Hugely well-deserved praised for the rigorous, nonpartisan, actionable research that @AdeleCMorris has been doing for many years now on carbon pricing (and much more) 🙌 https://t.co/DWhsPfLh7T via @EENewsUpdates
EVENT: Catch AAF's @Djheakin and other policy experts for a panel discussion delving into drug pricing in the United States with ITIF. Register for free today. https://t.co/2qCE554YdU
If we took the US electricity grid of 2008--meaning more coal, less natural gas, less renewables--and applied it to the record high amount of electricity generated last year, CO2 emissions would have been 36% higher.
THREAD on nitrogen pollution, fertilizer, and farming.
1. You hear a lot that food system and synthetic fertilizer cause nitrogen pollution. That's because most food is grown conventionally, hence most nitrogen pollution comes from synthetic fertilizer and conventional farms
The conservative think tank whose report suggested the Green New Deal could cost as much as $93 trillion just released another study seeking to put more price tags on the proposal.
Estimated numbers ↓
https://t.co/B7VFubbB3R
The group says a carbon tax would be better.
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Will there be a #recession in 2019? Is this a good year to buy a home? What indicators should consumers be watching? Economist & @AAF president @DjHEakin has the answers to these questions and more in our newest speaker video:
https://t.co/BcHpeS3dXy
AAF President @djheakin considers an emissions-control strategy that is consistent with conservative principles in an op-ed for @thehill. https://t.co/HvBan8E9BY
.@AAF is at it! From @djheakin: "Carbon taxes are a form of policy humility – the answers to emissions challenges bubble up from across the economy and cannot simply be pushed down by a Washington bureaucracy." https://t.co/tkPPrgagnu; and from @PCRossetti https://t.co/GBQVmZM7IY
If Americans want cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable electricity, they should probably start thinking about how they can get more of the country to look like Texas.” - @PCRossetti https://t.co/oZtXYkDLww
— American Action Forum (@AAF) July 27, 2018