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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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In this paper, a quantitative Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment (WERA) framework is used to stochastically analyze the feasibility of waste-to-energy systems in selected cities in Asia.


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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Arms Control Agreement With Russia Should Cover More Than Nuclear Weapons

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With the Russia investigation and impeachment behind him, President Trump finally may feel empowered to engage with Russian President Vladimir Putin and pursue an arms control deal.  


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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Greener Stimulus? Economic Recovery and Climate Policy

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Published On :: Mar 26, 2020

In this edition of Columbia Energy Exchange, host Jason Bordoff and Professor Joseph Aldy explore the role of climate-change and broader environmental policy in the U.S. federal government’s emergency economic stimulus funding package.


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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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In this paper, a quantitative Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment (WERA) framework is used to stochastically analyze the feasibility of waste-to-energy systems in selected cities in Asia.


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Greener Stimulus? Economic Recovery and Climate Policy

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Published On :: Mar 26, 2020

In this edition of Columbia Energy Exchange, host Jason Bordoff and Professor Joseph Aldy explore the role of climate-change and broader environmental policy in the U.S. federal government’s emergency economic stimulus funding package.


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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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In this paper, a quantitative Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment (WERA) framework is used to stochastically analyze the feasibility of waste-to-energy systems in selected cities in Asia.


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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Arms Control Agreement With Russia Should Cover More Than Nuclear Weapons

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Published On :: Feb 23, 2020

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Arms Control Agreement With Russia Should Cover More Than Nuclear Weapons

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Published On :: Feb 23, 2020

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Arms Control Agreement With Russia Should Cover More Than Nuclear Weapons

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Published On :: Feb 23, 2020

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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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In this paper, a quantitative Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment (WERA) framework is used to stochastically analyze the feasibility of waste-to-energy systems in selected cities in Asia.


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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Greener Stimulus? Economic Recovery and Climate Policy

By feedproxy.google.com
Published On :: Mar 26, 2020

In this edition of Columbia Energy Exchange, host Jason Bordoff and Professor Joseph Aldy explore the role of climate-change and broader environmental policy in the U.S. federal government’s emergency economic stimulus funding package.


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Arms Control Agreement With Russia Should Cover More Than Nuclear Weapons

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Published On :: Feb 23, 2020

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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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In this paper, a quantitative Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment (WERA) framework is used to stochastically analyze the feasibility of waste-to-energy systems in selected cities in Asia.


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Greener Stimulus? Economic Recovery and Climate Policy

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Published On :: Mar 26, 2020

In this edition of Columbia Energy Exchange, host Jason Bordoff and Professor Joseph Aldy explore the role of climate-change and broader environmental policy in the U.S. federal government’s emergency economic stimulus funding package.


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Arms Control Agreement With Russia Should Cover More Than Nuclear Weapons

By feedproxy.google.com
Published On :: Feb 23, 2020

With the Russia investigation and impeachment behind him, President Trump finally may feel empowered to engage with Russian President Vladimir Putin and pursue an arms control deal.  


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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Published On :: Mar 26, 2020

In this paper, a quantitative Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment (WERA) framework is used to stochastically analyze the feasibility of waste-to-energy systems in selected cities in Asia.


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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Published On :: Mar 26, 2020

In this paper, a quantitative Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment (WERA) framework is used to stochastically analyze the feasibility of waste-to-energy systems in selected cities in Asia.


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Greener Stimulus? Economic Recovery and Climate Policy

By feedproxy.google.com
Published On :: Mar 26, 2020

In this edition of Columbia Energy Exchange, host Jason Bordoff and Professor Joseph Aldy explore the role of climate-change and broader environmental policy in the U.S. federal government’s emergency economic stimulus funding package.


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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Published On :: Mar 26, 2020

In this paper, a quantitative Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment (WERA) framework is used to stochastically analyze the feasibility of waste-to-energy systems in selected cities in Asia.


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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Published On :: Mar 26, 2020

In this paper, a quantitative Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment (WERA) framework is used to stochastically analyze the feasibility of waste-to-energy systems in selected cities in Asia.


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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Arms Control Agreement With Russia Should Cover More Than Nuclear Weapons

By www.belfercenter.org
Published On :: Feb 23, 2020

With the Russia investigation and impeachment behind him, President Trump finally may feel empowered to engage with Russian President Vladimir Putin and pursue an arms control deal.  


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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Greener Stimulus? Economic Recovery and Climate Policy

By feedproxy.google.com
Published On :: Mar 26, 2020

In this edition of Columbia Energy Exchange, host Jason Bordoff and Professor Joseph Aldy explore the role of climate-change and broader environmental policy in the U.S. federal government’s emergency economic stimulus funding package.


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Arms Control Agreement With Russia Should Cover More Than Nuclear Weapons

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Published On :: Feb 23, 2020

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Arms Control Agreement With Russia Should Cover More Than Nuclear Weapons

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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

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Urban Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment Simulations for Developing Countries

By www.belfercenter.org
Published On :: Mar 26, 2020

In this paper, a quantitative Waste to Energy Recovery Assessment (WERA) framework is used to stochastically analyze the feasibility of waste-to-energy systems in selected cities in Asia.


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Greener Stimulus? Economic Recovery and Climate Policy

By www.belfercenter.org
Published On :: Mar 26, 2020

In this edition of Columbia Energy Exchange, host Jason Bordoff and Professor Joseph Aldy explore the role of climate-change and broader environmental policy in the U.S. federal government’s emergency economic stimulus funding package.


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The ABCs of the post-COVID economic recovery

By webfeeds.brookings.edu
Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 18:11:39 +0000

The economic activity of the U.S. has plummeted in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and unemployment has soared—largely the result of social distancing policies designed to slow the spread of the virus. The depth and speed of the decline will rival that of the Great Depression. But will the aftermath be as painful? Or…

       


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Arms Control Agreement With Russia Should Cover More Than Nuclear Weapons

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Escaping Jurassic Government : How to Recover America’s Lost Commitment to Competence

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Published On :: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0400


Brookings Institution Press 2016 233pp.

Why big government is not the problem

The Progressive government movement, founded on support from Republicans and Democrats alike, reined in corporate trusts and improved the lives of sweatshop workers. It created modern government, from the Federal Reserve to the nation’s budgetary and civil service policies, and most of the programs on which we depend.

Ask Americans today and they will tell you that our government has hit a wall of low performance and high distrust, with huge implications for governance in the country. Instead of a focus on government effectiveness, the movement that spawned the idea of government for the people has become known for creating a big government disconnected from citizens. Donald F. Kettl finds that both political parties have contributed to the decline of the Progressive ideal of a commitment to competence. They have both fed gridlock and created a government that does not work the way citizens expect and deserve.

Kettl argues for a rebirth of the original Progressive spirit, not in pursuit of bigger government but with a bipartisan dedication to better government, one that works on behalf of all citizens and that delivers services effectively. He outlines the problems in today’s government, including political pressures, proxy tools, and managerial failures. Escaping Jurassic Government details the strategies, evidence, and people that can strengthen governmental effectiveness and shut down gridlock.

Donald F. Kettl is a professor and former dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

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Donald F. Kettl

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We can’t recover from a coronavirus recession without helping young workers

By webfeeds.brookings.edu
Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:34:14 +0000

The recent economic upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is unmatched by anything in recent memory. Social distancing has resulted in massive layoffs and furloughs in retail, hospitality, and entertainment, and millions of the affected workers—restaurant servers, cooks, housekeepers, retail clerks, and many others—were already at the bottom of the wage spectrum. The economic catastrophe of…

       


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Riding the "Three I's" to Economic Recovery

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Published On :: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400

In a rare Kumbaya moment, the nation's leaders of both parties have decided that rebate checks and a flurry of other short-term measures are needed to help stave off an economic slowdown.

Unfortunately, but predictably, we're hearing far less from Capitol Hill and the campaign trail about the bigger picture and the long-term challenges facing the American economy.

Increasing competition from nations like China and India, the impending retirements of the baby boomers, and the highly unequal distribution of benefits from the recent expansion all signal the potential for slower U.S. economic growth in the future.

These challenges, and our responses, will resonate throughout the Puget Sound region.

Already, the region is one of America's economic juggernauts. According to the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan area is the fourth-most productive in the world. And the ports of Seattle and Tacoma together form the eighth-largest gateway for foreign goods nationwide.

In that strength — and the strength of other metropolitan areas around the country — are the seeds of solutions.

Like the call for "three T's" in the stimulus debate — measures that are timely, targeted and temporary — policies to improve our nation's long-run economic performance and address its overhanging challenges would instead do well to focus on the "three I's" — innovation, intellect and infrastructure.

Innovation has always served to propel economic growth. Here, Puget Sound companies lead the world in the fields of aerospace, software and retailing, developing new ideas and products that trump the labor-cost advantages of offshoring.

Yet as a nation, we have fallen behind European competitors in innovative new-growth fields like alternative energy, where none of the world's 10 largest solar-cell manufacturers, and only one of the world's 10 largest wind-turbine manufacturers, is a U.S. company.

Intellect — the knowledge and skills of our people — translates into economic growth by raising worker output and incomes and creating more of the first "I," innovation.

Yet, while the United States sends the highest share of its young people to college worldwide, our rank falls to 16th when you measure who actually graduates. And though the Puget Sound region boasts one of the most-educated adult populations in the nation, the feeder system (especially Seattle's public schools) loses too many young people along the pathway to higher education.

Infrastructure supports long-term economic growth in many ways. High-quality transportation infrastructure — roads, transit, rail and ports — speeds the movement of goods and people within and across markets.

Yet, the Seattle area succeeds economically despite the real hurdles it faces on this front. Even taking into account high performers like Sea-Tac Airport and King County Metro, rising congestion highlights the lack of cogent plans for key corridors like Highway 520 and the Alaskan Way Viaduct, as well as the need for a renewed commitment to rail transit.

To its credit, the Puget Sound region, like other metropolitan areas around the country, has tried to tackle some of these issues on its own.

But, because the route to resolving our long-term challenges runs through areas like Seattle, its issues demand national attention.

For instance, shouldn't the federal government — through direct investments in scientific research and favorable tax treatment for corporate investment in research and development — help put innovative regions like Puget Sound ahead of the curve in cutting-edge "green" industries?

To upgrade our nation's intellectual capacity, shouldn't the federal government partner with states, localities and the private sector to support the diffusion of successful, entrepreneurial urban education models for districts like Seattle?

And on infrastructure, shouldn't the federal government deploy its roughly $50 billion in annual transportation expenditures in smarter ways to help relieve congestion and promote sustainability in key trade corridors like the Seattle-Tacoma area?

Once we get past the stimulus frenzy, let's have a real debate about the blueprint for bolstering America's long-term economic growth.

Building on the strengths, and addressing the challenges, of the "three I's" in regions like Seattle ought to be another strategy leaders in our nation's capital can agree upon.

Alan Berube is research director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. David Jackson is a policy analyst with the program.

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Greece’s recovery bet

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Published On :: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 21:50:39 +0000

The victory of liberal-conservatives in the snap elections on July 7 with 39.6 percent of the votes, sealed the completion of Greece's transformative journey from radical populism back to a systemic normality. The economic climate has significantly improved—although at odds with the one prevailing in Europe (Figure 1a and 1b)—however, it remains to be seen…

       


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We can’t recover from a coronavirus recession without helping young workers

By webfeeds.brookings.edu
Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:34:14 +0000

The recent economic upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is unmatched by anything in recent memory. Social distancing has resulted in massive layoffs and furloughs in retail, hospitality, and entertainment, and millions of the affected workers—restaurant servers, cooks, housekeepers, retail clerks, and many others—were already at the bottom of the wage spectrum. The economic catastrophe of…

       


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Metro Philadelphia’s Energy Efficiency Strategy: Promoting Regionalism to Advance Recovery

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Published On :: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Bringing together the five counties of Southeastern Pennsylvania, the nonprofit Metropolitan Caucus, a new regional consortium there, is promoting a joint regional application for ARRA’s competitive Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant dollars. Its four-part proposal, which will add and refine partners and programs over time, draws on the collaboration of multiple regional institutions to establish and operate a loan fund for green building and retrofits; support clean energy technology deployment; assist local governments with energy efficiency plans; and measure the energy performance of public facilities.

The newly created Metropolitan Caucus of southeastern Pennsylvania is leading the bold new regional energy efficiency strategy targeting for the competitive Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (EECBG) in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Unprecedented for the region, the Metropolitan Caucus has brought together five area counties—Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia—to make the most of the stimulus opportunity by coordinating their plans, goals, and assets to achieve maximum regional benefit. Their proposed joint EECBG competitive application for roughly $35 million calls for financing construction and retrofits, supporting clean energy companies, measuring building energy performance, and assisting local governments in implementing various sustainability solutions. To carry out each of these activities, the caucus intends to engage in broad cross-sector collaboration to leverage the strengths and unique assets of regional educational institutions, key nonprofits, and planning agencies.

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