📢 New article in Alert!
We show how rising heat is reshaping U.S. rental markets—pushing rents up in some regions while cooling demand in others.
w/ @tgreames
Read here 👉 https://t.co/Wj2veGRUFA
#ClimateChange#Housing#Econ
👉 https://t.co/Wj2veGRUFA
📢 New article in Alert!
We show how rising heat is reshaping U.S. rental markets—pushing rents up in some regions while cooling demand in others.
w/ @tgreames
Read here 👉 https://t.co/Wj2veGRUFA
#ClimateChange#Housing#Econ
👉 https://t.co/Wj2veGRUFA
🛠️ Policy takeaway: To protect renters, cities need heat resilience strategies—affordable cooling, green infrastructure, & tenant protections—tailored by region.
📢 Join us on 10/17 for the NIEHS P30
Center Fall Seminar on "Climate Change and Economic Sustainability: Expliring the Relationship between Rising Temperatures and Residential Rental Rates." We're thrilled to have @_HolyMacro as our highlighted speaker. https://t.co/HfbOogWrBd
✅ Reminder! Come join us this Thursday (10/17) to hear @_HolyMacro at this week’s NIEHS P30 Center Fall Seminar: "Climate Change and Economic Sustainability: Exploring the Relationship between Rising Temperatures and Residential Rental Rates." https://t.co/DG2vWjh5tj
Last day (2/15) to submit an extended abstract for the NBER Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities workshop on May 17th in Cambridge, MA.
Travel covered for presenters.
https://t.co/CXg4QfzGOm
What we're reading today: the new @amprog report that finds the health care cost of extreme heat is $1 billion *annually.*
And as @_HolyMacro has written, excessive heat harms U.S. workers unequally.
What does the Office of Energy Justice Policy & Analysis do?
"We conduct research, policy analysis, and administer programs to advance equity, environmental and energy justice for minority communities & disadvantaged individuals" JPB Fellow @tgreames, first-ever Deputy Director
Our Cohort III is in Boston!
After three intense days full of Fellows presentation, the Fellows visited Somerville. Thanks to Wig Zamore and Neelakshi Huuda from @TuftsEngineer, who led a tour to learn more about air pollution and transportation equity in Somerville.
We are extraordinarily saddened to report AFL-CIO Chief Economist Bill Spriggs @WSpriggs passed away peacefully last night.
His work has impacted a generation of economics and workers around the world and his legacy will live on for lifetimes to come.