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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · 8d

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

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · 8d

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

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · 8d

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.

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · 8d

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:

ceepr.link/42R44sv

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · 13d

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.

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...

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Catherine Wolfram @cwolfram.bsky.social · 22d

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."

ceepr.link/3VmgC7g

A 🧵 on what we do/find:

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · 26d

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...

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.

www.brookings.edu

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · Aug 28

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:

ceepr.link/4mXeCxS

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · Jul 31

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:

ceepr.link/46C9pqu

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · Jul 24

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:

ceepr.link/GCIM

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · Jul 23

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:

ceepr.link/4o3bUs1

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · Jul 16

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:

ceepr.link/4nSmKRy

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · Jul 10

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.

ceepr.link/4nHXCwW

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.

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · Jun 30

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

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...

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · Jun 17

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?

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · Jun 17

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...

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · Jun 17

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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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · Jun 16

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 several oil tankers docked near a terminal

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · Jun 4

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

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

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · May 29

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-...

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...

energy.mit.edu

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · May 21

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

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

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MIT Climate Policy Center @mitclimatepolicy.bsky.social · May 8

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...”

Is the clean energy economy doomed?

As the world races towards decarbonization, the U.S. risks falling behind.

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · May 5

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:

www.eventbrite.com/e/reporting-...

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · Apr 24

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

ceepr.link/3S4QSul

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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research @mitceepr.bsky.social · Apr 8

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

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