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SEI and Tufts celebrate a decade of collaboration with Nexus Symposium

Past event / To mark 10 years of a close research affiliation between Tufts and SEI, Tufts University Institute for the Environment and SEI-US will host a public seminar.

Using carbon tax revenues to help attain climate goals: insights for Washington State from existing programs

SEI working paper / How to use revenues from a carbon tax to achieve climate and non-climate goals, based on insights from the State of Washington.

Shasta River Water Allocation Model

Project / SEI is developing the Shasta River Water Allocation Model to help evaluate potential management actions in the watershed under the California Water Action Plan.

Valuation of fish production services in river basins: a case study of the Columbia River

Journal article / A bio-economic model to assess the capacity of the Columbia River to provide four ecosystem services and an estimate of their use in terms of economic welfare

Final Obama administration analysis shows expanding oil supply increases CO2

Perspective / A Bureau of Ocean Energy Management report shows ceasing new Arctic and Gulf of Mexico drilling could decrease global CO2 by over 2 billion tonnes cumulatively.

Effect of government subsidies for upstream oil infrastructure on U.S. oil production and global CO2 emissions

SEI working paper / The effect of subsidies on U.S. oil production, focusing on fields that have been discovered but not yet developed, and the climate implications.

How would eliminating subsidies to the U.S. oil industry affect potential oil production and CO2 emissions?

SEI brief / How would eliminating subsidies to the U.S. oil industry affect potential oil production and CO2 emissions?

Responses of human health and vegetation exposure metrics to changes in ozone concentration distributions in the European Union, United States, and China

Journal article

Obama’s Arctic oil ban advances key climate test

Perspective / Efforts to slow the expansion of fossil-fuel infrastructure can forestall entrenched interests and emissions until more far-reaching policies are in place.