Environmental and Energy Economics

Toxic 100: Corporate Toxics Information Project
PERI’s Corporate Toxics Information Project develops and disseminates information and analysis on corporate releases of pollutants and the consequences for communities.

Building a Green Economy
PERI’s Building a Green Economy program offers research that supports a global program for controlling climate change and expanding job opportunities.

Development, Peacebuilding and the Environment
PERI’s program on Development, Peacebuilding and Environment conducts research on policies to promote environmentally and politically sustainable development worldwide.

Environmental Justice
PERI conducts research on the distribution of environmental burdens; by providing access to information on toxic pollutants; and by documenting successful strategies for reclaiming rights to clean air, water, and lands.
Environmental and Energy Economics Research and Commentary
Pedestrian and Bicycle Infrastructure: A National Study of Employment Impacts
Heidi Garrett-Peltier
Employment Estimates for Energy Efficiency Retrofits of Commercial Buildings
Heidi Garrett-Peltier
The Climate Justice Imperative
James K. Boyce
Proximity to Industrial Releases of Toxins and Childhood Respiratory, Developmental, and Neurological Diseases: Environmental Ascription in East Baton Rouge Parish: Revised
Cristina Legot, Bruce London, John Shandra and Anna Rosofsky
New Jobs
James Heintz, Heidi Garrett-Peltier and Ben Zipperer
Is Environmental Justice Good for White Folks?
Michael Ash, James K. Boyce, Grace Chang and Helen Scharber
The Proximity of High Volume Developmental Neurotoxin Polluters to Schools: Vulnerable Populations at Risk
Cristina Legot, Bruce London and John Shandra
CLEAR Economics: State-Level Impacts of the Carbon Limits and Energy for America's Renewal Act
James K. Boyce and Matthew E. Riddle