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
Updated Indexes from PERI Name top Climate, Air, and Water Polluters
Michael Ash, James K. Boyce and Rich Puchalsky
A Carbon Tax that Will Make the Poorest Richer
James K. Boyce
Will COP28 End Up as the Greatest Flop in Global Climate Diplomacy Thus Far?
C.J. Polychroniou and James K. Boyce
Gus Speth: Five Steps to Climate Sanity
November 16, 2023 at 4 pm ET to 6 pm ET
The Political Economy of Saving the Planet
Robert Pollin
Employment Impacts of New U.S. Clean Energy, Manufacturing, and Infrastructure Laws
Robert Pollin, Jeannette Wicks-Lim, Shouvik Chakraborty, Gregor Semieniuk and Chirag Lala
Mass Mobilization on the Climate Crisis is Urgent. Here’s Why
Robert Pollin and C.J. Polychroniou