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Market-Based Approaches to Environmental Policy: A “Refresher” Course

Paul R. Portney

June 15, 2020

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What’s at the Top of Your Stack?

Kristin Hayes and Daniel Raimi

June 15, 2020

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Team of Economists Calls Out Flawed Methods Applied to Justify MATS Rollbacks

Karen Palmer and Elizabeth Wason

May 8, 2020

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Confronting a New Future of Environmental Challenges

Paul R. Portney

April 29, 2020

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National Monuments Can Boost the Economy in the American West

Elizabeth Wason and Matthew Ashenfarb

March 18, 2020

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Plants, Pests, and Perfecting Inspection Models

Cole Martin

March 18, 2020

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Satellite Data Can Inform Water Policy

Yusuke Kuwayama

March 18, 2020

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It’s a Good Time for Women to Win the Nobel Prize

Catherine Wolfram and Elizabeth Wason

March 18, 2020

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A Blueprint for Durable Climate Policy: The Evolution of RGGI

Paul Picciano

March 18, 2020

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The Earth’s Vulnerable Species

Elizabeth Wason

March 18, 2020

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Is the Endangered Species Act under Threat?

Ya-Wei (Jake) Li and Daniel Raimi

March 18, 2020

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Florida Climate Outlook

Daniel Raimi, Amelia Keyes, and Cora Kingdon

March 18, 2020

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What’s at the Top of Your Stack?

Kristin Hayes and Daniel Raimi

March 18, 2020

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What’s at the Top of Your Stack?

Kristin Hayes and Daniel Raimi

Oct. 9, 2019

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Marty Weitzman, In Memoriam

Gernot Wagner

Oct. 9, 2019

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40 Big Ideas

Elizabeth Wason

Oct. 9, 2019

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Targeting Subsidies to Get More Electric Vehicles on the Road

Benjamin Leard

Oct. 9, 2019

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Building Best Practices for Managing Wildfire Smoke

Matthew Wibbenmeyer

Oct. 9, 2019

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How Clean is “Refined Coal”?

Brian C. Prest

Oct. 9, 2019

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Resources Radio: Catalyzing Markets toward Sustainability

Kyung-Ah Park and Elizabeth Wason

Oct. 9, 2019

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Satellites Help Keep Communities Safe from Toxic Algal Blooms

Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato

Oct. 9, 2019

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What Does an Electric Vehicle Replace?

Benjamin Leard

June 24, 2019

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Introducing the New Resources

Richard G. Newell

May 23, 2019

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The Social Cost of Water Pollution

David Keiser, Catherine Kling, and Daniel J. Phaneuf

May 16, 2019