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Robert Stavins was quoted in the January 24 edition of The New York Times Signs of New Life as U.N. Searches for a Climate Accord.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 14 edition of The New York Times U.S. Envoy Relieved by Climate Talks’ Outcome.

Martin Weitzman was featured in the December 9 edition of stuff.co.nz Business Day Erratic swings from denial to catastrophe.

Robert Stavins authored an article in the December 5 edition of Outreach: a multi-stakeholder magazine on climate change and sustainable development A Wave of the Future: International Linkage of Carbon Markets.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 29 edition of Bloomberg EPA Rule Shows Regulations That Kill Jobs Can Create New Ones.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 25 edition of Bloomberg Renewable Power Trumps Fossils for First Time as UN Talks Stall.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 24 edition of Bloomberg Businessweek Carbon Collapse Shows Weaker EU Manufacturing: Energy Markets.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 22 edition of Nature Showdown nears for climate deal.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 19 edition of Bloomberg U.S. Sets High Bar for Post-2020 Climate Accord After Durban, Stern Says.

Robert Stavins was featured in the November 17 edition of ClimateWire POLICY: How a Republican anti-pollution measure, expanded by Democrats, got rooted in Europe and China. (Subscription Required).

Robert Stavins was featured in the November 9 edition of ClimateWire NEGOTIATIONS: Continuing lack of trust between rich and poor nations may derail Durban talks. (Subscription Required).

Joe Aldy and Robert Stavins' work was cited by the Washington Post's Ezra Klein in an October 31 blog entry: The future of carbon pricing.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the October 31 edition of Media Matters Ignorant And Proud.

Robert Stavins was interviewed in the October 30 edition of The New York Times Cleaning Up After Nature Plays a Trick.

Robert Stavins' work was cited by the Washington Post's Ezra Klein in an October 25 blog entry: Will California’s cap-and-trade experiment catch on?

Robert Stavins was interviewed in the October 5 edition of American Public Media's Marketplace Rough economy for environmental regulators.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the September 14 edition of Politico Cooking Dinner in the Shower.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the September 6 edition of Bloomberg Businessweek Carbon Cap Revival Led by Gillard Called Stupid by Xstrata.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the August 16 edition of Reuters Analysis: Republicans turn sights on "activist" EPA.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the August 14 edition of The Washington Post Obama administration encounters opposition to international climate agenda.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the August 2 edition of ClimateWire in The New York Times Debt Deal, Promising Energy Budget Cuts, Appears to Chill Hopes for a Carbon Tax. (Subscription Required).

Robert Stavins was interviewed in the July 7 edition of NPR's All Things Considered EPA Issues New Standards For Coal-Burning Plants.

Robert Stavins was interviewed in the July 6 edition of NPR's Morning Edition White House Study Explains Why GOP Targets EPA.

Robert Stavins was featured in the July 6 edition of Bloomberg View Why We Care About the Price of Water in China.

Robert Stavins was featured in the June 13 edition of ClimateWire Small nations pledge carbon neutrality; big ones haggle over Kyoto future. (Subscription Required).

Robert Stavins was featured in the June 2 edition of The New Yorker: Political Scene podcast Political Scene: Christie and Reggie.

Robert Stavins was interviewed in the May 29 edition of The New York Times An Unclear Course on Emissions Policy.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Names Sendhil Mullainathan Assistant Director for Research. Mullainathan, a HEEP Faculty Fellow, is Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Mullainathan is a co-founder of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a past Macarthur Fellow (recipient of the MacArthur Foundation’s “Genius Award”).Read the full press release here.

Robert Stavins was interviewed in the April 29 edition of NPR's Living on Earth China Adopts Cap-and-Trade to Curb Emissions.

Robert Stavins was interviewed in the April 29 edition of Bloomberg News Disaster Needed for US to Act on Climate Change, Harvard's Stavins Says.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the April 14 edition of ClimateWire Politics: Obama, entering the budget fray, warns agains clean energy cuts. (Subscription Required).

Robert Stavins was interviewed in the April 13 edition of the Los Angeles Times California is expanding its carbon-trading program to three Canadian provinces.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the April 7 edition of GreenWire Regulations: European study finds noise can kill, as EPA lies dormant. (Subscription Required).

Robert Stavins was interviewed in the April 3 edition of The New York Times Pragmatism Influencing Energy Debates.

Robert Stavins and Martin Weitzman were quoted in the March 19 editon of The New York Times, A Crisis That Markets Can't Grasp.

Joseph Aldy was interviewed in the February 22 edition of Nature Climate strife and political life

Robert Stavins publishes in 100th Anniversary Edition of The American Economic Review: "The Problem of the Commons: Still Unsettled After 100 Years"

Robert Stavins authored an article in the March/April 2011 edition of The MIT Technology Review Curbing Carbon (Subscription required)

Edward Glaeser was featured in the February 14 edition of The New York Times blog Freakonomics To Get America Growing Again, It's time to Unleash our Cities: A Guest Post by Edward Glaeser.

Martin Weitzman was cited in the February 9 edition of The Economist Are economists erring on climate change?

Joseph Aldy was quoted in the January 31 edition of The New York Times Why are new U.S. Nuclear Reactor Projects Fizzling?

Robert Stavins was quoted in the January 20 edition of ClimateWire China: Obama brings U.S. clean energy trade issues to table in U.S.-China talks. (Subscription Required).

Robert Stavins authored an essay in January 18 edition of The New York Times' Room for Debate series. Stavins' piece Pitfalls in Public Policies, is part of a larger debate: Can the U.S. Compete With China on Green Tech?

Robert Stavins' blog post with Richard Schmalensee, Renewable Irony and its subsequent follow-up post, Renewable Energy Standards: Less Effective, More Costly, but Politically Preferred to Cap-and-Trade? were cited in the January 14 edition of The Washington Post's Ezra Klein's blog: Something is better than nothing -- but how much better?.--The Post was also cited in the January 18 edition of the Economist Give me green, and jobs, but not green jobs.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the January 13 edition of the National Journal Member An Uncommon Bright Spot.

Robert Stavins was interviewed on the January 4 edition of NPR's The Patt Morrison Show Congress to Obama: you can't regulate carbon emissions. Obama to Congress: watch me.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the January 3 edition of Politico White House hires veteran environmental economist. Nat Keohane, former HEEP pre-doctoral fellow, and incoming Special Advisor to the President for Energy and the Environment at the White House is the subject of the article.

Robert Stavins' work was cited in the January 3 edition of The San Diego Union-Tribune editorial Needed from Jerry Brown: more pragmatism.

Robert Stavins' work was cited in the December 23 edition of Radio Free Europe's blog A Tree with Roots: Beyond the Zero-Sum World?

Robert Stavins authored an Op-Ed in December 20 edition of The Christian Science Monitor Why Cancun Trumped Copenhagen: Warmer relations on rising temperatures.

Robert Stavins was interviewed on the December 17 edition of the American Public Media's Marketplace California takes lead in cap-and-trade carbon market.

Robert Stavins was interviewed on the December 16 edition of the EcoShock Radio Show Cancun Climate Talks: Fraud or Forward?

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 14 edition of David Bosco's blog for Foreign Policy "The Multilateralist" How Mexico mastered multilateralism.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 10 edition of ClimateWire Administration: Whitehouse is losing key climate expert. (Subscription Required). Joseph Aldy, former HEEP pre-doctoral fellow, and outgoing Special Advisor to the President for Energy and the Environment at the White House is the subject of the article.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 10 edition of ClimateWire Nations: Is China or the U.S. the better carbon citizen?. (Subscription Required).

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 10 edition of The New York Times Climate Talks Reach Final Day with No Deal.

Robert Stavins was interviewed on the December 7 edition of PBS NewsHour Cancun Climate Talks: Signs of Progress or More Stumbling Blocks?

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 8 edition of Wild Singapore.com Upbeat UN Climate Talks Work on Hiccups.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 8 edition of Energy and Environment Daily Cancun: Ministers Plead for Climate Deal but Negotiators See Little Progress. (Subscription Required).

Robert Stavins was interviewed on the December 7 edition of NPR's Marketplace China announces plans to slow growth of its carbon emissions.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 6 edition of The Green Reporter The Alternative Agenda: Cancun Talks Plod Onward, China Solar on a Hot Streak.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 3 edition of The National Journal Daily China Turns the Tables and Turns on the Charm.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 2 edition of ClimateWire Politics: Deficit panel cuts energy subsidies and perhaps carbon emissions, too. (Subscription Required).

Robert Stavins authored an article in the November 29 edition of Outreach: a multi-stakeholder magazine on the environment and sustainable development Knowing Success if You See It.

Robert Stavins and Richard Schmalensee authored an Op-Ed in November 24 edition of the Huffington Post Renewable Irony.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 22 edition of Bloomberg: BusinessWeek Climate Talks Echo 50-Year Bretton Woods Process.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 21 edition of The Boston Globe Returning to the Scene of the Grime.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 20 edition of The Washington Post White House takes a more modest Plan B to Cancun Climate Talks.

Robert Stavins was interviewed on the November 16 edition of NPR's Living on Earth series Congressional Fight Over CO2.

Robert Stavins' An Economic View of the Environment October 21 Blog post Both Are Necessary, But Neither is Sufficient: Carbon-Pricing and Technology R&D Initiatives in a Meaningful National Climate Policy was featured in the October 25 edition of The New York Times blog Dot Earth Real-World Steps on Energy and C02.

Robert Stavins' An Economic View of the Environment October 21 Blog post Both Are Necessary, But Neither is Sufficient: Carbon-Pricing and Technology R&D Initiatives in a Meaningful National Climate Policy was featured in the October 22 edition of The New York Times blog Economix Why Research Alone Won't Fix the Climate and a subsequent post The Fight Among Environmentalists.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the October 18 edition of ClimateWire in The New York Times 'Red China' Energy Jobs Play in House Races.

Robert Stavins was featured in the October 8 edition of The New Yorker: Political Scene podcast The "Glorious Mess" of Climate-Change Legislation.

Robert Stavins' new HEEP Discussion paper The Problem of the Commons: Still Unsettled After 100 Years was featured in a September 29 editorial by The Globe and Mail Climate won't be solved by conferences alone.

Edward Glaeser authored an Op-Ed for the September 7 edition of The New York Times Reform Before New Building.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the September 2 edition of Bloomberg BusinessWeek Lisa Jackson's High-Wire Act on Carbon Controls.

Robert Stavins was interviewed on the August 19 edition of NPR's Marketplace series BP Oil Spill: Ripple Effects Trying to quantify the intangible.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the July 29 edition of Reuters Analysis-Action on global climate may drift for years.

Robert Stavins and HEEP International Advisory Board member Richard Schmalensee co-authored an Op-Ed for the July 27 edition of The Boston Globe The Power of Cap and Trade.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the July 20 edition of The New York Times Overcome by heat and inertia.

Robert Stavins was interviewed on the July 15 edition of the New Yorker magazine's podcast The Purity of "Pollution".

Robert Stavins was interviewed on the July 13 edition of NPR's Marketplace series BP Oil Spill: Ripple Effects'Think twice, act once,' says new BP cap.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the July 13 edition of The Los Angeles Times Teaching 'stuff' about ecology: Animated Web video spreads environmental message to millions worldwide.

Robert Stavins was interviewed on the July 2 edition of NPR's Living Earth Climate Bill Backup Plan.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the June 29 edition of The New York Times Dot Earth Blog U.S. Options and the Global Greenhouse.

Robert Stavins participated in a June 21 panel on the future of Global Climate Change Policy at the International Peace Institute. A recap of the event can be found here.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the June 9 edition of Ezra Klein's Washington Post Blog What to do in the absence of cap-and-trade?

Robert Stavins was quoted in the June 6 edition of The New York Times Sunday Magazine Spillonomics: Underestimating Risk.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the May 13 edition of ClimateWire as featured in The New York Times Venture, Clean-Tech Sectors Brace for $50 Million Attack on Climate Law.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the May 12 edition of Reuters Analysis-Global Cap and Trade decades off, US unveils plan.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the May 12 edition of The Boston Globe States may get more of a voice on oil drilling.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the May 10 edition of The San Francisco Chronicle Business Leaders Split on bid to delay AB32.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the April 27 edition of The San Diego News Room Killing California's economic engine.

Robert Stavins authored an Op-Ed in the April 22 edition of the Boston Globe All states need to embrace bipartisan climate bill.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the April 15 edition of the Hill.com's Energy and Environment blog E2 Wire State Department meeting aimed at climate change progress.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the April 15 edition of the Harvard Gazette Battling Climate Change on All Fronts.

Jeffrey Frankel and Robert Stavins were quoted in the April 13 edition of The Wall Street Journal's Blog: Real Time Economics Secondary Sources: Recession Dating, Recovery Risks, Cap and Trade.

Robert Stavins and Robert Hahn co-authored an Op-Ed for the April 13 edition of Vox Why cap-and-trade should (and does) have appeal to politicians.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the April 12 edition of the Harvard Crimson Professor Advocates Cap-and-Trade.

Robert Stavins was interviewed April 9 on NPR's Living on Earth The Politics of Capping Emissions.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the April 2 edition of ClimateWire Economics: 'Social cost' of tailpipe and other C02 emissions should be higher--report. (Subscription required)

Robert Stavins was quoted in the March 29 edition of the Economist's blog: Free Exchange A messy business.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the March 29 edition of Financial Times' Blog: Energy Source Cap-and-trade is/isn't dead - and what it could mean.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the March 28 edition of USA Today Getting paid to save energy, recycle? Incentives expand.

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Robert Stavins was quoted in the March 17 edition of BusinessWeek Cold Tuna, Hot Baseball Face New Rules in Tokyo Carbon Caps.

Robert Stavins was a featured guest of The Economist Debates: Green Jobs, March 15.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the March 12 edition of Energy and Environment Daily Climate: Rust Belt Senators Win Concessions to Protect Manufacturers. (Subscription required)

Robert Stavins was interviewed March 1 by the Council on Foreign Relations Energy Plan and Climate Bill: Tactical Link.

Robert Stavins was quoted on air in the February 24 edition of NPR's Marketplace Baby steps to stem greenhouse gases.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the February 18 edition of The Christian Science Monitor UN Climate Chief Resigns.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the February 18 edition of BusinessWeek De Boer Quits UN post in 'Sad Day' for Carbon Market.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the February 15 edition of ClimateWire Politics: Cantwell-Collins Bill Generates Lobbying Frenzy. (Subscription required)

Robert Stavins was quoted in the February 11 edition of Reuters ANALYSIS G-20, U.N. Vote Reform Could Help Climate Deal.

Robert Stavins participated in a February 5 panel at MIT, entitled, "The Road from Copenhagen." The panel is described by the MIT News, A silver lining to the Copenhagen cloud?

Robert Stavins was cited in the February 3 edition of the Progressive Policy Institute's Progressive Fix blog Can a Cap-and-Dividend Scheme Pass?

Robert Stavins was quoted in the February 3 edition of ClimateWire Legislation: Under Republican Pressure EPA raises cost estimates of house climate bill. (Subscription required)

Robert Stavins participated in a webinar for The Energy Collective Prospects for International Climate Agreements.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the January 21 edition of BusinessWeek Climate Bill Prospects Fade with Republican U.S. Senate Victory.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the January edition of The Deloitte Review If We Can Put a Man on the Moon.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the January 12 edition of The New York Times California Panel Considers Money from Climate Rules.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the January 12 edition of The Wall Street Journal California Ties Cash to Energy.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the January 12 edition of ClimateWire Obama, Senate allies weigh strategy in face of double-digit unemployment. (Subscription required)

Robert Stavins was quoted in the January 11 edition of the Christian Science Monitor Kyoto to Copenhagen: Why UN's glacial global warming talks need overhaul.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 21 edition of Bloomberg US Brokered Climate Deal May Give Obama More Sway in Senate.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 18 edition of a BusinessWeek special report Climate Summit Accord Is a Step Toward Progress.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 18 edition of The Christian Science Monitor Copenhagen Summit: Major powers broker compromise voluntary climate pact.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 18 edition of The Boston Globe Negotiations get tense, draft accords circulate.

Robert Stavins authored an op-ed in the December 17 edition of the Progressive Policy Institute's Progressive Fix blog Dispatch from Copenhagen, Obama, Kyoto and the Prospects for a Deal.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 17 edition of The Boston Globe Clinton says US will join $100b-a-year climate deal.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 15 edition of ClimateWire Politics: 'Cap-and-dividend' gets some favorable scrutiny. (Subscription required)

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 14 edition of The Boston Globe Despite stalemates, hope flickers on climate.

Robert Stavins had a letter to the editor published in the December 11 edition of The New York Times The Best Way to Cut Carbon Emissions.

Robert Stavins and Sheila Olmstead, a former HEEP Pre-Doctoral Fellow, authored an op-ed in the December 11 edition of CBSNews.com After Kyoto: Solving the Climate Conundrum.

Robert Stavins was interviewed December 10 for a pod cast for New Yorker Audio: The Political Scene.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 8 edition of The New York Times Climate Deal Likely to Bear Big Price Tag.

Robert Stavins authored an op-ed in the December 6 edition of The Boston Globe A sliver lining in the climate talks cloud.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the December 4 edition of ClimateWire STATES: Obama should highlight state emissions cuts in Copenhagen--study. (Subscription required)

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 30 edition of Miller McCune U.S. Lethergy at Copenhagen Might be Best for Climate.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 27 edition of Bloomberg Rudd Struggles to Deliver Climate Deal before Obama, Copenhagen.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 25 edition of Bloomberg Rudd Nears Climate Deal to Boost his Copenhagen Stock.

Kate Emans Sims, former HEEP Pre-Doctoral Fellow, and Assistant Professor of Economics at Amherst College, wrote this letter to The Nation, discussing market-based solutions to climate change. The letter was written in response to an article by Naomi Klein entitled, Copenhagen: Seattle Grows Up.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 14 edition of Xinhua Sino-US talks helpful, but too late for Copenhagen.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 13 edition of The Boston Globe Kerry's green side takes center stage.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 4 edition of The Harvard Gazzette Prepping for Copenhagen.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the October 27 edition of Bloomberg.com Senate Climate Bill Receives Complaints of Coal-Dependent States.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the October 27 edition of Bloomberg.com Deal-Breaker for Climate-Change Treaty May Be Obama's Congress.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the October 22 edition of Bloomberg.com China, India Forge Alternative to UN Climate Treaty.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the October 20 edition of Boston University's The Daily Free Press Professors claim Kyoto Protocol insufficient in regulating global pollution.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the October 19 edition of the Sacramento Bee Fiscal impact of state climate law disputed.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the September 25 edition of ClimateWire article entitled Markets: The possiblity of carbon trading fraud elbows into Senate Debate. (Subscription Required).

September 24th and 25th the Harvard Environmental Economics Program hosted an Alumni Workshop. For more about the event click here.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the September 23 China Radio International story published on CRIenglish.com China's Active Climate Policy Thread of Hope to Copenhagen Talks.

Robert Stavins wrote an essay September 21 for The Wall Street Journal entitled Yes: The Transition Can be Gradual--and Affordable.

Robert Stavins and Sheila Olmstead co-authored an op-ed September 20 for The Boston Globe entitled The essential pillars of a new climate pact.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the August 6 Bloomberg article entitled China Balks at Global Warming-Gas Capture Costs.

Jeffrey Frankel assesses the feasibility of a multilateral climate change agreement in his July 18th Op-Ed on Vox How to Set Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets for all Countries.

Robert Stavins was interviewed July 10 by Salon.com on the Waxman-Markey bill. Overheated by clean energy

Robert Stavins was quoted in a July 8 blog post from the PBS News Hour The Business Desk with Paul Solman The Cap & Trade Debate.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the July 8 GreenWire article entitled Climate: Calif. air chief still fighting for changes to Waxman-Markey bill. (Subscription required).

Robert Stavins was appeared on the July 1 edition of On Point, on NPR. Climate Politics Heating Up.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a June 29 article in Reuters Republicans see opportunity in US climate bill fight.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a June 27 article in The Christian Science Monitor What a national cap-and-trade program might look like.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a June 26 article in Congressional Quarterly: Climate Change Bill Narrowly Passes in House.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a June 26 article in BusinessWeek House Passes Carbon Cap-and-Trade Bill.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a June 26 article in Reuters SNAP ANALYSIS: US climate vote boosts Washington's credibility.

Robert Stavins is quoted in the Clean-Energy Debate Guide released by the Center for American Progress.

Robert Stavins was interviewed June 22 by Marketplace, on NPR. Climate change cost boosts supporters.

Robert Stavins was interviewed June 17 by The Patt Morrison Show on Southern Califnornia Public Radio, an NPR affiliate. The Changing Climate of Climate Change Negotiations.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a June 16 article in ChinaStakes US Special Envoy for Climate Change: The Quintessential Optimist.

Robert Stowe was quoted in a June 15 article in ClimateWire Negotiations: Some progress in Bonn, but delegates take the slow road to Copenhagen. (Subscription Required)

Robert Stavins was quoted in a June 12 article in US News and World Report How the Global Warming Bill Will Affect Your Wallet.

Robert Stowe was quoted in a June 12 article in ClimateWire Concerns grow that Kyoto sucessor may not be finished in Copenhagen. (Subscription Required)

Robert Stavins' blog entry entitled The Wonderful Politics of Cap-and-Trade: A Closer Look at Waxman-Markey was featured June 12 in ft.com/energysource, a blog of The Financial Times, in a post entitled Cap-and-trade versus everything else.

Robert Stavins' blog entry entitled The Wonderful Politics of Cap-and-Trade: A Closer Look at Waxman-Markey was featured June 9 in The Vine, a blog of The National Review, in a post entitled A Closer Look at those Climate Bill Giveaways.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a June 5 article in The New Scientist Poor countries could be paid to go nuclear.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a June 5 article in GreenWire Experts plumb cap-and-trade bill in search of bottom line.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a June 4 article in The State Journal Cap-and-Trade Allocation Scheme May Keep Rates Down.

Robert Stavins' blog entry entitled The Wonderful Politics of Cap-and-Trade: A Closer Look at Waxman-Markey was featured May 28 in ft.com/energysource, a blog of The Financial Times, in a post entitled Another view on cap-and-trade giveaways.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a May 26 article in GreenWire Carbon Allowances: The glue in House energy package.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a May 26 article in The Washington Post Caps, Trades and Offsets: Can Climate Plan Work?

Robert Stavins was quoted in a May 26 article in The Los Angeles Times entitled U.S. business-government relations undergo a climate change.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a May 23 article in The Wall Street Journal entitled Pollution Politics and the Climate-Bill Giveaway.

Robert Stavins was interviewed May 22 by National Public Radio's Morning Edition House Panel Approves Climate Change Bill.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a May 21 article in The Seattle Times entitled Seattle's day to tell EPA how to fix climate.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a May 20 USA Today article entitled New fuel-economy rules could backfire if people drive more.

Robert Stavins wrote an op-ed May 20 for National Public Radio's website entitled Obama's fuel efficiency plan? Not so efficient.

Robert Stavins was interviewed May 20 by National Public Radio's Morning Edition Environmentalists Say Obama's Auto Plan Is a Start.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a May 20 New York Times article entitled In U.S., Steps Towards Industrial Policy in Autos.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a May 19 Financial Times article entitled Greens hail tough standards on fuel use.

Robert Stavins was interviewed May 18 by The Patt Morrison Show on Southern Califnornia Public Radio, an NPR affiliate. Calinfornia Paves the Way to Higher MPG...and the Rest of the Country Finally Follows.

Robert Stavins was named to the Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. This newly expanded group will focus for the first time on carbon dioxide and other emissions trading markets. Stavins will be part of a committee that strives to examine energy markets and review pending legislation on Capitol Hill to regulate the role of speculators in commodity markets.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the May 13 edition of GreenWire article entitled CFTC girds for oversight of carbon markets. (Subscription required).

Robert Stavins was quoted in a May 7 Yale 360 article entitled Putting a Price on Carbon: An Emissions Cap or a Tax?

Robert Stavins and Martin Weitzman were mentioned in a May 4 article in ClimateWire entitled Academia unleashes a blizzard of papers in climate debate. (Subscription Required)

Robert Stavins was quoted in a May 3 Reuters article entitled U.S. climate law may not be needed for global deal

Robert Stavins and Dale Jorgenson were quoted in the May/June 2009 edition of MIT's Technology Review entitled Can Technology Save the Economy? (Free Log-in required)

Robert Stavins was quoted in a April 27 article in The Christian Science Monitor entitled Is a bad economy good for the environment?

Robert Stavins was interviewed for the April 27 edition of NPR's Marketplace entitled Utilities concerned over cap-and-trade.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a April 21 article in The Oregonian entitled Oregonians sending less to landfills in economic downturn.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the April 20 ClimateWire article entitled A brawl over numbers breaks out in cap-and-trade debate. (Subscription required).

Robert Stavins and Robert C. Stowe were quoted in the April 1 Boston Globe article entitled Harvard students, professors share advice for G-20.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the April 1 ClimateWire article entitled Lobbyists spar over gaps in Markey-Waxman bill. (Subscription required).

Robert Stavins was quoted in the March 31 Christian Science Monitor article entitled House fast-tracks major changes on energy and climate.

Robert Stavins was featured on NPR's Living on Earth, March 14, 2009. The segment was entitled Cap and Trade by Numbers.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the March 13 ClimateWire article entitled Obama erred on key cap-and-trade features, economists say. (Subscription required).

Robert Stavins was quoted in the March 11 Boston Globe article entitled Recession byproduct - a cut in emissions.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the March 6 ClimateWire article entitled Recession may help on climate front--for a while.(Subscription required).

Robert Stavins was quoted in the February 27 Reuters article entitled U.S. gives cap and trade boost for climate treaty.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the February 25 edition of The New York Times in an article entitled Economic Crisis Complicates California's Goals on Climate.

Robert Stavins was cited in the February 16 edition of The Nation in an article entitled Doing the Recovery Right.

Robert Stavins was cited in the Wall Street Journal blog Environmental Capital Green Ink: Is California the Model?

Robert Stavins was quoted on 'Marketplace' a program of National Public Radio. What jobs that are 'green' really mean.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a January 31, 2009 Wall Street Journal article California's 'Green Jobs' Experiment isn't Going Well.

Robert Stavins' Hamilton Project analysis of a cap-and-trade sytem for carbon emissions was featured in a New York Times article by David Leonhardt The Big Fix.

Robert Stavins was quoted in a January 29, 2009 Boston Globe article Will the economy take the wind out of Patrick's plan?

Robert Stavins was quoted in a January 19, 2009 article Politics: Bush's critics and defenders spar over his environmental legacy. (Subscription Required).

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 19, 2008 edition of the Greenwire. NATIONS: Obama's 4-minute speech invigorates int'l negotiations. (Subscription Required)

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 18, 2008 edition of the Greenwire. REGULATION: Not fearing feds, regions continue building carbon caps. (Subscription Required)

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 18, 2008 edition of the Greenwire. EMISSIONS: Industrial nations' greenhouse gases rose between 2000 and 2006. (Subscription Required)

Robert Stavins authored an Op-Ed in the November 12, 2008 edition of the Boston Globe. Inspiration for climate change.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the November 6, 2008 edition of the Boston Globe. Bay State already on path to clean, renewable energy.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the October 14, 2008 edition of the Chicago Tribune. Carbon Cordon.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the September 30, 2008 edition of Greenwire States: Carbon auction is a success, but will emissions drop?. (Subscription Required)

Robert Stavins was quoted in the September 30, 2008 article on Bloomberg.com Carbon Credits Auctioned.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the September 29, 2008 article on ScienceNow. Bells Ring for First U.S. Carbon Auction.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the September 29, 2008 article on Bloomberg.com First U.S. Carbon Dioxide Permits Sell for $3.07/Ton.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the September 23, 2008 article on Bloomberg.com Air Pollution Market Debut Tests Cap-and-Trade Model.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the September 09, 2008 edition of Greenwire CAMPAIGN 2008: Biden seen as primed to play leading role in post-Kyoto climate talks. (Subscription Required)

Robert Stavins was quoted in the July 31, 2008 edition of The Wall Street Journal on support in the Senate for a Cap-and-Trade based internatinoal climate change regime. Trade Talks' Failure Weighs on Other Issues.

Robert Stavins comments on emissions allowances and the potential for emissions trading scheme linkages between the European Union and the United States in a ClimateWire Article: Markets: Increasing use of coal in Europe drives up the price of CO2 emissions trades. (subscription required).

The Harvard Environmental Economics Program was mentioned in the June 22, 2008 edition of The Washington Post. Higher Learning Adapts To a Greening Attitude.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the June 8th, 2008 edition of St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the costs associated with addressing global climate change. Global Warming: Numbers game confounds debate.

Robert Stavins was quoted in the June 2nd, 2008 edition of The New York Times. Industries Allied to Cap Carbon Differ on the Details.

Hunt Allcott, a Ph.D. student in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, is the recipient of a Joseph L. Fisher Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship with Resources for the Future (RFF), a Washington, D.C.- based environmental think tank. While at RFF, Hunt will complete his research on energy demand, including household electricity usage and the response of the American auto industry to changes in corporate average fuel economy standards.

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