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Additionally, Republican leaning districts, which overlap significantly with rural areas, see marked advantages compared to Democratic districts. These results highlight the potential for a VMT tax to address longstanding inequities in transportation funding

They find this tax swap is modestly progressive. More granular geographical analysis also highlights that rural areas in the center of the country generally benefit from this tax swap, which urban and bicoastal areas generally experience higher taxation

As drivers shift to hybrid and EVs, federal gas tax revenue is declining. In response, some have called for replacing the gas tax with a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax. Using machine learning techniques, the researchers carry out an analysis of this tax shift at the census tract level.

An MIT CEEPR paper by @knittelmit.bsky.social, @gibmetcalf.bsky.social and @shereeinsaraf.bsky.social looks at the impacts from a Gas-to-VMT Tax Shift. Check out the full paper at the link below:

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State Investment Strategies to Speed EVSE Deployment - The Salata Institute Collaborating with DC fast charging stakeholders, Harvard-MIT researchers craft recommendations to help states speed deployment of publicly-funded fast chargers—enabling EV travel and boosting EV adop...

Collaborating with DC fast charging stakeholders, MIT & Harvard researchers craft recommendations to help states speed deployment of publicly-funded fast chargers—enabling EV travel and boosting EV adoption.

I'm delighted to announce the release of the Flagship Report of the Global Climate Policy Project at Harvard and MIT Working Group on Climate Coalitions on "Building a Climate Coalition: Aligning Carbon Pricing, Trade, and Development."

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A 🧵 on what we do/find:

Charger data transparency: Curing range anxiety, powering EV adoption | Brookings Proposal for states to require fast chargers to report real-time status accessible by any EV mapping app, so drivers can reliably navigate to chargers.

Check out a new report by a team of researchers including MIT CEEPR's @knittelmit.bsky.social and @lukeheeney.bsky.social
on EV chargers and real time status data:

www.brookings.edu/articles/cha...

A new paper studies an environmental place-based policy that randomly moved over 20,000 small firms in New Delhi to
industrial areas outside the city over several years. Check it out at the link below:

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a significant energy price shock across Europe. A new Working Paper studies how households adjust their behavior—across energy consumption, labor supply, financial distress, and broader consumption—when faced with price hikes:

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A new Research Commentary from a team led by Brian Deese analyzes first-of-a-kind comprehensive and rigorously sourced data on public subsidies for EVs and batteries in the world’s three largest EV markets: China, Europe, and the United States. Check out the full commentary here:

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An efficient and resilient supply of critical raw materials is essential to ensure supply chain stability and advance energy transition goals. A new paper assess how cost, technology, and policy factors drive fluctuations in marginal cost of metal production:

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A new CEEPR Working paper by a team of researchers including @knittelmit.bsky.social examines the global oil market, where OPEC’s market power affects oil production and carbon intensity. Download the full paper here:

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Transmission: Power to the people | TILclimate In this episode of TILclimate, we explore what we stand to gain from a bigger, better transmission system, and how we might make it happen.

Listen to the latest episode of @mit.edu's climate change podcast, TILclimate, where Joshua Hodge, MIT CEEPR's Executive Director, joins the show to break down what we stand to gain from a bigger, better transmission system, and how we might make it happen.

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GCPP Climate Coalitions Working Group Interim Report - Building a Climate Coalition: Aligning Carbon Pricing, Trade, and Development - The Salata Institute The interim report of the Global Climate Policy Project Working Group on Climate Coalitions proposes the formation of a climate coalition: a group of countries coordinating on carbon pricing and borde...

Our colleagues at the Global Climate Policy Project (a joint Harvard-MIT initiative), including @cwolfram.bsky.social ky.social, released an interim report on climate coalitions today. Check out the full report here:

ceepr.link/44aZnLw

This commentary addresses the following questions: How does the FPFA’s proposed fee structure impact domestic production and prices? How does the proposed fee structure impact imports and exports? What are the revenue impacts of the FPFA?

The bill levies a tariff on imports in certain industrial sectors, proportional to the carbon emitted when the good was produced abroad. The co-sponsors of the bill present it as a way to level the playing field for
US manufacturing...

Check out this commentary by @kclausing.bsky.social @allanhsiao.bsky.social @gibmetcalf.bsky.social Marilyn Pereboom, and @cwolfram.bsky.social that analyzes the Foreign Pollution Fee Act's potential impacts on several economic and environmental outcomes:

ceepr.link/FPFA

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Western governments imposed a price ceiling on Russian seaborne oil exports using Western services. To sell above that ceiling, Russia developed a “shadow fleet” which uses no such services. This working paper assesses the effect of various sanctions.

ceepr.link/4jyE1fa

Image of the paper cover depicting passenger car traffic in Bogota.

In September 2021, the city of Bogotá introduced a major market-based reform to its odd-even driving restriction, known as Pico y Placa. In this paper, the authors find that while the reform increased traffic, it brought overall benefits. Check out the full paper here:

ceepr.link/4kRuK37

The economics of clean energy with Namrata Kala As an economist, Namrata Kala has considered how incentivization can alter human behavior and help policies succeed. She leverages this expertise to help us examine how the world’s most populous count...

On a recent episode of the @mitenergy.bsky.social podcast "What if it Works?", CEEPR faculty member Professor Namrata Kala discusses the economics of clean energy. Check out the full episode at the link below:

energy.mit.edu/podcast/the-...

Cover of the working paper showing a oil tanker docked at a terminal.

A new CEEPR Working paper studies how the Jones Act—a 100-year-old U.S. regulation that constrains domestic waterborne shipping—affects U.S. markets for crude oil and petroleum products. Download the full paper here:

ceepr.link/43FKQHa

Is the clean energy economy doomed? As the world races towards decarbonization, the U.S. risks falling behind.

Faculty director @knittelmit.bsky.social spoke with @marketplace.org about the reasons some policymakers are reluctant to eliminate the IRA entirely.

“The world is switching to electric vehicles, the world is switching to solar and wind...”

On May 30, join MIT's newest class of journalism fellows in a webinar hosted by the MIT Climate Project to discuss their work reporting on the under-covered climate challenges of the food, agriculture and waste sector. Register below:

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Hydrogen storage containers

The transition towards a sustainable energy system requires alternative energy carriers that reduce carbon emissions while meeting global demands. This paper by @knittelmit.bsky.social provides an overview of hydrogen production pathways and their economic & environmental impacts

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Cover of Working Paper: Good Spillover, Bad Spillover: Industrial Policy, Trade, and the Political Economy of Decarbonization

As a growing number of countries adopt trade restrictions to advance policy priorities, they risk creating spillover effects that increase the cost and time horizon of decarbonization. Careful policy design and strategic cooperation can help manage such spillover effects.

Link: ceepr.link/42jOsNg

Deploying Plug & Charge technology can speed EV adoption - The Salata Institute Leveraging input from stakeholders across the EV ecosystem, a team of Harvard and MIT researchers recommends how to speed deployment of new charging technology to rapidly expand the EV market.

Leveraging input from stakeholders across the EV ecosystem, a team of @harvardsalata.bsky.social and MIT CEEPR researchers recommends how to speed deployment of new charging technology to rapidly expand the EV market.

salatainstitute.harvard.edu/deploying-pl...

What business needs to know about carbon border adjustments | MIT Sloan Climate economist Catherine Wolfram explains how the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism aims to level the playing field among trading partners.

If you're interested in the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), see below. Sloan did a really nice job capturing the main issues for a non-technical audience.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Leading the Charge: Best Practices for EV Charging Programs in Cities Upcoming Webinar for City Officials . After registering, you will receive a confirma... The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that urban electric vehicle (EV) owners will rely on public charging for 62% of their needs, compared to only 32% for suburban residents and 16% for those in ru...

A recording of a recent webinar held jointly with Harvard University is available online that includes a conversation with three early adopter cities as they share insights into the successes and challenges they’ve faced while building their EV charging programs.

Catherine Wolfram: High-energy scholar MIT Sloan Professor Catherine Wolfram has published a wide array of original studies about energy consumption in the developing world.

Faculty member @cwolfram.bsky.social was featured this month by
@mitofficial.bsky.social News, highlighting her journey to become a leading energy economist through original studies that can inform our global climate response.

3 things to know about the next 4 years of US energy | MIT Sloan Climate policy expert Christopher Knittel handicaps the likelihood of tariffs, cuts to IRA subsidies, and a carbon tax under the new administration.

Hello, world~!

On a recent episode of the “What If It Works?” podcast, MIT CEEPR director and economist @knittelmit.bsky.social offered a few early predictions on the potential short- and long-term climate and energy impacts of the second Trump presidency.

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