Environmental Economics

• Centre for Environment, Social & Economic Research (CESER) - Independent, non-government and nonprofit organization that conducts research in the areas of ecological economics and ecological Statistics.
• Climate Change Research at Montana State University - Research on Economics of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation.
• Durable Economics - Essay about how we can use durability as a means of conservation with related links.
• Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development Laboratory - Fostering interdisciplinary work involving ecologists and economists, bringing together natural scientists and social scientists. Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece. In English and Greek.
• Ecological Economics at Malardalen University - Ecological Economics course, which aims at understanding the connections between environmental issues, economics and the development of society.
• Economics and Environmental Science - This is an educational site describing the field of environmental economics and the Ph.D. level training program in environmental economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Links to additional resources are included.
• Economics of Needs and Limits - An alternative theory of economic thought, based on human needs and natural limits, by Frank Rotering.
• Emco2 Analyzer - GreenHouse Gas Emission Analyzer - Automated application produced by Anasoft, Inc. for collection and analysis of data for carbon dioxide emission (greenhouse gas emission).
• Endogenous Preferences - Blog on interdisciplinary approaches to environmental policy with a focus on environmental economics and psychology.

• Energy Research at DOE: Was it Worth It? (NAS Study) - In this study, energy efficiency investments produced almost three times the net economic benefit of those made in fossil fuel technology. Available as book.
• Environmental Damage Valuation and Cost Benefit - Estimates the economic impacts of environment hazards and real estate projects. Sponsored by Damage Valuation Associates, which publishes empirical and regulatory developments.
• Environmental Economics - Economists on environmental and natural resources: news, opinion, and analysis. Includes weblog/forum postings.
• Environmental Economics Program at Harvard University - A University-wide program engaged in research, teaching, and outreach efforts in environmental and natural resource economics.
• Environmental Economics Unit University of Gothenburg - Program overview of teaching and research in environmental and natural resource economics at the EEU. Includes capacity building in developing countries.
• Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit Website - Assists in quantification of costs and benefits of environmental amenities and disamenities, offering surveys, links, glossaries, and news.
• European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists - EAERE is an international scientific association in the field of environmental and natural resource economics.
• European Program GENEDEC - Genedec aims at assessing the proposed decoupling of direct payments. Program description, papers, and contact information.
• European Society for Ecological Economics - Aims to foster transdisciplinary discourse and research among the social and natural sciences regarding problems of nature and the environment.
• Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei - Host of the Global Network of Environmental Economists, based in Trieste, Italy.
• Forum for Economics and the Environment - A non-aligned, informal group of individuals with an interest in economics and the environment in southern Africa.
• Garden Earth Enterprise - Center for the community of individuals and organizations committed to the economic and environmental solutions to global warming.
• Green Accounting Bibliography - A bibliography of articles, papers, and books on the topic of green and environmental accounting.
• Green Economics - Based on the book entitled Designing the Green Economy: The Postindustrial Alternative to Corporate Globalization by Brian Milani. Includes book outline, essays, reviews and links.
• Green Energy News - Recent business, economic and technology developments in clean, efficient and renewable energy for transportation, industry, government and home.
• Headwaters Economics - A high-tech nonprofit that offers a unique blend of economic research skills and on-the-ground experience based on over 15 years of work across the western US and Canada.
• Institute of Ecolonomics - Founded by Dennis Weaver, IOE is dedicated to sustainable living through educational programs, affordable housing, and environmental businesses.
• Interdisciplinary Environmental Assoc. - Brings together all disciplines so that understanding of environmental issues is enhanced through communication. Publishes the Interdisciplinary Environmental Review.
• International Institute for Environment and Development: Environmental Economics - The EEP promotes practical means of bringing environmental values into the market place in ways that benefit poor people and less developed countries. Includes evaluating the economic consequences of environmental change and finding ways to internalize environmental values in public policy and market behavior.
• International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics - Lund University's research and education institute with focus on preventative environmental strategies and cleaner production.
• International Society for Ecological Economics - The ISEE aims to facilitate understanding between economists and ecologists and the integration of the two disciplines.
• Land Tenure Center - Interdisciplinary research and training programs focusing on legal, political, social, and economic institutions (markets, traditions, customs, rules, laws, and regulations) that affect equitable access to and sustainable use of land and other natural resources. At University of Wisconsin.
• Madras School of Economics - Post-graduate teaching center in Chennai, India. Includes details of current research into pollution control, toxic chemicals, and offshore ecology.
• Main Street Economics - Economic consultants for resource and environmental issues. Pages on past performance, services offered, markets targeted, and employment opportunities. Targets the emerging market (private and government) for environmental economics applications.
• Michael Alexander's Energy Economics Pages - Links to energy research, energy organizations, and environmental organizations.
• Natural Resources and Environmental Economics links - Link collection accompanying the textbook "Natural Resources and Environmental Economics."
• Oikos - Ecology Economics - Blog by David Jeffery discusses Australian and global environmental and economic issues in a way that’s accessible to people who are not economists nor ecologists.
• Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management (PREM) - The Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management (PREM) program aims to deepen and broaden the exposure of economic researchers and policy advisors in developing countries to the theory and methods of natural resource management and environmental economics.
• Resource Decisions Consulting - Practice focused on energy and environmental economics. Policy studies and impact analyses of natural resource development plans for public and private clients including utilities, water districts, and governmental agencies.
• Resource Dimensions - Consultant firm specializing in complex environmental, land use, conservation, community development, energy and transportation issues, based in Gig Harbor, WA.
• Resources for the Future - A nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank located in Washington, DC that conducts independent research - rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences - on environmental and natural resource issues.
• Rocky Mountain Institute - Based on work by Amory and Hunter Lovins, this organization has a nonadversarial, transideological approach to helping businesses, communities, governments and individuals create more wealth in a life-sustaining manner, primarily by gains in efficiency.
• Studienbüro Jetzt & Morgen - Research and advice about changes, sustainability, and intergenerational issues connecting ecological, economic and social concerns.
• Tempus-Project Caucasus - Introduction of Environmental Economics Studies in South Caucasus Region.
• Tradable Permits Bibliography - General background and applications of tradable permits to air, fishing and other areas. Compiled by Tom Tietenberg.
• US EPA National Center for Environmental Economics - NCEE analyzes relationships between the economy, environmental health, and environmental pollution control. This includes: economic benefits and costs, economic incentives, size, composition, and effects of the pollution control industry, risk assessment data used in economic analyses.
• Workgroup Energy Transport Environment - Applies economic theory to current policy issues. Downloadable working papers and project descriptions include an extensive portfolio of numerical partial and general equilibrium models for the assessment of transport, energy and environmental policies. Affiliated with the University Leuven, Belgium.
• Wuppertal Institute - Links - Links to both US and European programs related to environmental economics and business.

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• Renewable Energy Policy Project - REPP investigates the relationships among policy, markets, and public demand to advance renewable energy technologies. These include biomass, hydropower, geothermal, photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind, and renewable hydrogen.
• ACEEE Energy Policy - American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, ACEEE, works to promote a balanced energy policy for United States with energy efficiency as a cornerstone, and energy supply policies designed to serve the resulting reduced demand.
• Africa Energy Policy Research Network/Foundation for Woodstoves Dissemination - AFREPREN is a programme on energy, environment and sustainable development and stands for 'African Energy Policy Research Network'.
• Center for Energy and Environment Policy - CEEP is the principal academic and research unit for graduate study in the areas of energy and environmental policy at the University of Delaware. The Center supports interdisciplinary and collaborative research and graduate studies in the fields of energy and environmental policy; technology, environment, and society; political economy of energy and environment; and sustainable development.
• Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Energy - News and features about using coal as the energy source in United States. Information about America's energy needs, cleaner environment, technologies, critical issues and links to other sites; all with reference to coal.
• Compendium on Energy Conservation Legislation - Includes an overview to conservation legislation within the region, case studies, and application of energy laws.
• Critical Mass Energy and Environment Program - Public Citizen project Founded by Ralph Nader. Concerned with watchdogging U.S. nuclear safety issues, stopping reckless disposal of radioactive waste, and ensuring that environmental and consumer interests are protected as the electric utility industry deregulates.
• Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy - Clickable map of US states links to government and industry incentives promoting renewable energy.
• Energy Resources Center - University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) interdisciplinary research and public service organization. Conducts studies in the field of energy and provides local, state and federal governments and the public with the current information on energy technology and policy.
• EnergyOnline - Business and Regulatory Information on the Energy Industry, with an emphasis on Electric Industry Restructuring. LCG provides software for electric, gas, and energy industry in the area of planning, operation, and transmission analysis and Energy databases for electric utilities for various reliability regions.
• Enron and Friends: How a Phony Electricity Shortage Exposed Corruption in the White House - A continuing watch of the Enron scandal and other cases of corruption in the energy industry.
• How California's Power Crisis Works - Discusses the causes of the January 2001 energy shortage in California and how it will affect every corner of the United States.
• Hydrogen Policy Issues - Quarterly newsletter of the National Hydrogen Association providing coverage of hydrogen-related questions ranging from policy to safety standards.
• International Energy Agency: Energy Market Reform - IEA's policy analyses on regulation and regulatory reform of energy markets, particularly electricity and gas markets.
• A Meeting of Blood and Oil: The Balkan factor in Western energy security - A research article explaining NATO strategy about exploiting oil resources in the Caspian Sea region.
• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) - Information and policy papers on electric and telecommunications industry deregulation in the U.S. and in other countries and regions, as well as other economic and policy topics related to utilities regulation. Links to state regulatory agencies and other related sites.
• NRDC: Energy - Information on renewable energy, energy conservation and the environmental impacts of energy emissions, from the Natural Resources Defense Council.
• OECD - Energy - Presents news, publications and statistics from OECD's work on energy, climate change, transport and nuclear energy.
• Refining local crude in modular skid units at consumer site - Some economic and technical aspects about local refining of crude oil.
• US Department of Energy - Office of Policy - The Office manages policy development in the areas of electricity, natural gas, oil, alternative fuels and energy efficiency, and serves as the Department-wide coordinator of global climate change policy.
• Wind Energy and Energy Policy - Information and links on policy topics related to renewable energy sources.