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Misconceptions about water pricing | Gristmill: The environmental news blog
Throughout the United States, water management has been approached primarily as an engineering problem, rather than an economic one. Water supply managers are reluctant to use price increases as water conservation tools, instead relying on non-price demand management techniques, such as ...
IT'S THE PRICING, STUPID.
IT'S THE PRICING, STUPID.
prospect.org — Here, in its simplest form, is what the administration seems to think (this comes from conversations I... had with administration officials over the weekend). It may be the case that these are mispriced assets rather than worthless assets. If that's ... (more) IT'S THE PRICING, STUPID.
Nice package | Gristmill: The environmental news blog
gristmill.grist.org — Muckraker: Grist on Politics Congressional leaders want to combine energy and climate provisions into one big bill... this year, rather than moving a few smaller bills on the issues. But while some on Capitol Hill are cheering this as a way to expedite ... (more) Nice package | Gristmill: The environmental news blog
Endangerment ahead | Gristmill: The environmental news blog
gristmill.grist.org — Muckraker: Grist on Politics The Environmental Protection Agency told the White House on Friday that climate change... is a danger to public welfare -- a move that takes the administration a step closer to regulating planet-warming greenhouse gases. The ... (more) Endangerment ahead | Gristmill: The environmental news blog
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Water: It’s Valuable, So If You Don’t Price It You Get Waste
Matthew Yglesias — I know this is a controversial view, but today I wade back into the case for using market prices for water to promote conservation with the authority of Grist, the internet’s premiere source for environmental news, behind me. Robert Stavins, professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and Chairman of their Environment & Natural Resources Faculty group writes at Grist: In a white paper, “Managing Water Demand: Price vs. Non-Price Conservation Programs,” [PDF] published by the Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, Professor Sheila Olmstead of Yale ...

Saving Water
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... Robert Stavins, professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and Chairman of their Environment & Natural Resources Faculty group, advocates for letting the market decide water prices: ...

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