Articles by Sean Casten
Sean Casten is president & CEO of Recycled Energy Development, LLC, a company devoted to profitably reducing greenhouse emissions.
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Electricity markets are weird: why a carbon price isn't enough
If power companies have to pay for their CO2 emissions, what will happen to the price of electricity? The answer isn't as obvious as you think.
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Me, in the movie 'Carbon Nation'
For those of you who missed my big screen debut last night in Millennium Park, it's safe to say you missed the opportunity of a lifetime.
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Why 'clean coal' will never, ever matter
Carbon capture and sequestration, the great hope of the coal industry, makes no economic sense under any scenario in which there's a price on carbon pollution. Here's why.
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As energy use goes, so goes the economy
Economic activity tends to track energy use. In particular, demand for electricity is a reliable predictor of economic growth. Recent trends in electricity demand portend bad news for the economy (and the Democrats).
