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Will Scott

@wscott.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Economics and Environmental Policy at Simon Fraser University - School of Public Policy. Research in environmental economics, climate policy, and macro-energy systems wscott.info

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Will Scott @wscott.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Today's Fed-AB announcement clarifies the planned trajectory for industrial carbon pricing in Canada: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/back...
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Implementation Agreement for the Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding of November 27, 2025
PrefaceOn November 27, 2025, Canada and Alberta entered a Memorandum of Understanding (the “MOU”) in recognition of the rapidly changing global context and the necessity of building a stronger, more s...
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Will Scott @wscott.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
California wants to subsidize sustainable aviation fuel. But when policies interact, the result may be higher gas prices, lost road funding, and small emissions gains Check out our new blog on @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social digging into the proposal: energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/h...
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High Costs and Few Benefits from California’s Proposed Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit
This credit would reduce road funding, raise gasoline and diesel prices, and deliver small and expensive carbon emissions reductions. In California, road construction, maintenance, and repairs are …
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Will Scott @wscott.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
We are hiring! 📣 SFU's School of Public Policy is looking for a new tenure-track faculty member with expertise in Indigenous Public Policy to join us! Details available here: sfu.ca/policy-school/job-posting Please share with your networks #AcademicJobs #Indigenous #PublicPolicy
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Job Posting
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Will Scott @wscott.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Very proud new faculty member moment to see two of my exceptional students recognized for their capstone research. Congratulations to all of this year's award recipients and grads at @sfuspp.bsky.social!
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Will Scott @wscott.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Want lower power bills and a cleaner grid? Interprovincial transmission could be a true nation-building project. Great read from @blakeshaffer.bsky.social and Philipe Dunsky
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Will Scott @wscott.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
From me in today’s Vancouver Sun: Climate change costs British Columbians, whether or not we have a carbon tax vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e....
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William Scott: Climate change costs British Columbians, whether or not we have a carbon tax
Doing nothing sticks our future selves and children with the bill.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 01/07/2024
“Canada is such a northern country, don’t we want a little global warming?” I often hear. In a nutshell, NO. We’re warming 2x faster than the rest of the world, driving extreme heat, flood, and sea level rise we are not prepared for. The wildfire season started in Feb this year. Feb! #canadaday
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Canada’s Changing Climate Report
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 05/06/2024
Awesome defense by @wscott.bsky.social using an impressive array of methods to look at emission, cost, innovation, and distributional effects of overlapping climate policies in California. Well worth the trip from the East to the South Bay!
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 14/05/2024
This chart shows annual hours of smoke-filled skies in Calgary from 1953 to 2023. As the first wildfire smoke of the 2024 season blew in this week, it's hard to convey the sadness it elicited in a lot of folks. There's a growing realization this is our new reality. And a genuine sense of mourning.
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Will Scott @wscott.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
🚨Job posting 🚨 University of Ottawa is hiring a Tier 2 (junior) Canada Research Chair in Climate Policy and Clean Growth - great chance to work on important problems with good folks in a very underrated city uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttaw... #econsky #energysky
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Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Climate Policy and Clean Growth
Job Family: Academic Leadership and Faculty Union affiliation: APUO Faculty/Department: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs_FT Campus: Ottawa, ON Date Posted: décembre 05, 2023 Closin...
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Will Scott @wscott.bsky.social · 02/12/2023
Big COP announcement tucked into new US methane regs: updated social cost of carbon estimate of $190/ton www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/c...
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Biden Administration Unleashes Powerful Regulatory Tool Aimed at Climate
Its new estimate of the economic impact of climate change could create the legal justification for aggressive new regulations.
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Max(imilian) Auffhammer @auffhammer.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
Tap. Tap. Is this thing on? 📢 Call for papers: CESifo Area Conference on Energy and Climate Economics 2024, 15/16 March in Munich. Keynote by @NataliaFabra www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...
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CESifo Area Conference on Energy and Climate Economics 2024
Scientific Organizer: Maximilian Auffhammer CESifo is inviting the submission of papers (or extended abstracts) for the annual conference of the CESifo Area on Energy and Climate Economics. Submissio...
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Michael Wara @michaelwara.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
Young energy and environmental lawyers, we are hiring! Come work with our growing team focussed on the role of refineries in the energy transition: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/environ...
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Environmental Justice in the Energy Transition Legal Fellow – Oil Refinery Policy, Stanford Law Sc...
Environmental Justice in the Energy Transition Legal Fellow – Oil Refinery Policy The Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy...
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Will Scott @wscott.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
Thrilled to see the conversation in #econsky #energysky and #greensky emerging after the downfall of that other place. Looking forward to chatting all things energy and climate policy, along with the occasional dog/mountain pic.
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