Energy costs on the march. Are solar, wind and other renewable energy to blame?
This column appeared in the Columbus Dispatch on October 15, 2021. See it here. by Brent Sohngen, Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Ohio State University The last year has been crazy in energy markets. The grid in Texas…
The pathway to net zero emissions runs straight through the farm
by Brent Sohngen, Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Ohio State University. [This post appeared in The Columbus Dispatch on August 5, 2021. Click here] These days, it seems, farmers can get paid for all kinds of stuff. While…
Biomass Energy from Forests Can Be Sustainable and Carbon Neutral
by Brent Sohngen (sohngen.1@osu.edu) Originally published by Inside Sources The issue of carbon neutrality for wood-based bioenergy just won’t go away. In recent months, Politico, The New York Times and CNN all have run high level stories that take the…
What’s going on with Lumber Prices?
Brent Sohngen, Professor Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. In case you haven’t noticed, lumber prices have increased a lot over the last year. Based on the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Lumber Price Index, which you can find here, lumber…
What’s all the buzz about climate change?
by Brent Sohngen, Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Ohio State University There has been an avalanche of news about climate change. President Biden hosted a bunch of heads of state at a climate conference, and announced a pledge…
The Benefits of Ohio Public Natural Spaces
Brent Sohngen, Dept. of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics Ohio doesn’t have a mountain, and we aren’t all that close to the ocean, but what Ohio lacks in altitude or coastal amenities, our natural areas make up for in attitude. …
Carbon in soils and trees: What should farmers and society worry about?
Carbon in soils and trees: What should farmers and society worry about? Brent Sohngen, Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Ohio State University As the US re-enters the Paris Agreement and companies all over the world work to become…
Re-entering Paris Agreement could reduce pollution, cost most Americans little
By Brent Sohngen This article ran in the Columbus Dispatch on February 13, 2021: https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/2021/02/13/re-entering-paris-agreement-likely-reduce-pollution-cost-americans-little/4282378001/ One of the first official acts of President Joe Biden was to re-enter the Paris Agreement, that 2015 pact among most of the world’s countries to…
Markets and consumers, not president, control oil’s future
The following appeared in the Columbus Dispatch on November 4, 2020: https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/2020/11/04/column-markets-and-consumers-not-president-control-oils-future/6136112002/ Brent Sohngen, AED Economics, Ohio State University For practically 150 years, oil has been at the center of the American economy. At first, it provided a source…
Recent UN climate negotiation failure leaves few good choices
By Brent Sohngen See original post in Columbus Dispatch Predictably, the recent United Nations meeting on climate change ended with lots of headlines and even more heartburn. The U.S. is again the grand villain of the negotiations, but we have…
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