Every year, air pollution kills 2,600 Australians. Australia’s new climate policy regime must account for this and other harms climate change wreaks on society.
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The social cost helps regulators factor in harm from climate change when they consider new rules and purchases, like buying electric- vs. gas-powered trucks for the Postal Service.
New research suggests there’s often a mismatch between how you respond and what the other person wants to hear.
When large companies move into an area, the result is often gentrification. When this happens, the economic and social costs for displaced residents is typically high.
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Professor of Architecture; Affiliate Faculty, Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Visiting Scholar of Marketing, Cornell University
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Ben L. Fryrear Chair in Marketing and Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Global Environmental Health, The Australian National University
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