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Energy Biz | Jan 14, 2013
A Win for Energy and America
By John Reilly
THE NEW - STILL DIVIDED - CONGRESS reconvenes this month, and its first order of business is the looming federal deficit. The president made his desires clear in his victory speech: "We want our children to live in...
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MIT News | Jan 14, 2013
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Ten MIT students are having an experience of a lifetime as they join officials from around the world for the fifth and...
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New York Times | Dec 12, 2012
By: Kate Galbraith
AUSTIN, TEXAS — The harm that can be caused by consuming or breathing mercury is well known and terrible. A pregnant woman, eating too much of the wrong kind of fish, risks bearing a child with neurological damage. Adults...
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The New Yorker | Dec 10, 2012
By:Elizabeth Kolbert
It’s been almost a century since the British economist Arthur Pigou floated the idea that turned his name into an adjective. In “The Economics of Welfare,” published in 1920, Pigou pointed out that private investments often impose costs on other people. Consider...
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CNN Opinion | Dec 03, 2012
By: David Frum
Editor's note: David Frum, a CNN contributor, is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He is the author of eight books, including a new novel, "Patriots," and his post-election e-book, "Why Romney Lost." Frum was a special assistant...
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MIT News | Nov 28, 2012
MIT researchers, using field practices, find emissions from shale gas production to be significantly lower than previous estimates.
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Nature Editorial | Nov 13, 2012
This week, a reinvigorated Barack Obama returned to the White House knowing that he was poised on the edge of a fiscal cliff. Rather than relishing his victory last week, Obama must immediately set about crafting a compromise on deficit reduction with congressional leaders. The stakes could...
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Wall Street Journal | Nov 13, 2012
By Keith Johnson
With the fiscal cliff looming and parts of the U.S. still digging out from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, calls for the U.S. to adopt a carbon tax are gathering steam–even though there’s little sign of interest from Congress or the White House.
Today the...
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Washington Post | Nov 13, 2012
By: Dylan Matthews
Grover Norquist made headlines Monday night for...
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Washington Post | Nov 09, 2012
By: Steven Mufson, November 9
Here’s a riddle: If Congress doesn’t want to raise income tax rates but wants to raise revenue, what can it do?
One answer: Pass a carbon tax.
A relatively...