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What We Can Learn About Carbon Taxes from France’s “Yellow Vests”

What We Can Learn About Carbon Taxes from France’s “Yellow Vests”

Prior to the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, Marie Antoinette — Queen of France — infamously remarked, “Let them eat cake,”…
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Adam Hodges
Dec 5, 2018
Skeptics Don’t Need to “Know” the Future to Manage Climate Risks

Skeptics Don’t Need to “Know” the Future to Manage Climate Risks

The most important contribution of the recent National Climate Assessment to our conversation on climate change may very well be its focus…
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Adam Hodges
Nov 30, 2018
How to Act on the Conclusions of the Fourth National Climate Assessment

How to Act on the Conclusions of the Fourth National Climate Assessment

The recently released Fourth National Climate Assessment emphasizes the need to take immediate action on climate change to prevent…
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Adam Hodges
Nov 29, 2018
“I don’t believe it”: Key Messages from the Fourth National Climate Assessment

“I don’t believe it”: Key Messages from the Fourth National Climate Assessment

Let’s say you go to your doctor and she tells you that you have cancer. She says it is metastasizing but you can treat it with an…
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Adam Hodges
Nov 26, 2018
Just Another Abnormal Fire Season in California

Just Another Abnormal Fire Season in California

It’s often said that you don’t realize what you have until you lose it. For over a week now, those of us living in the Bay Area have been…
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Adam Hodges
Nov 17, 2018
US Oil Boom or Bust? How the US Can Gain a Lasting Edge in Energy

US Oil Boom or Bust? How the US Can Gain a Lasting Edge in Energy

The US is in the middle of an unprecedented oil boom leading to rising fortunes in the global energy economy. According to a recent article…
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Adam Hodges
Feb 7, 2018
Higher Education in the Crosshairs of Trump’s Travel Ban

Higher Education in the Crosshairs of Trump’s Travel Ban

Mike Pence was right. So was Paul Ryan, Reince Priebus, Mitch McConnell, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, and even Dick Cheney. Sure, a few…
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Adam Hodges
Feb 3, 2017
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