Richmond Times Dispatch Op-ed by Eileen Claussen and Tom Farrell America’s newly abundant natural gas supplies offer the opportunity to address two goals at once — increasing the amount of affordable, reliable energy powering the world economy, and making progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. natural gas boom is already fueling growth in […]
Letter to the Editor The Washington Post Published May 9, 2013 Regarding the May 6 front-page article “Europe’s carbon market goes bust”: In evaluating Europe’s cap-and-trade system, it’s important to distinguish means (a carbon price) from ends (carbon reductions). Europe’s carbon price is low in large part because a prolonged recession and complementary policies have […]
Letter to the Editor The Washington Post Published December 6, 2012 Regarding the Dec. 4 editorial “The heat is on in Doha”: Much as we would like it to be true, it is premature to assert, as the editorial board did, that the United States is “on track” to meeting President Obama’s pledge to reduce […]
Eileen Claussen responds to questions about domestic and international climate policy in the US-focused June edition of CARBONfirst. Do you believe a US cap-and-trade bill can be passed out of Congress in 2009? What chance does the bill have of passing through the Senate if it passes through the House? It will be very […]
This article originally appeared in The Globalist, July 2007. American exceptionalism is becoming an increasingly potent force in U.S. environmental policymaking. As Eileen Claussen and Elliot Diringer argue, the United States must encourage and tap those elements of U.S. exceptionalism favoring — and overcome those impeding — stronger action and engagement in the environmental […]
This article originally appeared in The Globalist, July 2007. U.S. policymaking has long been influenced by a sense of exceptionalism, or divinely blessed uniqueness. As Eileen Claussen and Elliot Diringer argue, the United States is indeed exceptional when it comes to climate change — as it is the nation with the greatest responsibility, and […]
This article originally appeared in Harvard International Review, July 2007. For years, despite a steady accumulation of science showing the clear and present dangers of global climate change, efforts toward an effective international response have been at a virtual standstill. The principal reason is that the United States has refused to play. But with […]
A diverse group of business, government, and environmental leaders, brought together by the Aspen Institute and the Pew Center, recommends a framework for a mandatory greenhouse gas reduction program for the United States. The group started with the premise that, if mandatory action is taken, climate policies should be environmentally effective, economical and fair. After […]
Asia Perspectives The Periodical of the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs Almost a decade ago, the nations of the world gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and acknowledged that “the global nature of climate change calls for the widest possible cooperation by all countries” to address this enormous challenge. Over the intervening years, the international […]
Opinion Editorial The Climate Challenge Begins at Home The Washington Post Now that the rest of the world has resolved to move ahead with the Kyoto global warming treaty, pressure is mounting on the Bush administration to get back in the game. The administration, surprised that other nations struck agreement last month in Bonn […]