Analysis
Dollars, Sense, and Kilowatt-Hours
"Levelized Cost of Energy" has long been used to generate misleading comparisons of nuclear and renewables. Here's why even former proponents of LCOE are moving on.
· Matthew L. Wald
Nature Better nature through technology.
Conservation, land use, wildfire and climate, and the politics and economics of development, assembled into one category: the case that intensifying human activity on less land is how wild nature gets room to recover.
Issues
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Wildfires
Latest: ‘Natural Disaster Insurance for All’ Is Not the Path to Wildfire Resilience
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Climate Change
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Decoupling
Latest: Breakthrough Institute Applauds USDA Approval of Genetically Engineered Disease-Resistant American Chestnut Tree
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Economic Development
Latest: It's Time for the World Bank to Scrap Its Climate Finance Targets
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Climate Politics
Latest: The Original Environmental Economist: RIP Uncle Bill
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Environmentalism
Latest: The Original Environmental Economist: RIP Uncle Bill
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Conservation
Latest: Breakthrough Institute Applauds USDA Approval of Genetically Engineered Disease-Resistant American Chestnut Tree
Data and tools
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Data
Navigating NEPA
387 appellate NEPA cases and 1,800 opinions, filterable by state, project type and plaintiff, with the full dataset downloadable.
Nature work
Research, analysis and everything on the record across wildfires, climate change, decoupling and more.
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Analysis
Effective Altruism Isn’t Unworkably Longtermist or Anti-Institutionalist
Understanding how the social movement really operates shows where it and ecomodernism can be complementary
· Johannes Ackva
Analysis
The Solar Industry and Climate Advocates Can't Wish Chinese Human Rights Abuses Away
To quit Xinjiang, solar may need to quit China
· Seaver Wang
Analysis
African Farmers Need Access to Synthetic Fertilizer Now
The world won't meet rising demand for food without increasing agricultural productivity
· Vijaya Ramachandran, Saloni Shah, Alex Smith
Analysis
Earthquakes, Resilience, and Humanity’s Terrible (and Permanent) Vulnerability
Natural hazards are everywhere. Our ability to deal with them hinges on economic and technological development.
· Alex Trembath, Patrick Brown
Analysis
Coping With Disaster Vs. Energy Security
A realistic path toward decarbonization for small island nations
· Juzel Lloyd
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Who leads this work
Ted Nordhaus
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Vijaya Ramachandran
Director, Energy and Development Email
Latest: It's Time for the World Bank to Scrap Its Climate Finance Targets
