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  • Buying Green
    Buying Green

    Consumers, Product Labels and the Environment

    Policy Study by Julian Morris and Lynn Scarlett November 1, 1996

  • The Decline in Deaths from Extreme Weather, 1900
    The Decline in Deaths from Extreme Weather, 1900

    Aggregate mortality attributed to all extreme weather events globally has declined by 98% since the 1920s

    Policy Study by Julian Morris September 22, 2011

  • Weathering Global Warming in Agriculture
    Weathering Global Warming in Agriculture

    Population growth, world food supplies and minimizing climate change's impact on crops

    Policy Study by Julian Morris November 3, 2011

  • How the IPCC Reports Mislead the Public, Exaggerate the Negative Impacts of Climate Change and Ignore the Benefits of Economic Growth
    How the IPCC Reports Mislead the Public, Exaggerate the Negative Impacts of Climate Change and Ignore the Benefits of Economic Growth

    Study finds climate change panel ignores its own findings and pushes plans that will prolong poverty for developing nations

    Policy Study by Julian Morris December 7, 2011

  • Smart on Sentencing, Smart on Crime: Reforming Louisiana
    Smart on Sentencing, Smart on Crime: Reforming Louisiana

    How to safely reduce Louisiana's nonviolent prison population, implement fairer sentencing and reduce corrections spending

    Policy Study by Julian Morris October 29, 2013

  • How Green Is that Grocery Bag Ban?
    How Green Is that Grocery Bag Ban?

    An assessment of the environmental and economic effects of grocery bag bans and taxes

    Policy Study by Julian Morris and Brian Seasholes June 18, 2014

  • Assessing the Social Costs and Benefits of Regulating Carbon Emissions
    Assessing the Social Costs and Benefits of Regulating Carbon Emissions

    New analysis finds carbon emissions may have a net beneficial effect, recommends setting social cost of carbon at zero

    Policy Study by Julian Morris August 6, 2015

  • The Vapour Revolution: How Bottom Up Innovation is Saving Lives and Prospects for India
    The Vapour Revolution: How Bottom Up Innovation is Saving Lives and Prospects for India

    The vapour revolution has the potential to improve and extend tens of millions of lives in India.

    Policy Study by Julian Morris August 22, 2016

  • Climate Change, Catastrophe, Regulation and the Social Cost of Carbon
    Climate Change, Catastrophe, Regulation and the Social Cost of Carbon

    Existing federal regulations predicated on a positive SCC should be re-evaluated, with the appropriate comparator being regulations that specifically address any co-benefits identified.

    Policy Study by Julian Morris March 8, 2018

  • Evidence-based policies to slow climate change
    Evidence-based policies to slow climate change

    Top-down policy approaches to control emissions may not be as effective as bottom-up approaches that harness the natural tendency of entrepreneurs and innovators.

    Policy Study by Julian Morris October 26, 2021

  • Working Paper: An Evidence-Based Approach to Fighting the Coronavirus Pandemic
    Working Paper: An Evidence-Based Approach to Fighting the Coronavirus Pandemic

    "A realistic plan for unlocking society must be found. Urgently. This brief seeks to offer elements of what such a plan might look like, based on evidence from actions taken in many jurisdictions."

    Working Paper by Julian Morris, Adrian Moore and Jacob James Rich April 30, 2020

  • The Environmental Impact of Soil Contamination
    The Environmental Impact of Soil Contamination

    Bioavailability, Risk Assessment and Policy Implications

    Policy Study by Raymond C. Loehr August 1, 1996

  • Key Issues in Environmental Risk Comparisons
    Key Issues in Environmental Risk Comparisons

    Removing Distortions and Insuring Fairness

    Policy Study by George M. Gray May 1, 1996

  • Cleaning Up Superfund
    Cleaning Up Superfund

    The Case for State Environmental Leadership

    Policy Study by J. Winston Porter September 1, 1995

  • Redesigning CERCLA Liability
    Redesigning CERCLA Liability

    An Analysis of the Issues

    Policy Study by Kathleen Segerson April 1, 1995

  • Too Little Too Late? Host Community Benefits and Siting Solid Waste Facilities
    Too Little Too Late? Host Community Benefits and Siting Solid Waste Facilities

    Policy Study by Rodney Fort and Lynn Scarlett April 1, 1993

  • Do We Need a Federal Garbage Man?
    Do We Need a Federal Garbage Man?

    Policy Study by Kenneth Chilton March 1, 1992

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    New Approaches to Affordable Housing

    Policy Study by Chris Fiscelli May 1, 2005

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