Laurie Johnson's Blog

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Bio:: I am Chief Economist at the Climate Center of the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington DC. Prior to joining the NRDC in May 2008, I was a professor in the economics department at the University of Denver for eight years. My research in environmental and natural resource economics, experimental economics, and poverty and welfare, appeared in academic and popular journals. At NRDC, my work has focused on macroeconomic modeling of climate change legislation, as well its distributional impacts. I received my PhD in economics from the University of Washington, Seattle.

Don't read the headlines, read the story: Climate legislation is more than affordable (October 15, 2009)
A lesson in math, science, and economics for Bjorn Lomborg (September 29, 2009)
CBO Analysis: Clean Energy for Less (September 21, 2009)
More good news for climate protection: Study finds benefits swamp the costs (September 11, 2009)
NAM/ACCF: Distorting their own distorted analysis of climate legislation (September 10, 2009)
NAM/ACCF: Entitled to their own opinion about climate legislation, but not their own facts (August 12, 2009)
EIA Study Confirms Climate Protection is More Than Affordable (August 5, 2009)
Contrary to the Heritage Foundation’s “New” Analysis, Climate Legislation Will Not Devastate Farmers or Small Businesses (July 22, 2009)
Another Incomplete Story by Climate Obstructionists: Waxman-Markey’s Climate Protection Bill, ACESA, Will Supposedly Devastate Missouri Farmers (July 16, 2009)
Eight Questions to Ask About CRA’s May 2009 Economic Analysis of the Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade Program (July 16, 2009)