This Washington Post article discusses a recent paper, co-authored by Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Faculty Fellow Billy Pizer. It offers the things the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative did and did not do well.

Ecuador's Yasuni National Park is one of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth. But there's a complication: The park sits on top of the equivalent of millions of barrels of oil. Billy Pizer, faculty fellow at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, comments in this NPR Morning Edition story.

Ecuador's Yasuni National Park is an amazing rainforest, hoome to jaguars, giant otters, the golden-mantled tamarin and woolly monkeys. The park also sits on top of hundreds of millions of barrels of oil, worth billions of dollars. Billy Pizer, faculty fellow at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, comments on NPR's Planet Money.

President Barack Obama got green hearts fluttering when he devoted more time to climate change than any other single issue during his inaugural address. But don’t expect a climate crusade. It’s more like covert action. Bill Pizer, faculty fellow at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, comments.