{"630122":{"#nid":"630122","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Energy Policy Researcher Writes About \u2018Green New Deal\u2019 in \u2018Scientific American\u2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy Michael Pearson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor Marilyn Brown has written an article for \u003Cem\u003EScientific American\u003C\/em\u003E analyzing the employment impact of the proposed \u0026ldquo;Green New Deal\u0026rdquo; climate change plan.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBrown\u0026rsquo;s analysis with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/majid-ahmadi\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E Ph.D. student Majid Ahmadi \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/would-a-green-new-deal-add-or-kill-jobs\/\u0022\u003Eanalysis\u003C\/a\u003E, published Dec. 17 as the featured story on the publication\u0026rsquo;s website, finds that \u0026ldquo;it is possible to rapidly lower CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E emissions, while expanding employment by an additional 35 million job-years over the next three decades.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m thrilled that we are able to bring a research-focused perspective on this issue to \u003Cem\u003EScientific American\u0026rsquo;s\u003C\/em\u003E monthly audience of 7 million online readers,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/brown\u0022\u003EBrown\u003C\/a\u003E, director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cepl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EClimate and Energy Policy Lab\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;Analyzing the impact of proposed climate change mitigation policies to help drive innovation and beneficial change is a core function of our work.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe analysis by Brown and Ahmadi modeled an escalating $60 tax on each metric ton of CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E emitted by the U.S. energy system as proposed in the U.S. Green Party\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ldquo;Green New Deal,\u0026rdquo; or GND. They also modeled a more modest $25 per-ton tax. Each scenario would reduce carbon emissions, the primary driver of climate change, while creating more jobs than would be generated should emissions remain on their current trajectory, according to the analysis. But the more modest $25 tax would create more jobs across the country than the $60 tax proposed by GND advocates, while still significantly reducing emissions, Brown and Ahmadi estimate.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile jobs would undoubtedly be lost in the energy supply sectors in either scenario, Brown and Ahmadi wrote in \u003Cem\u003EScientific American, \u003C\/em\u003Eemployment in clean-energy industries would more than make up for those losses.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother proposal contained in the GND\u0026mdash;tax rebates funded by revenues generated by carbon taxes\u0026mdash;would offset higher utility bills for consumers resulting from the transition to less carbon-dependent energy sources, according to Brown and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/majid-ahmadi\u0022\u003EAhmadi\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;By using the clean technologies that a GND carbon tax would promote, Americans do not have to travel less, freeze in the winter, take cold showers, or cut the output of their manufacturing plants to reduce U.S. carbon emissions,\u0026rdquo; Brown and Ahmadi wrote. \u0026ldquo;Our independent analysis, along with a growing body of research, suggests that a low-carbon economy would promote innovation, open up new markets, and produce an economy with more jobs\u0026mdash;a greener economy worth investing in.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe CEPL, which is located in the School of Public Policy, administers the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cepl.gatech.edu\/mseem\u0022\u003EMaster of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Management\u003C\/a\u003E. Its researchers use a multidisciplinary quantitative approach to forecast the speed and market penetration of new and improved energy technologies and the ability of alternative policies to accelerate the adoption of clean energy technologies and practices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Public Policy is a unit of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/brown\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor Marilyn Brown has written an article for \u003Cem\u003EScientific American\u003C\/em\u003E analyzing the employment impact of the proposed \u0026ldquo;Green New Deal\u0026rdquo; climate change plan.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The article focuses on the jobs impact of the proposed environmental legislation."}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2019-12-17 15:42:26","changed_gmt":"2019-12-23 14:38:25","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"617552":{"id":"617552","type":"image","title":"Marilyn Brown","body":null,"created":"1549654607","gmt_created":"2019-02-08 19:36:47","changed":"1549654607","gmt_changed":"2019-02-08 19:36:47","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235058","name":"Brown Portrait High Res 2018.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Brown%20Portrait%20High%20Res%202018.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Brown%20Portrait%20High%20Res%202018.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1084696,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Brown%20Portrait%20High%20Res%202018.png?itok=xDn4Rjz4"}}},"media_ids":["617552"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/features\/Georgia-Tech-Greenlink-clean-energy-consulting-firm","title":"Clean Energy: Modeling Platform Developed at Georgia Tech Powers Atlanta Project"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2019\/9\/georgia-tech-climate-conference-showcases-ivan-allen-college-change-expertise\/626892","title":"Georgia Tech Climate Conference Showcases Ivan Allen College Climate Change Expertise"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2019\/8\/alliance-save-energy-honors-public-policy-professor-marilyn-brown\/625883","title":"Alliance to Save Energy Honors Public Policy Professor Marilyn Brown"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"330","name":"Marilyn Brown"},{"id":"180453","name":"Green New Deal"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMichael Pearson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmichael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.2290\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}