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Promoting Hydrogen: The Plan for Evaluating Hydrogen-Hub Project Proposals
Oct. 12, 2022

Who Puts a Price on Carbon?
Sept. 30, 2022

The Greenhouse Gas Index: A Metric for Greenhouse Gas–Intensive Products
Sept. 28, 2022

Institutional Strategies for State-Level Decarbonization of the Electricity Grid
Sept. 23, 2022

What Do Hydrogen-Hub Proposers Want? We’ve Summarized Their Comments to the Department of Energy
Sept. 14, 2022

What Is an “Energy Community”?
Sept. 7, 2022

Flood Insurance, Resilience, and Recovery from Disasters: The Case of Eastern Kentucky
Aug. 31, 2022

How the Inflation Reduction Act Can Help Hydrogen Hubs Succeed
Aug. 29, 2022

Energy Security and Decarbonization: RFF’s Policy Leadership Series
Aug. 25, 2022

Inflation Reduction Act Can Achieve Emissions Reductions Even with Oil and Gas Provisions
Aug. 15, 2022

Improving Public Data on the Carbon Intensity of the US Electric Grid
Aug. 12, 2022

Inflation Reduction Act: Electric Vehicle Subsidies for Passenger Vehicles
Aug. 11, 2022

California Cap and Trade Explained
Aug. 10, 2022

Climate Policy, Environmental Justice, and the Inflation Reduction Act
Aug. 8, 2022

Inflation Reduction Act: Examining Electric Vehicle Subsidies for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles
Aug. 5, 2022

Considering Another Export Ban on US Crude Oil: What Would Happen to Gasoline Prices?
Aug. 2, 2022

Designing Effective Environmental Policies by Letting Markets for Pollution Allowances Determine the Value and Quantity of Environmental Commodities
July 19, 2022

The Role of Voluntary Carbon Markets in Achieving Net-Zero Goals
July 13, 2022

The Consequences of the Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Ruling for Environmental Regulation
July 6, 2022

Three Insights from the Debate Over Minimum Offer Price Rules in Electricity Markets
July 6, 2022

Hydrogen Hubs: Helping Ensure Their Success
July 1, 2022

Climate Philanthropy and Transformational Change: RFF’s Policy Leadership Series
June 30, 2022

Income Inequality Is a Key Driver of Decreased Residential Electricity Consumption
June 23, 2022

Now’s the Time: How States Can Take Advantage of High Energy Prices
June 8, 2022