News Tip: Expert Available to Comment on National Climate Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Media Contact: Erin McKenzie
(919) 613-3652
erin.mckenzie@duke.edu

The White House released the Third National Climate Assessment, analyzing the impacts of climate change on various sectors and regions across the United States.
 

• Brian Murray
  Director of Economic Analysis, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
  (919) 613-8725; brian.murray@duke.edu
  http://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/about/people/brian-murray
  
  Murray’s research focuses on the economics of climate change policy, including the design of cap-and-trade policy elements to address cost containment and inclusion of offsets from traditionally uncapped sectors such as forestry and agriculture.
   

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