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Arik Levinson

@ariklevinson.bsky.social

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Arik Levinson@ariklevinson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Fabulous insight. US domestic carbon taxes would increase US GDP because the US exports carbon-intensive goods with market power. Domestic carbon taxes would effectively tax US exports, raising global prices and harming foreign consumers. www.nber.org/papers/w35307

Are carbon tariffs climate policy?

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Arik Levinson@ariklevinson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Kavanaugh’s dissent says IEEPA’s text allowing the president to “regulate … importation” includes the power to tax imports. Would he agree that the Clean Air Act’s directive that the EPA “Administrator shall regulate" pollution from electric utilities includes the power to tax their emissions?

Arik Levinson@ariklevinson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Tariffs on solar panels have been even worse than I thought. Never mind the environmental cost, the pass-through rate to US consumers was more than 100%. Each $1 of tariff cost US solar customers $1.17.

AERE@aereorg.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📢 Out now in the ❄️January 2026 issue❄️of #JAERE! 📢 "The Incidence of the US-China Solar Trade War" by Wenjun Wang and Sébastien Houde. 🔓 Read the open-access article here :https://buff.ly/ZPR6BG4 📈📉 #Econsky

Arik Levinson@ariklevinson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

And a federal judge tossed the report. Not because it's junk science, but because of a DOE process foul selecting the junk scientists who authored it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...

A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules

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Arik Levinson@ariklevinson.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Three amazing points in one paragraph of the DOE report on GHGs. www.energy.gov/articles/dep... 1/3 The Social Cost of Carbon "is not intended to measure the private marginal benefits ... of fossil fuels." Correct! (But not relevant. That's why it's the called the Social *Cost* of Carbon.)

Kyle Meng@kylemeng.com · 7mo ago

If you you miss reading a proper cost-benefit analysis of environmental policy, one that fully accounts for costs AND benefits, here's California CARB's proposed GHG cap-and-invest regulations, dropped at noon. No "we won't value public health benefits just because they're uncertain" shenanigans.

Cap-and-Invest Regulation | California Air Resources Board

Proposed 2026 Amendments to the Cap-and-Invest (formerly Cap-and-Trade) Regulation The preliminary documents posted below have been submitted to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and may be modif...

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Arik Levinson@ariklevinson.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It's even worse than Max humorously gripes. Can anybody look at Max's bill and calculate his incremental cost per kWh? [ChatGPT tells me it's "approximately $0.65 per kWh.]

Severin Borenstein@severinborenstein.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In this week's Energy Institute blog, Max Auffhammer's highly entertaining and also very serious take on redesigning electricity bills so customers can actually understand them. An important step in enabling demand flexibility. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/a...

Luis Fernández Intriago@ifal78.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🌍 Are you in the market? Dream postdoc opportunity for environmental economists! @envdefensefund.bsky.social + @ucsb.bsky.social's @emlab.ucsb.edu are hiring 2-3 postdocs to work on carbon markets, nature-based solutions & resource economics with Chris Costello (emLab Director/EDF Chief Economist).

Environmental and Resource Economics Postdoctoral Scholar (up to 3 positions), Environmental Markets Lab (emLab), University of California Santa Barbara

University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!

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Arik Levinson@ariklevinson.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Jim Sallee gives a master class in how to explain complex policy in simple prose. I'm definitely assigning this to students.

Severin Borenstein@severinborenstein.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I'm back from vacation (and the huge Oakland No Kings protest). Lots to catch up on posting. In the EI blog today, Jim Sallee has an excellent analysis of the poorly designed, but good direction, of proposed international shipping GHG regulations. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...

Arik Levinson@ariklevinson.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Ok so the Trump administration blew up the international agreement to tax CO2 from shipping. 14 years ago the Obama administration successfully opposed applying the EU carbon price to US airlines operating in Europe. Just because Ds and Rs both agree on something doesn't mean it's right.