Global temperatures in 2014, that is.
Category Archives: environment
“The Costs of Delaying Action to Stem Climate Change”
From a CEA report written under the leadership of James Stock, released today:
Economic Implications of Anthropogenic Climate Change and Extreme Weather
In my ten years living in Madison, this has been the coldest Winter thus far. Keeping in mind everything is probabilistic, it’s likely that I have anthropogenic climate change to thank for experiencing this event. [1] [2] [3] (Just like one can’t say Hurricane Sandy was directly a result of global climate change, the likelihood of such events rises with global climate change.)
The geography of success
Weak U.S. economic growth continues to be discouraging. But it’s worth taking a look at a few places where things going well for America.
Some Economic Implications of Global Climate Change
Each time I post something on the environment, a number of readers admonish me to get back to economics. Well, it’s been obvious to many observers that the two are interlinked. Consider one graph from NOAA, and two others from Economic Benefits of Increasing Electric Grid Resilience to Weather Outages, a joint CEA and DOE report, released on Tuesday.
It’s Been a Hot July
As noted by NBC News, but it’s absolutely, positively, definitely got nothing to do with global climate change (!!!).
Koch’s Coke
…in Detroit
Here is striking photo of a pile of by-product of processing Canadian tar sands oil, from NY Times:
This Is Not an Oil Spill
Technically speaking. Update, 4/6: Or maybe it is.
Declining U.S. carbon dioxide emissions
Emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel consumption in the United States have fallen remarkably since 2008, with recent levels the lowest since 1995. Here I comment on some of the factors behind this.