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Media Mention • Jun 22, 2023

Paying Up to Save the Amazon May Be Cheaper than the Alternative

Chicago Booth Review; Lars Peter Hansen
Topics:  Energy & Environment, Financial Markets
Media Mention • May 19, 2022

Grid Expansion Boosts Renewables and Cuts Electricity Costs

Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago; Koichiro Ito
Topics:  Energy & Environment
Media Mention • May 18, 2022

One in six killed by pollution worldwide, study finds

CNN; Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago
Topics:  Energy & Environment
Media Mention • Feb 3, 2022

Hotter planet = more global inequality

AXIOS; Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
Topics:  Energy & Environment
Media Mention • Nov 26, 2021

The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rainforest (People I (Mostly) Admire, Ep. 53)

Freakonomics; Michael Greenstne
Topics:  Energy & Environment
Media Mention • Nov 26, 2021

Oil and gas companies should pay more to drill on public lands and waters, Interior Department says

Washington Post; Ryan Kellogg
Topics:  Energy & Environment
Media Mention • Nov 25, 2021

Pakistan orders Monday closure of schools and offices in Lahore to cut smog

The Guardian; Air Quality Life Index
Topics:  Energy & Environment
Media Mention • Nov 23, 2021

A silent killer is choking India’s capital. For millions, there’s no choice but to breathe it in

CNN; Air Quality Life Index
Topics:  Energy & Environment
Media Mention • Nov 19, 2021

Biden administration auctions oil and gas leases on 1.7 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico

Marketplace; Ryan Kellogg
Topics:  Energy & Environment

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