In his work understanding how humans are both changing and being changed by the environment, HKS's Charles Taylor believes in the importance of being on the ground and zooming in from outer space ken.sc/3EV8gex

Important OpEd on the potentially very strong El Niño that's brewing in the Pacific. By @AmirJina @GCMcCord Jesse Anttila-Hughes alums of SIPA SusDev El Niños Are Predictable. We Should Prepare for Their Possibly Disastrous Consequences. nytimes.com/2023/10/29/opi…

Excited to present our tree-planting/climate paper at #ASSA2024 tomorrow afternoon in the Weather and Climate session. Even more excited (is that ok to say?! 😂) for the *vegan* tacos at Plantaqueria ! I’ll be trying all the breakfast tacos…

Great to see this paper out. It tells us which lands are (likely) federally regulated, and which are not, under the Clean Water Act--a major source of uncertainty for decades! I bet it will prove useful to regulators, environmentalists, and developers alike.

Applications for the Salata Institute Fellows Program for academic year '24 - '25 are now open. The program accepts exceptional academics and practitioners working on climate change and sustainability. Applications close February 26. Read more: bit.ly/3MPFhNH

Join the AERE Graduate Student Engagement Committee for a panel on cutting edge in environmental & resource econ. Next Monday, Mar 4, 2pm EST, featuring: ✨ Charles Taylor (Charles Taylor) ✨ Susanna Berkouwer (Susanna Berkouwer) ✨ Eyal Frank (Eyal Frank) bit.ly/aereprofdevpan…

Want to learn how a massive tree planting project in the 1930s spanning North Dakota to Texas shaped the climate and economy for decades afterwards? see annapappp present our paper w/ Florian Grosset-Touba

tomorrow Xinming Du is presenting our new paper on air pollution and aviation, using overhead aircraft routes as a source of exogenous variation to investigate pollution impacts globally nber.org/conferences/si… NBER

Nice NYT write-up on a fascinating (but sad) paper on the value of biodiversity nytimes.com/2024/07/29/cli… Eyal Frank

great write up covering two fascinating/related topics: 1) why US crop yields have kept increasing (despite climate change) 2) why summers in the US Midwest have gotten cooler over time

We're hiring pre-docs at Salata Institute to work with me and my excellent (and friendly) colleagues on environmental econ topics. Consider applying! sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search…