February 10, 2015

Soft Cooperation in the Shadow of Distributional Conflict? Insights from the Climate Regime

In climate diplomacy, negotiators frequently reject “technical” initiatives that only require simple coordination, despite the affordable reputational gains they may gain from cooperation. Motivated by this puzzle, Dr. Antto Vihma and Dr. Johannes Urpelainen developed a formal model to analyze negotiation dynamics.

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November 22, 2014

2014 Fall Research Workshop

A balanced mix of current themes in the energy and environmental policy debate
featured at CEEPR’s 2014 Fall Research Workshop, held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on November 20 and 21, 2014.

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November 12, 2014

WGBH: CEEPR’s Knittel Explains Energy Price Fluctuations

CEEPR Director Christopher Knittel gives an interview on WGBH radio on energy prices…

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November 1, 2014

EPA Clean Power Plan: Cross-state Coordination Key to Cost-effective Mitigation

Last June, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule to limit carbon dioxide emissions from existing U.S. power plants. A new article published in Science magazine on 14 November 2014 and co-authored by CEEPR Director Christopher R. Knittel examines how key design features of the proposed rule might affect its environmental effectiveness, and offers recommendations to help minimize the economic costs of compliance.

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July 1, 2014

CEEPR Experts Weigh In on Proposed EPA Carbon Regulation

National media outlets turned to CEEPR experts for early reactions on the EPA’s proposed rulemaking on carbon emissions from existing power plants, issued in early June.

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June 3, 2014

CEEPR’s Greenstone Comments on Potential Downside of Natural Gas

CEEPR faculty affiliate Michael Greenstone was cited in a New York Times article on the potential impacts of abundant natural gas on the environment.

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