Category: Conference/Meeting/Seminar

The Value of Disappearing Beaches: A Hedonic Pricing Model with Endogenous Beach Width

Abstract: Beach nourishment is a popular policy beach management option in many parts of the US Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. The value of beach width is an important factor that enters the benefit-cost calculus of beach replenishment decisions. Previous… more »

Webinar: Building a Sustainable Future: Progress & Trends Toward Improving the Environmental Footprint of Commercial Buildings

Featuring: Presentation of the Green Building Market & Impact Report 2009 by Robert Watson, GreenerBuildings.com Executive Editor and A Practical Perspective on the Role of Industry in Leading Positive Environmental Change in Today’s Commercial F… more »

CBO Director Elmendorf Testifies on The Economic Effects of Legislation to Reduce Greenhouse-Gas Emissions

On October 14, 2009 Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director of the Congressional Budget Office testified before the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources summarizing a 30 page report released on September 17, 2009 available at http://www.… more »

Book - Twenty-First Century Macroeconomics: Responding to the Climate Challenge By Jonathan M. Harris and Neva R. Goodwin, Editors

The authors and editors of this volume challenge traditional assumptions about economic growth, and develop the elements of a reoriented macroeconomics that takes account both of environmental impacts and of social equity. Policies including carbon tradi… more »

National Mitigation & Ecosystem Banking Conference - May 3–6, 2010; Hilton Austin; Austin, Texas

The ... conference that brings together key players in this industry, and offers ... hands-on sessions and important regulatory updates. Learn from & network with the nearly 400 attendees the conference draws, offering perspectives from bankers, regu… more »