In single-party government systems, the months following the electoral defeat of a government should be characterized by changes in issue attention, which are more important than those of previous years. The newly elected party should be eager to emphasize its own issues and leave behind the...

The Marcellus Shale play in the northeastern corner of the United States holds one of the most robust deposits of natural gas in North America. Stretching from Virginia and West Virginia northward to central New York State, the Marcellus Shale deposit contains an estimated 141 trillion cubic...

The unequal burden from the COVID-19 crisis (e.g., in terms of infection and death rates) across Canadian provinces is important and puzzling. Some have speculated that differences in levels of citizen compliance with public health preventive measures are central to understanding...

The COVID-19 public health pandemic saw governments spend trillions of dollars to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus as well as to soften the economic blow from the shutting down of national economies. Subsequent budget shortfalls raise the question of how governments will pay for the direct...

Patterns of national climate policy performance and their implications for the geopolitics of climate change are examined. An overview of levels of emissions performance across countries is first provided. Substantial changes in emissions trends over time are documented, notably with GHG...

Despite much enthusiasm for direct emissions charges among climate policy experts, carbon taxes have been adopted in a relatively small number of OECD countries, and concerns over their economic and social effects have led to substantial distortions in their implementation. Despite only modest...