Economics

Renewable Energy Jobs in UK Plunge by 1/3 - 0519

Climate and Economic Risks ‘Threaten 2008-Style Systemic Collapse' 0219

Carbon Markets Pay Off for These States as New Businesses, Jobs Spring Up 0418

As Climate Costs Grow, Some See a Money-Making Opportunity 0418

Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are a Staggering $5 Trillion per Year 0817

Obama Emissions Rules Could Yield $300 Billion Annually by 2030 - 0817

Climate Policies Could Boost Economic Growth by 5%, OECD Says 0517

Renewable Energy Powers Jobs for Almost 10 Million People 0517

While Ohio Coal Employment Falls, Solar Jobs Double in Cleveland Area 0317

Clean Energy Is Now as Big as Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in the US 0317

There Are Now Twice as Many Solar Jobs as Coal Jobs in the US 0217

A Climate Change Economist Sounds the Alarm 0117

Cost of Global Warming ‘Is Worse than I Feared’ - Nicholas Stern 1116

10 Years On from the Stern Report - Low-Carbon Future Is ‘Only One Available’ 1016

More Coal Plants Will Deepen Poverty - Not Cut It, Researchers Warn 1016

Climate Change May Trigger Next Financial Crisis, Bank of England’s Fisher Says 1016

Global Economy Could ‘Self-Destruct' if World Carries On Burning Fossil Fuels 1016

California - Taking the Economic Temperature 10 Years after A.B. 32 - 0916

$8 Trillion Disagreement over Cost to Rid America of Fossil Fuel

Clean Energy Groups See Opportunities in Clinton's Jobs Plan 0716

The Coal Industry Collapsed—Is Oil Next? 0716

Coal’s Price Seen Surging, as China Production Cuts Collide With La Niña 0716

Canada's Energy Superpower Status Threatened, as World Shifts off Fossil Fuel 0516

Global Water Shortages to Deliver ‘Severe Hit' to Economies, World Bank Warns 0516  7-14% GDP losses, by region

An Oilman’s $7 Billion Course in the Economics of Drilling and Climate Change 0316

By Fighting Rooftop Solar, Utilities Set Themselves Up for Worse to Come 0216

Switch to Clean Energy Can Be Fast and Cheap 0116

Exxon Sees a World with Less Carbon, with Higher-Cost Emissions 0116

Climate Change Disaster Is Biggest Threat to Global Economy in 2016 - Experts 0116

Arch Coal, 2nd Largest Coal Miner in US, Files for Bankruptcy 0116

Cut Global Emissions by Cutting Fossil-Fuel Subsidies 1215

Paris Climate Accord Is a Big, Big Deal (2.8¢/kWh Wind & 4.2 Solar) 1215

Climate Change Action Won't Kill the Economy after All 1215

Big Oil, Make Way for Big Solar - the Winners and Losers in Paris 1215

Rich Nations' Fossil Fuel Subsidies Exceed Climate Aid by 40 to 1 - 1215

Solar Power May Be Cheaper than Coal in India by 2020 - 1115

Poor Nations Need Support to Cut Emissions from Farming 1115

Warning - Oil Company Defaults Are Coming 1115

Why a Paris Climate Agreement Could Actually Be Very Good for the U.S. 1115

How to Stop Deforestation?  Make ‘Good Stuff' Cheaper 0915

Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Won't Slow Global Economic Growth 0915

Enormous Social Cost of Cheap Coal 0915

US and Australian Taxpayers Pay Billions a Year to Fund Coal 0915

Climate Benefits from Electric Car Equals $425, Study Says 0915 - < $0 in coal states.  Car battery’s cabin heat problem.

These Clean Energy Investments Could Save the World’s Cities $ Trillions 0915

This Ohio Utility Has Plan to Save Coal Power - Force Customers to Buy It 0915

$190 Trillion Spending to Slow Warming, vs $192 Trillion for Business as Usual 0815

Developing Nations Need $133 Billion Geothermal Investment by 2030 - 0815

Why Wind and Solar Are Already Better Value than Fossil Fuels 0815

The Huge Hidden Costs of Our Fossil-Fueled Economy 0815

Carbon Caps Help Northeast Economy 0715

Al Gore Says Climate Change Fight Will Spur Global Economic Growth 0715

Energy Taxes Are Misaligned with Environmental Impacts of Energy Use 0615

Former BP Boss, Tony Hayward, Calls for an End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies 0515

$5.3 Trillion in Coal, Oil, Gas Subsidies Exceed Public Health Spending 0515

New Climate Deal Seen Aiding GDP, Lacking Sanctions - U.N. Chief 0515

Climate Change Is a 'Fundamental Threat', World Bank Says 0415

Renewable Energy Surge Revives Europe's Power Trade 0415

Fossil Fuels Just Lost the Race Against Renewables 0415

Oil Industry Has Few Climate Skeptics, Favors Carbon Tax 0415

Limiting Climate Change Could Have Huge Economic Benefits 0315

The New Optimism of Al Gore 0315

Report Just Shot Down Key Argument Against Pres. Obama’s Climate Plans 0215 - no shortage of gas pipeline capacity

One Upside of Cheap Oil - Countries Are Ditching Their Fossil-Fuel Subsidies 0115

Seize the Day - Tax Carbon, End Fossil Fuel Subsidies 0115

There Are About as Many US Solar Jobs as Coal Ones 0115

Too Dirty For The USA - High-Pollution Fuels Exported 0115

9 Reasons Not to Be Depressed about the Planet 1214

South American Commodity Boom Drives Deforestation and Land Conflicts 1214

Canada’s Green Energy Sector Jobs Surpass Total Oil Sands Employment 1214

Energy Efficiency, Renewables Are Lowest Risk/Cost Utility Investments 1214

Stringent Emission Rules Change the Way Energy Is Delivered 1114

Keystone Left Behind as Canadian Oil Pours into U.S. 1114

China Must Change Economy to Meet Climate Targets 1114

$550 Billion Fossil Fuels Subsidies Hurt Renewables 1114

Economic Benefits of Preventing Global Warming Open New Front in Debate 0914

Challenging the Economics of Climate Solutions 0914

The Benefits of Easing Climate Change 0914

Government Auditors Say 'Social Cost of Carbon' Is by the Book 0814

How Ignoring Climate Change Could Sink the U.S. Economy - Rubin 0714

The Coming Climate Crash - Lessons for Climate Change in the 2008 Recession - Paulson 0614

Climate Change to Hit Sovereign Creditworthiness - S&P 0514

U.S. Electricity Prices May Be Going Up for Good 0414

Climate Costs 'May Prove Much Higher’ 0414

Costs of Climate Change Steep, But Tough to Tally 0314

Extreme Weather In Canada in 2013 Cost Insurers Billions 0114

Cool Head on Global Warming 1113

'Liconomics'- China's Green Revolution Arrives 0813

Rise in Carbon Costs Used to Analyze Rules 0613 

US Carbon Price Backed by Independent Office 0513 

Firms Own Unburnable Fossil Fuels 0413 - summary of the report below

Unburnable Carbon: Wasted Capital and Stranded Assets - Grantham Inst. 0413 - PDF, 40 pages

Obama Budget Promises Action on Climate Change 0413 

Asia's Soaring Energy Use Poses Major Economic, Climate, Health Risks 0413 

IMF - Get Rid of $1.9 Trillion Fossil Fuel Subsidies 0313

New York State Sees Climate Change as Risk to Bondholders 0313 

Climate Risk to Nest Egg 0313 

Billionaire Plans Effort to Calculate Cost of Climate Inaction 0313 

Climate Action Could Halve Energy Firms' Net Worth 0213 

Carbon Price Hits New Low in EU 0113

Climate Change May Wipe Out Pensions Industry 0113 

Carbon Bubble Looms for Fossil Fuel Industry 1012 

Tackling Climate Change Offers Economic Benefits 0412 

Environmental Impacts Cost 41% of Earnings 0212

Carbon Markets Grew 68% in 2009 - 0110

Outsourcing CO2 1209

Carbon Offset Markets to Grow 4 x by 2015 1109 

Carbon Market Worth $59 Billion in Jan-Jun 2008 - 0708