Research
Impacts of the Reimagine Appalachia & Clean Energy Transition Programs for Ohio
>> Link for all PERI state-level green economy transitiion programs The COVID-19 pandemic has generated severe public health and economic impacts in the Appalachian region as throughout the U.S. Focusing now on Ohio, PERI researchers Robert Pollin,...
Research Report
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Oct, 2020
Robert Pollin,
Jeannette Wicks-Lim,
Shouvik Chakraborty,
Gregor Semieniuk
Research
energy will entail a contraction of the fossil fuel sector, along with a loss of jobs. An important question is whether clean energy will create more jobs than will be lost in fossil fuels. This article presents a method of using Input-Output (I-O)...
Journal Article
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Nov, 2016
Heidi Garrett-Peltier
Research
The Heritage Foundation recently released a response to
Journal Article
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Aug, 2009
Robert Pollin,
James Heintz,
Heidi Garrett-Peltier
Commentary
Economic Prospects: Getting Real on Jobs and the Environment: Pipelines, Fracking, or Clean Energy?
In recent years, support for the green investment agenda has eroded substantially, while the position that we can protect the environment or expand jobs, but can
Journal Article
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Sep, 2012
Robert Pollin
Research
A Green Growth Program for Colorado
study examines the prospects for a transformative green growth program for Colorado. The centerpiece of the program is clean energy investments—i.e. investments to raise energy efficiency levels and expand the supply of clean renewable energy sources....
Research Report
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Apr, 2019
Robert Pollin,
Jeannette Wicks-Lim,
Shouvik Chakraborty,
Tyler Hansen
Commentary
Clinton says the 'clean energy economy' will create millions of jobs. Can it?
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposes a clean energy plan that she says will create millions of jobs and spur billions of dollars in public and private investment. PERI's Heidi Garrett-Peltier looks at economic research --...
Commentary
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Oct, 2016
Heidi Garrett-Peltier
fossil fuels has a social cost, giving businesses and consumers a strong incentive to invest in energy efficiency and clean energy. >> Download "Cap and Dividend: A State-by-State Analysis" >> Learn more about cap and dividend >> Download the press...
Research
of its ability to raise living standards for lower-income workers and families. This report shows that investments in clean energy can benefit lower-income families first by expanding job opportunities, and also by lowering household utility bills...
Published Study
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Jun, 2009
Robert Pollin,
Jeannette Wicks-Lim,
Heidi Garrett-Peltier
Research
Solutions to Climate Change: Growing Decent Jobs
Political Economy Research Institute of the University of Massachusetts, said that a 1.5 per cent annual investment in clean energy over and above other investments would result in a 40 per cent reduction in global carbon dioxide emissions. It would...
Presentation
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Mar, 2015
Robert Pollin
alternatives to the private corporation. >> Download "A Policy Framework for Advancing Productive Investments and Clean Energy throughout the U.S. Economy" U.S. Deficits and Debts amid the Recession August 2011 -- Robert Pollin examines three sets of...
to today, as well as expand by 400 percent the production of solar, wind, and other clean renewable sources. These clean energy investments will drop U.S. CO2 emissions by 40 percent while also generating 2.7 net new jobs. The opportunity is right...
Research
Green Growth and the Right to Energy in India
>> Watch author interview >> Read author commentary in The Hindu, "For Clean Air, India Needs a Policy Leap" Abstract Can growth in India be simultaneously made equitable and environmentally sustainable? The recent pattern of high growth in India has...
Working Paper
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Dec, 2018
Rohit Azad,
Shouvik Chakraborty
Research
investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy at a rate of about 1.5 – 2 percent of global GDP per year, so that clean energy can supplant the existing dominant fossil fuel energy infrastructure. Through this approach, economies can continue to...
Journal Article
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Aug, 2018
Robert Pollin
Research
The U.S. Employment Effects of Military and Domestic Spending Priorities: 2011 Update
employment effects of military spending versus alternative domestic spending priorities, in particular investments in clean energy, health care and education. We first present some simple alternative spending scenarios, namely devoting $1 billion to the...
Published Study
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Nov, 2011
Robert Pollin,
Heidi Garrett-Peltier
Commentary
PERI ECONOMIST INTERVIEW SERIES Michael Ash This is part of PERI's economist interview series, hosted by C.J. Polychroniou. Read Michael's bio here. C.J. Polychroniou: Why did you choose economics, and how did you end up teaching at UMass-Amherst?...
Interview
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Nov, 2021
Michael Ash,
C.J. Polychroniou
Research
Job Creation Estimates Through Proposed Economic Stimulus Measures
jobs annually to upgrade American infrastructure, and another 4.5 million jobs annually to transition the country to a clean energy economy. The report assumes the public investment in clean energy would be matched equally by another $300 billion per...
Research Report
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Sep, 2020
Robert Pollin,
Shouvik Chakraborty
Research
Austerity Versus Green Growth for Puerto Rico
in both energy efficiency and clean renewable energy. Through these investments, low-cost, domestically-produced clean energy will steadily supplant imported fossil fuels, with the target being that by 2050, clean energy sources will have replaced...
Working Paper
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Aug, 2017
Amanda Page-Hoongrajok,
Shouvik Chakraborty,
Robert Pollin
Research
A Green New Deal for Washington State
for a transformative Green New Deal project for Washington State. The centerpiece of the Green New Deal will be clean energy investments—i.e. both investments in the areas of renewable energy and energy efficiency. The first aim of this Green New Deal...
Research Report
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Dec, 2017
Robert Pollin,
Heidi Garrett-Peltier,
Jeannette Wicks-Lim
Commentary
4. A just transition: Like all major transformations, the shift from the fossil fueled economy of the past to the clean energy economy of the future will result in winners and losers. The overwhelming majority of humankind, including future generations,...
Interview
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Jul, 2021
James K. Boyce
The world must dramatically cut its dependence on fossil fuels over the next 20 years to stabilize the global climate. Clean energy investments will expand overall job opportunities. Yet workers and communities whose livelihoods depend on the fossil...
