Category: Environment

Branko Milanovic had an interesting piece over at his blog about Norway’s production of oil. The piece observes that Norway is perhaps the most aggressive country in the world when it comes to climate change policies, both domestically and internationally, but is also a significant producer of oil in the world. From there, Milanovic teases… Continue reading Norway, Oil, and Climate

There is a movement of people who really want people to eat food that is produced locally. Their argument seems to be primarily about the environmental impacts of moving food long distances. In particular, they are concerned about carbon emissions and the climate change they contribute to. The local food movement does not seem like… Continue reading Against local food

New post at Policy Shop. Having a little fun with this piece at Bloomberg. Excerpt: The bond program also seems to misunderstand the nature of the carbon pollution problem. The bonds are supposed to be sold and redeemed based on estimates of the social cost of a given unit of carbon pollution. But carbon pollution… Continue reading Policy Shop: The Carbon Tax Is Appropriately Rated

New post up at Policy Shop. An excerpt: It is completely feasible to have a carbon tax that is basically burden-free for the bulk of the country, especially the most vulnerable. All the government needs to do is estimate how much households will see their costs increase and then offset that increase through a cash… Continue reading Policy Shop: The Burden-Free Carbon Tax

George Monbiot has an excellent blog post today explaining more clearly and with more citations a point I made a few weeks ago. Everyone should read Monbiot’s post today, but the short of it is this: libertarians have to deny the existence of environmental harm because not doing so sinks their entire property rights ideology.… Continue reading One other reason libertarians fear environmentalists