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Do Generator Subsidies Create a Problem with Electricity Capacity Markets?

Tim Brennan

Dec. 14, 2018

Does Integrated Resource Planning Integrate Electricity Demand?

Does Integrated Resource Planning Integrate Electricity Demand?

Dallas Burtraw

Dec. 13, 2018

Resources Radio: Agriculture and Climate Change, with Fran Moore

Resources Radio: Agriculture and Climate Change, with Fran Moore

Daniel Raimi, Fran Moore, and Kate Petersen

Dec. 11, 2018

EPA’s Regulatory Rollback for Coal: New Plants Would Cause an Estimated 3-6 US Deaths from Air Pollution for Each Job Supported at Coal Mines

EPA’s Regulatory Rollback for Coal: New Plants Would Cause an Estimated 3-6 US Deaths from Air Pollution for Each Job Supported at Coal Mines

Daniel Shawhan

Dec. 10, 2018

How State-Level Action on Carbon Emissions Stacks Up

How State-Level Action on Carbon Emissions Stacks Up

Marc Hafstead

Dec. 6, 2018

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Should the Clean Air Act Cover Forest Fires?

Alan Krupnick

Nov. 28, 2018

Buyer Beware: An Analysis of the Latest Flawed Carbon Tax Report

Buyer Beware: An Analysis of the Latest Flawed Carbon Tax Report

Marc Hafstead

Nov. 28, 2018

Baby Steps for Conservation in Georgia

Baby Steps for Conservation in Georgia

Margaret A. Walls

Nov. 16, 2018

Conflicting Measurements Reduce Uncertainty in Climate Science? We Can Work It Out

Conflicting Measurements Reduce Uncertainty in Climate Science? We Can Work It Out

Roger Cooke and Bruce Wielicki

Nov. 8, 2018

Quick Takes on Climate and Energy after the 2018 US Midterm Elections

Quick Takes on Climate and Energy after the 2018 US Midterm Elections

Adrienne Young

Nov. 7, 2018

Can US Capacity Markets Keep Up with an Evolving Electric Grid?

Can US Capacity Markets Keep Up with an Evolving Electric Grid?

Kathryne Cleary and Karen Palmer

Nov. 6, 2018

PJM and ISO-NE Tackle Capacity Market Reform: Did They Succeed?

PJM and ISO-NE Tackle Capacity Market Reform: Did They Succeed?

Kathryne Cleary and Karen Palmer

Nov. 5, 2018

Washington State’s I-1631 Isn’t (Primarily) a Carbon Tax Initiative

Washington State’s I-1631 Isn’t (Primarily) a Carbon Tax Initiative

Roberton C. Williams III

Nov. 5, 2018

Will Voters Set Back Oil and Gas Development in Colorado?

Will Voters Set Back Oil and Gas Development in Colorado?

Daniel Raimi and Alan Krupnick

Nov. 2, 2018

Agencies Should Account for Credit Trading in Estimating Costs of CAFE Compliance

Agencies Should Account for Credit Trading in Estimating Costs of CAFE Compliance

Benjamin Leard and Virginia McConnell

Nov. 1, 2018

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Determining WTO-Compliant Border Tax Adjustments for 35 Energy-Intense, Trade-Exposed Industries

Brian Flannery and Jan Mares

Oct. 30, 2018

RFF Comments on NHTSA and EPA Fuel Economy and GHG Standards

RFF Comments on NHTSA and EPA Fuel Economy and GHG Standards

Joshua Linn and Kevin Rennert

Oct. 26, 2018

Missing Fuel Cost Savings: Some Clues Emerge

Missing Fuel Cost Savings: Some Clues Emerge

Joshua Linn

Oct. 9, 2018

RFF President Richard Newell Receives the USAEE Adelman-Frankel Award

RFF President Richard Newell Receives the USAEE Adelman-Frankel Award

Richard G. Newell

Sept. 28, 2018

Marking a Decade of Climate Cap and Trade Policy Leadership

Marking a Decade of Climate Cap and Trade Policy Leadership

Karen Palmer and Dallas Burtraw

Sept. 25, 2018

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The Outdoor Recreation Economy and Public Lands

Margaret A. Walls

Sept. 25, 2018

The Case of the Disappearing Fuel Cost Savings

The Case of the Disappearing Fuel Cost Savings

Justine Huetteman and Joshua Linn

Sept. 24, 2018

Relaxing EPA’s Methane Rule: Should It Stay or Should It Go?

Relaxing EPA’s Methane Rule: Should It Stay or Should It Go?

Justine Huetteman and Alan Krupnick

Sept. 20, 2018

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Recovering from Disasters: Evaluating FEMA’s Housing Assistance Program in the 2017 Hurricane Season

Margaret A. Walls and Danae Hernandez Cortes

Sept. 19, 2018