Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE
@richardtol.bsky.social
Economist interested in energy, environment, and climate
EBS19 (E4 B3 S12), H126
ORCID https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-8012-3988
EBS19 (E4 B3 S12), H126
ORCID https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-8012-3988
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Doing non-causal inference (and being explicit about it), yet using a causal word as second word in the title.
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Doing non-causal inference (and being explicit about it), yet using a causal word as second word in the title.
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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My wife and I pay for life insurance even though we have never died. I pay for fire insurance even though my house has never burned down. That's not because we want to throw money at insurance companies. It's because THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My wife and I pay for life insurance even though we have never died. I pay for fire insurance even though my house has never burned down. That's not because we want to throw money at insurance companies. It's because THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS.
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Every transmission story the same. Every transmission story is the same. Every transmission story is the sa...
"India 's energy grid isn’t keeping up with a surge in clean power.
The country wants to reach 500 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030, but “we won’t be able to exceed it because there’s not enough transmission,”
www.ft.com/content/9950...
The country wants to reach 500 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030, but “we won’t be able to exceed it because there’s not enough transmission,”
www.ft.com/content/9950...
India’s grid deadlock threatens green power rollout
Expansion of the country’s power network has not kept pace with a surge in renewable projects
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Every transmission story the same. Every transmission story is the same. Every transmission story is the sa...
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Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
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📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
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BREAKING:
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BREAKING:
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
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📅 Book to attend the RES Summit on 2 December. The Summit is the RES’ annual webinar which draws together expert panels to explore the event theme. For 2025, that theme is Economics of the Justice System.
Click here to book to attend this online event: bit.ly/43lGt3D (1/2)
Click here to book to attend this online event: bit.ly/43lGt3D (1/2)
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
📅 Book to attend the RES Summit on 2 December. The Summit is the RES’ annual webinar which draws together expert panels to explore the event theme. For 2025, that theme is Economics of the Justice System.
Click here to book to attend this online event: bit.ly/43lGt3D (1/2)
Click here to book to attend this online event: bit.ly/43lGt3D (1/2)
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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"Acquiring the Karger journals will provide OUP with many more downstream transfer destinations, helping OUP to publish more of the articles that get rejected by their higher impact journals."
Depressing assessment of the commercial strategy guiding academic publishing.
Depressing assessment of the commercial strategy guiding academic publishing.
OUP acquires Karger's long tail
Hello fellow journalologists,
newsletter.journalology.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
"Acquiring the Karger journals will provide OUP with many more downstream transfer destinations, helping OUP to publish more of the articles that get rejected by their higher impact journals."
Depressing assessment of the commercial strategy guiding academic publishing.
Depressing assessment of the commercial strategy guiding academic publishing.
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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To fight communism, America bombed Laos more heavily than any country ever in history. It lost. It took in the refugees who managed to make it out. Now it has changed its mind and is shipping them back. What kind of government does this
A longtime Tucson physical therapist has been deported to Laos, the country he fled with family at age 6 in the 1970s. Vone Phrommany, 53, said he's arrived at a distant relative's home following five days of exhausting travel, while shackled at the wrists and ankles. tucson.com/news/local/s...
Tucson physical therapist deported to Laos after multiple, 'chaotic' flights
For Star subscribers: A longtime Tucson physical therapist has been deported to Laos after spending three months at the Eloy Detention Center.
tucson.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
To fight communism, America bombed Laos more heavily than any country ever in history. It lost. It took in the refugees who managed to make it out. Now it has changed its mind and is shipping them back. What kind of government does this
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He is learning from the best who to blame for his own policy
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
He is learning from the best who to blame for his own policy
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Agricultural innovation increased dramatically in response to environmental damage from the American Dust Bowl, substantially mitigating its economic impacts, from Jacob Moscona www.nber.org/papers/w34438
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Agricultural innovation increased dramatically in response to environmental damage from the American Dust Bowl, substantially mitigating its economic impacts, from Jacob Moscona www.nber.org/papers/w34438
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The BBC should serve as an example to all that there is nothing you can give the far rabid right that will satisfy it.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The BBC should serve as an example to all that there is nothing you can give the far rabid right that will satisfy it.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
It has simpered, pandered, soft-balled and fluff-jobbed, both-sidesed and debased itself into being a platform for liars to look down the camera and lie on, & it still gets fucked.
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Eleven of the parties in the provincial parliament of Limburg have now requested the Limburg government to look into the possibility of creating a (temporary) memorial for our Black American liberators in cooperation with Eijsden-Margraten (where the cemetery is located).
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Limburgse Statenleden willen tijdelijke herdenkingsplek voor zwarte bevrijders
Statenleden willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders nu hun informatiepanelen in Margraten zijn verwijderd
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Eleven of the parties in the provincial parliament of Limburg have now requested the Limburg government to look into the possibility of creating a (temporary) memorial for our Black American liberators in cooperation with Eijsden-Margraten (where the cemetery is located).
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
That's about $1.4 billion more than all those who have been whining about Gates not using the exact words they would have liked.
Bill Gates donates US$1.4 billion to help farmers adapt to climate change
The donation includes boosting crop yields and livestock production, and also providing digital advisory services
financialpost.com/news/bill-ga...
The donation includes boosting crop yields and livestock production, and also providing digital advisory services
financialpost.com/news/bill-ga...
Bill Gates donates US$1.4 billion to help farmers adapt to climate change
Bill Gates is pouring money into helping small-scale farmers adapt to climate change and address a gap in funding for production. Read more.
financialpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
That's about $1.4 billion more than all those who have been whining about Gates not using the exact words they would have liked.
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This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.
🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.
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A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
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This is the way
My reviewing style has changed over time. Rather than litigate every little thing, and pushing my own ideas, I focus only on 2 things:
(1) Are the claims interesting/important?
(2) Does the evidence support the claims?
Most of my reviews these days are short and focused.
(1) Are the claims interesting/important?
(2) Does the evidence support the claims?
Most of my reviews these days are short and focused.
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is the way
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Donald Trump’s economy. Where McDonalds is too expensive for 30-year-olds. The Golden Age.
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Donald Trump’s economy. Where McDonalds is too expensive for 30-year-olds. The Golden Age.
Environmentalists against democracy
You know what would be really funny?
Let’s tell the fossil fuel and Big Ag lobbyists that the next COP is going in the middle of the Sahara…And keep the *real* location a secret, only shared with international diplomats and climate policy experts?
Let’s tell the fossil fuel and Big Ag lobbyists that the next COP is going in the middle of the Sahara…And keep the *real* location a secret, only shared with international diplomats and climate policy experts?
a man stands in a desert surrounded by cactus plants
ALT: a man stands in a desert surrounded by cactus plants
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Environmentalists against democracy
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
The 2026 World Cup will be a repeat of 1978.
The Netherlands will walk away with our fourth silver medal.
The Netherlands will walk away with our fourth silver medal.
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The 2026 World Cup will be a repeat of 1978.
The Netherlands will walk away with our fourth silver medal.
The Netherlands will walk away with our fourth silver medal.
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London has been so dry since the sewer was connected in February that engineers haven’t been able to fully test whether it works as intended.
London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour - The Times and The Sunday Times
London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour - The Times and The Sunday Times
Why London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour — The Times and The Sunday Times
London’s water engineers don’t usually wish for downpours. Much of the capital’s sewer system dates to the Victorian era, combining rainwater with everything we flush down our toilets, which is why…
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
London has been so dry since the sewer was connected in February that engineers haven’t been able to fully test whether it works as intended.
London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour - The Times and The Sunday Times
London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour - The Times and The Sunday Times