Energy and Environment
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US has caused $10T worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds
The Guardian features a new Nature study from SIEPR's Marshall Burke and Solomon Hsiang showing that the U.S. is the largest contributor to economic losses worldwide from rising temps.
March 25, 2026
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Pain at the pump: What spiking gas prices mean for consumers, the US economy
A new analysis by scholars at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research into the implications of higher gas bills is making waves. Here, two of the authors explain why.
March 25, 2026
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Higher energy prices might eat your tax refund, economists say
Axios covers a new analysis by several SIEPR scholars, including Trione Director Neale Mahoney, showing that higher tax refunds promised to the typical family under the One Big Beautiful Act could be devoured by rising gas prices from the Iran war.
March 18, 2026
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Iran war, oil price surge worsen K-shaped economy, say economists
CNBC quotes Nick Bloom, SIEPR senior fellow, on rising gas prices from the Iran war and how they risk exacerbating an economy that benefits the wealthy while harming lower-income households.
March 17, 2026
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Trump administration invokes emergency powers to restart oil operations off California coast
Ryan Cummings, SIEPR chief of staff, tells Politico that the Trump administration's order to restart oil drilling off the California coast won't do much to address oil supply problems and surging gas prices tied to the Iran war.
March 13, 2026
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Got data? Monitoring the US economy
At the 2026 SIEPR Economic Summit, top economists discuss the challenge of gauging ever-shifting data and their insights on the disruptions and headwinds facing the U.S. economy.
March 13, 2026
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Research reveals a fundamental shift in how investors view ESG
Not long ago, the promise of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing was all the rage. In a new Harvard Business Review essay, SIEPR's Amit Seru and coauthors detail their new study showing the extent to which attitudes have now changed and why.
February 18, 2026
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Climate risk threatens credit ratings for dozens of countries
Bloomberg covers new research by SIEPR Senior Fellow Marshall Burke identifying the high borrowing costs and debt loads that many small countries will face as they try to adapt to climate change-driven extreme weather.
February 09, 2026
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Trump’s E.P.A. has put a value on human life: zero dollars
Marshall Burke, SIEPR senior fellow, tells the New York Times that leaving out estimates of the value of human lives saved in cost-benefit analyses for new air pollution rules is a mistake.
January 21, 2026
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The global affordability crisis isn't going away
SIEPR's Neale Mahoney and Adam Shaw, writing in Time Magazine's World Economic Forum issue, call cost-of-living issues a worldwide problem and discuss how political leaders can respond.
January 15, 2026
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27 million fewer car trips: life after a year of congestion pricing
A New York Times analysis of Manhattan's congestion pricing program has so far been a huge success cites research by SIEPR's Shoshana Vasserman and Hunt Allcott identifying some of the early impacts on travel speeds and air quality.
January 05, 2026
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Cutting through the AI noise
There’s a lot of speculation about how AI will reshape the U.S. economy. A recent SIEPR Policy Forum convened experts to delve into what’s actually happening and what’s coming next.
December 04, 2025
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See where wildfire smoke is getting worse in the U.S.
More Americans are dying from wildfire smoke than from traffic accidents, reports the Washington Post in covering a new Nature study from SIEPR Senior Fellow Marshall Burke.
September 18, 2025
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Wildfire smoke: 5 things to know
SIEPR Senior Fellow Marshall Burke and colleagues are working to quantify the growing public health menace, using data-driven analysis to inform potential solutions.
July 25, 2025
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The rush to quit coal is leading countries into the “gas trap”
Research by SIEPR Senior Fellow Bård Harstad warns policymakers of a dilemma: As countries turn to natural gas, investments in renewable energy end up taking a hit.
July 07, 2025
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The natural gas trap
SIEPR's Bård Harstad writes in a Financial Times op-ed about his research showing how Europe’s shift away from coal to natural gas could increase emissions over the long run.
July 06, 2025
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A new tool for sizing up the US economy
The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and MIT have developed a tool that makes it easier for journalists, policymakers and others to spot trends in the U.S. economy.
June 17, 2025
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‘Our country has a building problem’
The U.S. isn’t moving fast enough to meet demand for necessities like energy and housing. A recent SIEPR Policy Forum examined how the ‘abundance’ movement aims to fix that.
May 27, 2025
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Who’s paying the price for California’s wildfires? ‘Everyone.’
A SIEPR Policy Forum examined how government, business and academia can best address the rising economic costs of wildfires.
April 30, 2025
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SIEPR survey: Californians weigh in on home insurance crisis, economic outlook
Uncertainty about how to fix a faltering home insurance market was one of several findings from the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research’s survey of California consumers
April 25, 2025