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Richard Tol

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Economist interested in energy, environment, and climate EBS19 (E4 B3 S12), H121

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Costa reveals a high discount rate.

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e.w. niedermeyer's avatar e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.io
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climate change is real and bad and batteries are a necessary part of the solution, but the idea that we should eliminate any kind of environmental restriction on batteries and related extraction/manufacturing won't age well (and yes, people really do advocate for this)

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Anjali Adukia's avatar Anjali Adukia @aadukia.bsky.social
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Econ RA/Predoc Opportunity!

Ben Feigenberg & I are looking for an RA to work with us on projects studying the impacts of restorative justice in schools. Apply here!
uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

@econ_ra @UChicago @thisisUIC @HarrisPolicy @BeckerFriedman
#EconSky

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the social cost of carbon published in economics journals is $86/tC (s.e. 44; t-statistic 1.95) lower than in natural science and environmental policy journals

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Moog's avatar Moog @andytoots.bsky.social
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Standing on the shoulders of giants.

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☀️ Starshine's avatar ☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social
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He signed a bill addressing Parkinson's literally yesterday. Give me your job

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Olivier Simard-Casanova's avatar Olivier Simard-Casanova @o.simardcasanova.net
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Les résultats finaux.

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Mark Chadbourn's avatar Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social
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Polish PM Donald Tusk: “In Paris enthusiasm, in Moscow disappointment, in Kyiv relief. Enough to be happy in Warsaw.”

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Phil Lewis's avatar Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social
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The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

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Pavel's avatar Pavel @spavel.bsky.social
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Well this is grim

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Jesse D. Jenkins's avatar Jesse D. Jenkins @jessejenkins.bsky.social
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ITER is in big trouble. The giant international fusion project under construction in France delayed nine years with €5 billion cost increase; not expected to produce any electricity until 2039 now. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Benjamin Jullien's avatar Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social
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Indian banks see climate change as their biggest source of systemic risk in the Reserve Bank

(while they downplayed the usual concerns — asset quality, interest rate risk, capital outflows...)

nybreaking.com/indian-banks...

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Lorcan Roche Kelly's avatar Lorcan Roche Kelly @lorcanrk.bsky.social
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Suddenly I'm a fan of first past the post in the UK In 2019 the lin dems got 3.7m votes and 11 seats. In 2024 they got 3.5m votes and 71 seats! Also this year Sinn Fein got 210k votes and 7 seats while reform got 4.1m votes and only 4 seats.

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David Noll 's avatar David Noll @david.noll.org
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No coincidence that Robinson is using the same "you made us do it" rhetoric as Kevin Roberts--it's a textbook strategy for persuading people to get over their moral scruples and just do it.

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Prof. Kevin J. Kircher's avatar Prof. Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com
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Electric vehicles can save lives by polluting the climate less than fossil-fueled vehicles in most places. Yet EVs are much heavier and accelerate faster, so are more dangerous in crashes. @costasamaras.bsky.social argues that increased car-crash deaths could be on par with lives saved via climate.

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John Kennedy's avatar John Kennedy @micefearboggis.bsky.social
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When an article says "some scientists think" then remember this: I, a scientist, once thought I could fit a whole orange in my mouth. I could, it turns out, get it in there, but I hadn't given sufficient thought to the reverse operation.

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Mark Chadbourn's avatar Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social
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No more hiding it, I guess. Russia comes out for Le Pen.

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Elle's avatar Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social
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so great that Europe's doing this again with the diseases

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Bård Harstad's avatar Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social
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Amazing odds, folks. The market believes: Pr(Harris wins|runs)Pr(Harris runs)>Pr(Biden wins|stays)Pr(stays)

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Richard Tol's avatar Richard Tol @richardtol.bsky.social
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my fave Gillibrand is not even on the list

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Itai Sher's avatar Itai Sher @itaisher.bsky.social
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Markets now see Harris as more likely than Biden

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Harris has been very effective in running the administration, but few think convinced she is electable.

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Richard Tol's avatar Richard Tol @richardtol.bsky.social
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on the plus side, if the EPA can no longer close down a polluter, the President can now order Seal Team 6 to do so

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Steve Silberman's avatar Steve Silberman @stevesilberman.bsky.social
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This is one of the most dystopian signs I've ever seen. Republicans are quickly turning this country into an unrecognizable freakshow.

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Media Matters for America's avatar Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social
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Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

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Richard Tol's avatar Richard Tol @richardtol.bsky.social
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or maybe there is a bubble of climate alarmism or a bubble of confidence in politicians sticking to their promises

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John Kostyack's avatar John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social
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In addition to having a carbon bubble linked to denialism about the energy transition, we have a bubble of asset valuations flowing from denial of climate impacts. The Fed and other regulators with responsibilities to protect financial stability are moving far too slowly on this market failure.

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Richard Tol's avatar Richard Tol @richardtol.bsky.social
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no backstop in his climate work before 2008

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may have been Koopmans for all we know I'll ask Bill next time I see him while everyone is talking about the social cost of carbon, the backstop is the real driver of deep emission cuts in integrated assessment models

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Nordhaus (1973) has a backstop, writes about it as if it is something new. (Nordhaus drops the backstop in 1975, re-adopts it in 2008.) Manne (1976) does not have a backstop. Manne (1980) does and refers to "Carter" (i.e., Nordhaus).

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damn so did Manne or Nordhaus invent the backstop?

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It's important to note that Trump tried to order this at least twice we know of during his regime.

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