation

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Tackling the ‘Water Problem’: Challenges facing U.S. regulation, sustainability, and global geopolitics

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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The Water Problem

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Experts

Rahul Tongia

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Brookings India, Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate

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Barry Rabe

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

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Peter J. Wilcoxen

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Co-Director - Climate and Energy Economics Project

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Multimedia

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Unpacked

Why does the US need energy innovation?

Mark Muro and Devashree Saha

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Environment

Carbon pricing: Harnessing market efficiency in pursuit of clean energy

Adele Morris, David Victor, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

The damaged Oroville Dam spillway is pictured in an aerial view in Oroville, California, U.S. in this February 26, 2017 handout photo. Kelly M. Grow/ California Department of Water Resources/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY THIS PICTURE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY. AN UNPROCESSED VERSION WILL BE PROVIDED SEPARATELY. - RTS10UBN

Climate Change

The water problem

Patricia Mulroy, Bill Finan, and Fred Dews

Friday, April 7, 2017

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