The Energy Institute at Haas, a joint venture of UC Berkeley’s Haas Business School and the UC Energy Institute, is one of the better sources of academic research in energy policy. Those who don’t care to plow through their working papers (all of which are downloadable free online from the EI’s website) can view highlights, written in plain English in the Institute’s quarterly newsletter. The latest includes discussions of the impact of gas prices on the sorts of cars purchased, the economic rationale for appliance energy standards and the evolving impact of wind power on electricity markets.
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Professor Dieter Helm (Oxford) is a very fine fly fisherman, and an even better economist. If you haven’t done so, take a look at his new book “The Carbon Crunch: How We Are Getting Climate Change Wrong — and How to Fix It” for a bit of unconventional wisdom. He argues that politicians and the general public have not shown any real interest in addressing climate change. Helm argues that places like Europe should focus on setting a price for carbon that would cover consumption (and not just production), and that fracking could be a good “bridge” technology for reducing consumption of coal. The book is readable and insightful for those interested in the inside track on climate policy. 
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