climate change

A Future Without Natural Gas

A Future Without Natural Gas

In our Feb. 20th post, "COLD SNAP: NEW ENGLAND DOESN’T NEED MORE NATURAL GAS," we argued against adding more pipeline for natural gas, despite the severe storms and temperatures we have been seeing in New England. To take the idea a step further, we explored the idea of "electrification." Read on to see our case for this gas-less option.

Update on CoP23: “We Are Still In”

Update on CoP23: “We Are Still In”

You may have heard the news today that Trump has started waffling on his stance on whether the U.S. should participate in the Paris Agreement. We decided to take a look at the most recent United Nations' CoP (Conference of the Parties) and what individual groups (i.e. not the federal government) are doing in the U.S. to meet the Paris Agreement's goals. 

Are Climate Damages Immeasurably Bad?

Are Climate Damages Immeasurably Bad?

It is a paradox of climate economics: How can we know that a few degrees of global warming will be very bad for us, when we do not know how to measure how bad it will be? Our friend and environmental economist, Dr. Frank Ackerman, explores this topic in this week's blog post.