Great to see this paper out. It tells us which lands are (likely) federally regulated, and which are not, under the Clean Water Act--a major source of uncertainty for decades! I bet it will prove useful to regulators, environmentalists, and developers alike.

Applications for the Salata Institute Fellows Program for academic year '24 - '25 are now open. The program accepts exceptional academics and practitioners working on climate change and sustainability. Applications close February 26. Read more: bit.ly/3MPFhNH

Join the AERE Graduate Student Engagement Committee for a panel on cutting edge in environmental & resource econ. Next Monday, Mar 4, 2pm EST, featuring: ✨ Charles Taylor (Charles Taylor) ✨ Susanna Berkouwer (Susanna Berkouwer) ✨ Eyal Frank (Eyal Frank) bit.ly/aereprofdevpan…

Want to learn how a massive tree planting project in the 1930s spanning North Dakota to Texas shaped the climate and economy for decades afterwards? see annapappp present our paper w/ Florian Grosset-Touba

tomorrow Xinming Du is presenting our new paper on air pollution and aviation, using overhead aircraft routes as a source of exogenous variation to investigate pollution impacts globally nber.org/conferences/si… NBER

Nice NYT write-up on a fascinating (but sad) paper on the value of biodiversity nytimes.com/2024/07/29/cli… Eyal Frank

great write up covering two fascinating/related topics: 1) why US crop yields have kept increasing (despite climate change) 2) why summers in the US Midwest have gotten cooler over time

We're hiring pre-docs at Salata Institute to work with me and my excellent (and friendly) colleagues on environmental econ topics. Consider applying! sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search…

definitely check out this PhD program, especially if you want to be at the intersection of economics + science + policy! SIPA SusDev

Another great (and very timely) job market paper from Columbia | SIPA @NLonguetMarx

Consider applying to this Dept. of Agriculture and NÉBER JÁNOS post-doc (open new PhDs and junior faculty) to work with other ag/climate/environmental economists here in Cambridge. nber.org/career-resourc…

Excited for #ASSA2025 New Frontiers in Environmental Economics session! 🌐 Fri 8am (session link below👇) 🗺️ Room: Parc 55, Cyril Magnin 2 🔥 Trade, food, land, clean energy, bunching, air poll., MVPF, etc w Matthew E. Kahn Ben Sprung-Keyser Juan Carlos Suárez et al

On Monday I'm presenting some new work on tensions between renewable development and land conservation.

This year's Bozeman Applied Micro Conference is June 16-17, 2025 Paper submissions open now through March 7 -- see below for link

Cool funding opportunity for climate adaptation research from the great folks at Stanford