Research
that the key to solving this conundrum is to put a price on carbon emissions, thereby generating powerful incentives for clean energy. But there is a formidable hurdle: how do we secure broad public support for a policy that increases fuel costs for...
Book
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Jul, 2019
James K. Boyce
Research
Employment Creation and Just Transition Through a U.S. Zero-Carbon Program
programs. It also argues for affirmative action programs to ensure that women and non-whites have equal access to clean energy jobs. The federal and state governments should also enact just transition policies for workers and communities that are...
Research Report
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Nov, 2020
Robert Pollin,
Jeannette Wicks-Lim,
Shouvik Chakraborty
Research
A Green Economy Transition Program for South Korea
employment opportunities. This study is divided into six sections: 1. South Korea’s 2050 Carbon-Neutrality Project 2. A Clean Energy Investment Program for 2022–2030 3. Clean Energy Investments, Reforestation, and Job Creation 4. Employment Contraction...
Research Report
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Mar, 2022
Robert Pollin,
Jeannette Wicks-Lim,
Shouvik Chakraborty,
Gregor Semieniuk,
Jayoung Yoon
Research
Naming Worst U.S. Corporate Polluters
>> View Toxic Indexes >> Download Press Release AMHERST, MA, December 19, 2022 – Researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst today published for the first time the Greenhouse Suppliers 100,...
Press Release
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Dec, 2022
Michael Ash,
James K. Boyce,
Rich Puchalsky
Research
The U.S. Employment Effects of Military and Domestic Spending Priorities: An Updated Analysis
employment impacts of public investment in military versus other priorities, expanding their analysis to include clean energy investments and induced job creation. The authors compare the effects of a $1 billion military investment military and the same...
Published Study
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Jan, 2010
Robert Pollin,
Heidi Garrett-Peltier
Commentary
A Green Transition for California
>> Watch American Prospect interview >> Read new study, "A Program for Economic Recovery and Clean Energy Transition in California" In a conversation with the American Prospect's Robert Kuttner, PERI Co-Director Robert Pollin discusses the new study he...
Interview
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Jun, 2021
Robert Kuttner,
Robert Pollin
Commentary
If Our Oil Jobs Are Ending, We Need Safety Nets and Good Replacement Work
of United Steelworkers Local 675, addresses the need for a "just transition" for workers moving from fossil fuel to clean energy jobs. He argues that, "We can create good new jobs for fossil fuel workers and others by investing in California’s climate...
Commentary
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Oct, 2021
Norman Rogers
In The Media
Jobs After Oil: The Path to a Cleaner, More Equal Future
Robert Pollin and James K. Boyce's work at PERI on green jobs, environmental justice, and creating a just renewable energy transition is featured in this article by Yes! Magazine. >> Read "Jobs After Oil: The Path to a Cleaner, More Equal Future."
In the Media
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Mar, 2016
Robert Pollin,
James K. Boyce
Research
State-Level Employment Impacts of Proposed National THRIVE Agenda
The expansion in job opportunities in each state would be in addition to the benefits resulting from building a clean energy system throughout the state; deepening the state’s commitment to protecting its environment; enhancing productivity and business...
Research Report
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Mar, 2021
Chirag Lala,
Robert Pollin,
Jeannette Wicks-Lim,
Shouvik Chakraborty,
Gregor Semieniuk
Commentary
When It Comes to Job Creation, Renewable Energy Outshines Fossil Fuels
During The Real News Network interview, PERI's Heidi Garrett-Peltier discusses how shifting from a brown to a green economy could reduce the unemployment rate and create jobs. >> View interview
Interview
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Dec, 2016
Heidi Garrett-Peltier
Commentary
India Must Adopt Greener Forms of Energy to Curb Pollution
In The Real News Network interview, Shouvik Chakraborty discusses his article published (with coauthor Rohit Azad) in The Hindu. >> Watch Interview
Interview
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Nov, 2017
Shouvik Chakraborty
Commentary
Can Equitable Distribution of Energy Meet Green Concerns?
>> Read article in Hindustan Times In an article for India's Hindustan Times, Rohit Azad and PERI's Shouvik Chakraborty argue for public policy in Delhi that, at the very least, has a neutral effect on emissions.
Commentary
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Aug, 2019
Rohit Azad,
Shouvik Chakraborty
Commentary
U.S. Imperialism and a Global Green New Deal: Interview with Shouvik Chakraborty
PERI ECONOMIST INTERVIEW SERIES Shouvik Chakraborty This is part of PERI's economist interview series, hosted by C.J. Polychroniou. Read Shouvik Chakraborty's bio here. C.J. Polychroniou: You studied economics in India. What drew you into this field of...
Interview
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Jul, 2020
Shouvik Chakraborty,
C.J. Polychroniou
Research
Toxic 100 Names Top Climate, Air, and Water Polluters-2021
>> View Toxic 100 Indexes >> Download press release AMHERST, MA, December 15, 2021/August 30, 2022 – Researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst today published new editions of the...
Press Release
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Dec, 2021
Michael Ash,
James K. Boyce,
Rich Puchalsky
Research
Public Investment, Industrial Policy and U.S. Economic Renewal
manufacturing sector? Can we accomplish these various tasks while also rebuilding the economy on a new foundation of clean energy as opposed to fossil fuel energy sources? Addressing these longer-term challenges is the overarching theme of this paper....
Working Paper
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Dec, 2009
Robert Pollin,
Dean Baker
Research
An Egalitarian Green Growth Program for India
CO2 emissions reductions while also generating major gains in employment opportunities through undertaking these clean energy investments, as opposed to maintaining the economy’s existing fossil-fuel based energy infrastructure. Moreover, India could...
Working Paper
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Aug, 2015
Robert Pollin,
Shouvik Chakraborty
Research
The Political Economy of Saving the Planet
on the fossil fuel industry global energy system. Pollin also examines prospects for large-scale job creation through clean energy investments; how to provide cheap and accessible financing to support these investments; and how to ensure global fairness...
Journal Article
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Oct, 2023
Robert Pollin
Research
An Egalitarian Green Growth Programme for India
will achieve dramatic CO2 emissions reductions and generate major gains in employment opportunities by undertaking these clean energy investments, as opposed to maintaining the economy's existing fossil-fuel based energy infrastructure. India could...
Journal Article
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Oct, 2015
Robert Pollin,
Shouvik Chakraborty
Research
Toxic 100 Names Top Climate, Air, and Water Polluters
>> View Toxic 100 Indexes >> Download press release AMHERST, MA - Researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst today published new editions of the Greenhouse 100 Index, ranking U.S. companies...
Press Release
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Jul, 2019
James K. Boyce,
Michael Ash
Commentary
For Clean Air, India Needs a Policy Leap
Authors Shouvik Chakraborty and Rohit Azad discuss the critical need to reduce air pollution in India. They argue that the best way to address greenhouse gas emissions is to create a carbon tax. The revenue generated from this tax could be used to...
Commentary
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Dec, 2017
Shouvik Chakraborty,
Rohit Azad
