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William Nordhaus, Nobelist who influenced climate policy, dies at 85

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The Nobel committee in 2018 cited his work in developing a method to balance climate change’s long-term damage with the costs required to contain it.

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  1. Bloomberg

    William Nordhaus, Nobel Prize Winner Who Founded Climate Economics, Dies at 85 (opens Bloomberg)

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    William Nordhaus, who created revolutionary economic models of the effects of global warming, died Oct. 30 at 85.

  2. The Boston Globe

    William Nordhaus has died. Nobelist influenced climate policy. (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Dr. Nordhaus's economic-environmental model has underpinned dozens of regulations around the world and seeded the ground for a new field of research that bridges the gap between economics and earth science.

  3. Philadelphia Inquirer

    William Nordhaus, Nobelist who influenced climate policy, dies at 85 (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    The Nobel committee in 2018 cited his work in developing a method to balance climate change’s long-term damage with the costs required to contain it.

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