Environment

Penn Program on Regulation hosts a conversation with electricity market leaders.

Penn’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy convenes energy policy roundtable.

Economist argues that energy-efficiency regulations are riddled with problems and espouses their elimination.

Recent PPR seminar examines effects on air quality and fuel prices from waiving environmental regulations.

Scholars argue that environmental laws improve air quality despite increases in U.S. manufacturing output.

EPA moves to increase support for ethanol and other renewable fuels.

Scholar argues that regulators will have difficulty applying cost-benefit analysis to mandatory GMO labeling.

After a long battle, the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule receives an update.

Scholar espouses a renewed focus on pollution prevention efforts, with an appreciation of government’s ability to effect meaningful reform.

What is the cost of emitting soot into the atmosphere? The answer is unclear, yet it plays an important role in policymaking.

New standards for heavy-duty trucks are expected to reduce emissions and allow the industry to keep on truckin’.

City ordinance amendment institutes harsher penalties for those who flout water restrictions amid drought.