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December 30, 2019

Baby Shark Cereal and Maple Syrup Collusion: Why Competition in Our Food System Matters

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

SolarCity's solar power plant, backed by Tesla batteries, on Kaua'i. Source: solarcity.com

December 17, 2019

Three Ways Advocacy Has Enabled Market Forces to Clean up the Power Grid

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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September 6, 2019

Three Possible Solutions to Uneconomic Coal Generation

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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August 2, 2019

Tribute to Dr. Frank Ackerman, a Second Draft

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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July 3, 2019

Is the USDA Relocation Just Good Old-Fashioned Rent Seeking?

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

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June 3, 2019

The Billion-Dollar Coal Bailout Nobody Is Talking About: Self-Committing In Power Markets

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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September 24, 2018

The Coal Bailout Nobody is Talking About

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

May 9, 2018

How Would a Flawed 2020 Census Affect You? I Talked with Someone Who Knows

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

December 21, 2016

Four Economic Errors that Cause Environmental Problems (and How to Correct Them)

Guest Commentary

July 14, 2016

Where Your Brews Come From: A Deeper Dive into Barley for Beer

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

May 26, 2016

Your Memorial Day Beer Choice Can Support Sustainable Farmers and Local Economies

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

July 10, 2015

King Coal's Stages of Grief, Part 2: Financial Risk and the Economics of Coal

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

January 7, 2015

Carbon Pricing, Income Inequality, and Shakespeare: Highlights from the 2015 American Economic Association Meeting

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

October 8, 2014

Who’ll Plant the Trees for Our Grandchildren to Use?

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

August 15, 2014

Charles Mann and The Atlantic Miss The Mark in a Confused Climate Change Piece

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

March 21, 2014

What Are We Doing with our Planet’s Land? A Report from Berlin

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

October 24, 2013

A Food Day Wish List: More Veggies, Less Corn

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

August 20, 2013

From New York to New Mexico, Modest Public Investments Support Healthy Food for All

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

August 8, 2013

The $11 Trillion Reward (Or, How Congress Could Improve Health, Save Lives, and Shrink the Deficit in One Easy Step)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

May 28, 2013

Playing a Shell Game with a Power Plant: Ratepayers Lose

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

November 20, 2012

For Your Thanksgiving Pie, Make the Whipped Cream Organic (A Farmer Will Thank You)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

October 17, 2012

Putting A123 in Context

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

August 15, 2012

Many Good Reasons to “Eat Local”

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

April 30, 2012

The Lacey Act: Protecting the Protector

Calen May-Tobin
Former contributor