Wholesale electricity market inefficiencies contribute to blackouts in developing countries

Leveraging high-powered political incentives for pollution control could distort the decentralised enforcement of environmental regulation

Tightened US regulations around lead increased exports of lead-acid batteries to Mexico for recycling, worsening health outcomes for locals,...

Firms overuse fires when risks are not internalised, but greater sanctions could significantly reduce forest fire spread

Quasi-experimental evidence from Mexico shows that pre-financed, rules-based disaster response can considerably reduce mortality after disasters

Estimates indicate that current land-use patterns would inefficiently release 44 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the rainforest

Reducing power prices for commercial and industrial consumers can help utilities raise revenue and enhance service quality across the system

Energy-efficient technologies can mean more reliable electricity supply for everyone served by the same infrastructure whether or not they adopt the...

Well-intentioned regulation may be causing multinationals to shunt polluting activities to poorer countries where regulation isn’t so strict