Today, we are mobilizing the next generation of clean energy, conservation, and climate resilience workers. Join us at whitehouse.gov/ClimateCorps

Last week Council of Economic Advisers hosted a roundtable discussion on Climate Risk Modeling whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

There’s a lot of talk about Bidenomics out there. But what is Bidenomics? And 2+ years in to the Administration, how is it going? A thread with figures—and maps! 1/

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20 years in the making, we have a modern set of guidelines for economic analysis with a finalized Circular A-4. I'm so proud of our government nerds. There was major pushback on the progress in the draft, and at first glance, they mostly held the line👏 whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…

Today the Biden-Harris Admin released the Fifth National Climate Assessment and announced over $6 billion in investments to promote climate resilience. Some highlights! 1/ nca2023.globalchange.gov

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce as figures in the new U.S. National Climate Assessment report, a thread

Our blog out today highlights the need for global investment in clean energy tech manufacturing. Good pre-COP reading!

Our blog on the “clean energy manufacturing gap” highlights a key point to remember going into #COP28: We need ALL HANDS ON DECK to build, build, build! 1/3

Many years of work by many CEA climate teams made the Memo posted today possible. Building on the great Frances Moore Andrew Wilson Noah Kaufman R. Daniel Bressler. Better models -> better policy -> brighter climate future.

As 2023 wraps, I’m reflecting on the Biden-Harris Administration’s accomplishments in climate and clean energy. I’ve been working on this topic for over two decades, and there were always lists of good ideas that somebody should do. A lot of those good ideas, GOT DONE. A thread:

I've learned a lot during my time in the Biden-Harris Administration, including that we are all climate economists now--even if we don't know it yet. Glad to see so much energy devoted to these questions at this year's annual economics meeting! nytimes.com/2024/01/23/bus…

A long-ish op-ed style piece from me in Nature, in which I consider the question "how doomed are we?" tl;dr: it's an existential, philosophical, and personal question. It sometimes gets posed as if it were a scientific one, but it mostly isn't. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Today, the Council of Economic Advisers under the leadership of Jared Bernstein released the 2024 Economic Report of the President. whitehouse.gov/cea/written-ma…

Presenting the 2024 Economic Report of the President from Jared Bernstein and the Council of Economic Advisers!

Today, the CEA and the White House celebrate the SAVE Day of Action. The SAVE plan is the most generous income-driven repayment plan in U.S. history. 1/

Our blog out today highlights an exciting decarbonization milestone & the importance of batteries as a complement to renewables ⬇️

The Department is proud to announce that three recent Yale economics graduates have been honored through the U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP): Jack Kelly (‘22), Sarah Moon (‘23), and Naomi Shimberg (‘23): economics.yale.edu/news/240502/ja…

Looking for a predoc position starting this summer? Winnie van Dijk, John Eric Humphries, and I are hiring at Yale! You will work on housing & urban economics projects related to affordable housing, congestion pricing, and other gov policies tobin.yale.edu/opportunities/… (cc Econ RA Listings)

🚨*New Paper Alert*🚨 What are the most effective ways to fight climate change? What are the returns to subsidies for wind and solar? What about EV subsidies or energy efficient appliance rebates? How about raising revenue through fuel taxes or cap and trade auctions? 1/: