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Last week's midterm elections were a mixed bag for environmental policy. Lots of initiatives went down in defeat, though some passed, and some pro-environmental candidates won. Most notably for us environmental economists, the state of Washington failed to pass a carbon tax initiative, which would have made them the only place in the US where…
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Tim Haab on "[EPA's] rejiggered science advisory board stocked with industry types just killed three committees it has traditionally relied on": “The message was a surprise,” Timothy Haab, an environmental economist at Ohio State University who was on the economics committee, told Earther. “I fear that losing the advisory committees could jeopardize the objectivity of the science used…
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A couple of weeks ago, soon after EPA Administrator Pruitt's announcement to introduce a rule changing the role of cost-benefit analysis in design of environmental regulations, I wrote an op-ed and submitted it to the NYTimes for consideration. They politely declined (by ignoring the submission) so I submitted it to the Washington Post. They too,…
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Just made a donation to People for Sharon https://t.co/EcTOmoeKZ0 — John C. Whitehead (@johnwhitehead81) June 23, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
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The Legislature of the State of Ohio is currently considering legislation to reduce Phosphorous loadings into Lake Erie by 40%. This is a good thing, as reducing Phosphorous going into Lake Erie will reduce the incidence and impact of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Western Lake Erie Basin. The proposed legislation establishes a Clean Lake…
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The WaPo: President Trump's top economist blasted the Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday, dismissing the scorekeeper's recent projections that the Republican tax law would push the nation's annual deficit over $1 trillion. “Never believe the CBO. Very important: Never believe them,” Larry Kudlow, director of Trump's National Economic Council, said during an interview on “Fox…
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David Roberts: President Donald Trump’s administration has been on a deregulatory bender, particularly when it comes to environmental regulations. As of January, the New York Times counted 67 environmental rules on the chopping block under Trump. This is not one of Trump’s idiosyncrasies, though. His administration is more ham-handed and flagrant about it, but the…
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Test question*: Consider a class of 10 people taking a statistics test. The scores of those 10 people are: 50%, 52%, 55%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 75%, 75%, 95%, 100% A) What is the average test score? B) What is the median test score? C) How many people scored below the average? D) How many people…
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Yoram Bauman (via the Stand-up Economist email): Just in time to help President Trump's advisors, I'm thrilled to report that the Cartoon Introduction to Economics is now available is Russian (ba-da-boom!) plus a dozen other languages. Cartoon Climate Change is becoming ever-more important, and my co-author Grady Klein and I have finally finished a draft of Cartoon Calculus, so if you (or your students, etc.) want to…
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Apologies to those of you who have missed me the last few weeks (hi mom!) as I have recovered from taking care of some lingering neck issues from my years of head banging to 80's hair bands. I'm back on my feet (computer) and ready to go (from the confines of my family room). Anyway,…
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