2019

LOS ANGELES – Environmental economists from Harvard, Yale, and other leading research institutions say an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal that would eventually allow more mercury pollution from power plants relies on a cost-benefit analysis...

CAMBRIDGE MA. – Andrei Marcu, founder and executive director of the European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition, provided his insights on the UN Climate Change conference taking place in Madrid this week in the newest episode of “...

Doug Gavel As we approach the 50 th anniversary of the passage of the U.S. Clean Air Act, one of the most consequential environmental laws ever passed by Congress, today’s polarized politics in Washington seemingly precludes (?) the possibility of any...

HEEP Pre-Doctoral Fellow Patrick Behrer discusses his research – and his background – in a feature article in the Harvard Gazette here (November 1, 2019). Patrick studies the impact of climate change – specifically, increasing numbers of very hot days –...

By Doug Gavel One of the world’s most prominent climate change economists isn’t backing away from his guarded optimism about the future. Lord Nicholas Stern, the I.G. Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chairman of the Grantham Research...

By Doug Gavel: CAMBRIDGE MA – With negotiators from more than 100 countries preparing to gather in Madrid, Spain for the 25 th annual international climate conference in December, attention is focusing on how to build consensus for the accurate accounting...

CAMBRIDGE MA. – The Harvard Environmental Economics Program is pleased to announce the launch of a new podcast intended to promote public discourse on important issues at the intersection of economics and environmental policy. “Environmental Insights...

The Harvard Environmental Economics Program (HEEP) hosted a workshop on September 19 – 20, 2019 for current and former Pre-Doctoral Fellows, featuring 25 research presentations and three professional-development panels. Forty-five current fellows and...

Robert Stavins has written a brief intellectual biography of distinguished environmental economist Martin Weitzman, who recently passed away. The essay appears on Stavins’ blog here, and also on VOX. See also a previous HEEP article on Weitzman's passing...

Faculty, scholars, and staff at the Harvard Environmental Economics Program (HEEP) – with economists and other scholars around the world – are deeply saddened by the loss of Martin L. Weitzman , recently retired professor of economics at Harvard...