Parliamentary Secretary Mike Bernier summarizes British Columbia’s positive experience with its revenue-neutral carbon tax

Don’t Expect Car Ownership to Become Obsolete

Posted on March 29th, 2019 by tagadmin

Christopher Knittel and Elizabeth Murphy’s recent work on millennial vehicle ownership trends are highlighted in this Economics Opinion piece on Bloomberg.

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Parliamentary Secretary Mike Bernier summarizes British Columbia’s positive experience with its revenue-neutral carbon tax

Earth Hour 2019: Turning off lights won’t save the planet but these ‘green’ actions will

Posted on March 29th, 2019 by tagadmin

In an article on Global.ca, a panel of experts, including Prof. Knittel, highlight choices one can make to reduce your carbon footprint.

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Parliamentary Secretary Mike Bernier summarizes British Columbia’s positive experience with its revenue-neutral carbon tax

Despite ‘Car-Free’ Hype, Millennials Drive a Lot

Posted on March 27th, 2019 by tagadmin

In this article on CityLab, reporter Laura Bliss discusses findings from a new working paper by CEEPR Director Christopher Knittel and recently graduated CEEPR Research Assistant Elizabeth Murphy.

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Parliamentary Secretary Mike Bernier summarizes British Columbia’s positive experience with its revenue-neutral carbon tax

Fuel-switching and Deep Decarbonization

Posted on March 15th, 2019 by tagadmin

Fuel-switching is inevitable to achieve deep decarbonization. This has, inter alia, prompted an increasing number of countries to announce coal phase-out mandates in the power sector. This working paper suggest that, when accounting for stranded assets, a decarbonization pathway that is based on gradual transition to renewable energy and initially retains coal generating assets turns out to be less expensive than a strict coal phase-out.

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Parliamentary Secretary Mike Bernier summarizes British Columbia’s positive experience with its revenue-neutral carbon tax

California wants to reform PG&E, but just how is uncertain

Posted on March 11th, 2019 by tagadmin

In this SF Chronicle article, a group of experts, including CEEPR Director Christopher Knittel, weigh in on some of the potential reforms and changes that PG&E may consider.

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Parliamentary Secretary Mike Bernier summarizes British Columbia’s positive experience with its revenue-neutral carbon tax

MIT CEEPR plays key role at first international carbon pricing research conference

Posted on March 7th, 2019 by tagadmin

CEEPR Deputy Director Michael Mehling serves as conference co-chair.

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Parliamentary Secretary Mike Bernier summarizes British Columbia’s positive experience with its revenue-neutral carbon tax

Competition for Electric Transmission Projects in the U.S.: FERC Order 1000

Posted on March 1st, 2019 by tagadmin

Professor Paul L. Joskow discusses the provisions of Order 1000, its application by ISOs, and examines the evidence to date regarding the development and application of the competitive transmission procurement model in the U.S in this CEEPR Working Paper.

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