Concerns about climate change are growing, and so is the demand for information about the costs and benefits of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. This paper seeks to estimate the benefits of climate change mitigation, as measured by the public's willingness to pay for such policies. We...

The ongoing debate over the cost-effectiveness of renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) deployment often hinges on the current cost of incumbent fossil-fuel technologies versus the long-term benefit of clean energy alternatives. This debate is often focused on mature or...

After eight years, Ontario's green energy policies have yielded moderate environmental gains while drastically increasing energy prices, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Ontario's Green Energy Experience: Sobering Lessons for Sustainable Climate Change Policies” author...

In 2010, the members of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) opened the ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE). In this first academic study of ECREEE, I use the diffusion theoretical framework to analyze the organization's founding, with a focus on the...

Evaluations of renewable fuel standards typically compute the reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions based on the amount of fossil fuel “displaced.” However they universally fail to provide any explanation of how displaced fuel stops the production of fossil fuel. In spite of this,...

Can simple government programs effectively promote voluntary initiatives to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions? This paper provides an evaluation of how the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities program affects household decisions to voluntarily purchase "green" electricity, which is electricity...

This study aims to examine the influence of energy efficiency (EE), along with renewable energy (RE), and certain other factors, on the carbon emissions experienced in Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Turkey; in combination known as MINT countries. The time period taken into consideration spans...