Misconceptions about the effect of environmental regulations on the economy and jobs are complicating federal efforts to create sound environmental policies, according to panelists at the 38th Annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy. Billy Pizer, faculty fellow at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, was among the speakers.
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Stricter Environmental Protection Agency regulations could steer the energy market away from coal, according to a recent Duke study. The Chronicle features the study findings with comments from Nicholas Institute Faculty Fellow Billy Pizer.
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Mark Tercek, Nicholas Institute Board Member and The Nature Conservancy President and CEO, offers that economic growth and environmental stewardship are not mutually exclusive in his newly published book, Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature.
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The U.S. ethanol mandate is successfully lowering the nation’s greenhouse-gas footprint—but likely to cause a slight increase in emissions around the globe, according to the latest study of biofuels’ climate impact. The analysis comes from researchers at Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, in a paper published this month in the journal Energy Policy.
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Research by Billy Pizer, faculty fellow at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, helps explain why lower energy costs won't revive United States manufacturing in this Washington Post article.
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Brian Murray, director for economic analysis at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, comments in an article in Sustainuance Magazine.
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The Nicholas Institute’s Billy Pizer was among a panel of leading economic experts on fiscal and environmental policy, convened by Resources for the Future, to discuss the role a carbon tax might play in coming debates about how to reform the U.S. tax code.
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A new Duke University survey found that 54 percent of Americans feel climate change is primarily the result of human activity and that 64 percent either strongly or somewhat favored new regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, factories and cars. This story in The Huffington Post quotest Nicholas Institute researcher Sarah Adair.
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Extreme weather has roiled nearly every corner of the United States in Obama's first four years in office; whether due to drought, wildfire, or Hurricane Sandy, public perceptions have shifted. A new Duke University survey found the percentages of Americans who think the climate is changing and that this change is caused by human activity have reached their highest levels since 2007.
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When President Obama addresses Congress in his State of the Union speech tonight, he is widely expected to lay out the details of his plan to take on climate change. Behind the scenes, in the White House and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the wheels of that plan are already in motion. That's because Obama intends to act on climate change without help from Congress. This National Journal article mentions the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions climate change poll.
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