Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.

Die Brände dieses Sommers zeigen, dass sich Europas Feuerwehren auf eine neue Dimension von Waldbränden einstellen müssen.

Die Hitzewelle im Juni hat nach Schätzungen des Robert Koch-Instituts zu etwa 5.100 Todesfällen in Deutschland geführt. Das geht aus dem aktuellen RKI-Wochenbericht zur hitzebedingten Mortalität hervo...

(Forthcoming Article) - Climate policies often increase electricity prices by more than they increase prices of fossil fuels. Using administrative data on German manufacturing plants from 2009 to 2017, we provide evidence that these price changes induce plants to generate electricity onsite using fossil fuels. Not all manufacturing plants are subject to emissions pricing under the EU’s Emissions Trading System, and we find evidence of emissions leakage: Electricity generation shifts from regulated power plants to unregulated manufacturing plants.

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