Erb alum, Emily Reyna ('09) mentioned that "A few weeks ago, California held the state’s second cap-and-trade auction. Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is closely monitoring California’s cap-and-trade program and we are committed to making sure implementation of the...
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Auction Summary At the second auction, held on February 19, 2013, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) sold all of the Vintage 2013 (V13) 12.9 million allowances available for 2013 at $13.62, 27% above the $10.71 floor price. There were 91 qualified bidders,...
Conventional Politics for Unconventional Drilling?
Erb faculty affiliate, Barry Rabe and Christopher Borick published "Conventional Politics for Unconventional Drilling? Lessons from Pennsylvania's Early Move into Shale Gas Policy Development" (pdf) in the Review of Public Policy.
Working at the Forefront of Climate-Change Action and Opportunity
Working at the Forefront of Climate-Change Action and Opportunity / Report No. 131, 4 pages Energized by overwhelming scientific evidence and agreement that human activity is causing serious changes in the Earth’s climate, the Erb Institute has joined environmental,...
Boston mayor calls on city to prepare for climate change
Brian Swett, Chief of Environment and Energy for the City of Boston reporting directly to the mayor and an Erb 08 alum, leads new mayoral initiatives to mitigate climate change: Boston mayor calls on city to prepare for climate change.
5 ways the Safe Chemicals Act can benefit business
Blog cross posted on GreenBiz.com The Safe Chemicals Act, sponsored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), champions the protection of consumers from the hazards of household products. While many public interest groups have hailed this legislation as an unambiguous win for...
On Metrics of ‘Success’ and the Definition of Insanity
Allie Goldstein and her master's project team attended the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Doha, Qatar. Her return to the States with unusually warm weather and a mind buzzing with reflections made her reconsider whether or not her and her...
Eli Lehrer – “Saving the Earth, Shrinking the State”
Saving the Earth, Shrinking the State Co-sponsored by the Erb Institute, ConservAmerica and College Republicans at UM Eli Lehrer is the President of the R Street Institute, a conservative think-tank that, among others things, supports a conservative approach to...
John Denniston’s Cleantech Wisdom: Notes from his October 18, 2012 talk at the U-M Law School
Presentation sponsored by the Environmental Law and Policy Program Clean tech is tough right now. Vestas pulled out of the U.S. A123 went bankrupt. Solyndra is a bust. Carbon legislation is the new living dead. Low natural gas prices have killed the financials of...
The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy – Chapter by Erb Postdoc
Laurie's co-written chapter with Dan Mazmanian focuses on the many governance questions around local sustainable development. The book, Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy by Oxford University Press, has been published and can be purchased on Amazon.com.