Environmental and natural resource economics deals with the economics of pollution control, policies and economic incentives for dealing with pollution and the basic economic principles for the ...

After taking Advanced Placement (AP) environmental science in high school — and loving it — Emma Aucker, now a senior environmental and resource economics (ENRE) major at the University of Delaware, ...

Economics is in many ways a novel subject, only gaining momentum in the past 100 years, and only more recently has modern economic theory begun to be developed. On the subject of sustainability, we ...

William Nordhaus can recall the precise moment when he became interested in what is now known as “green accounting,” a type of accounting that factors environmental costs and benefits into measures of ...

The field of environmental studies examines the complex relationships between humans and the natural world. Like environmental science, students of environmental studies learn about ecology, biology, ...

How much would things cost if the environmental harm caused by producing them were taken into account? What impact would that have on a country’s economy? Can we put a price on the importance of a ...

Do tax incentives for electric vehicles lead to lower carbon emissions and greater employment stability in the auto sector? What are the most effective ways to manage the transition to clean, ...