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What Should We Make of China’s Announcement of a National CO2 Trading System?

What Should We Make of China’s Announcement of a National CO2 Trading System?

Robert Stavins

Jan. 8, 2018

What to Make of the Newest Study Linking Fracking to Low Birth Weight

What to Make of the Newest Study Linking Fracking to Low Birth Weight

Daniel Raimi, Isabel Echarte, and Alan Krupnick

Dec. 19, 2017

A Landmark California Climate Program Enjoys New Opportunities

A Landmark California Climate Program Enjoys New Opportunities

Dallas Burtraw

Dec. 18, 2017

The Confidence Trap: Dysfunctional Dialogues about Climate

The Confidence Trap: Dysfunctional Dialogues about Climate

Roger Cooke

Dec. 13, 2017

How Will Climate Change Affect Outdoor Recreation?

How Will Climate Change Affect Outdoor Recreation?

Nathan Chan and Casey Wichman

Dec. 6, 2017

Cap-and-Trade Policy Potential in Oregon: Addressing Emissions Leakage

Cap-and-Trade Policy Potential in Oregon: Addressing Emissions Leakage

Joshua Linn and Kristin Hayes

Nov. 29, 2017

Calculating Various Fuel Prices under a Carbon Tax

Calculating Various Fuel Prices under a Carbon Tax

Marc Hafstead and Paul Picciano

Nov. 28, 2017

Monetizing Global Pollution Impacts for The Lancet’s New Report

Monetizing Global Pollution Impacts for The Lancet’s New Report

Maureen L. Cropper and Alan Krupnick

Oct. 20, 2017

Informing Transparency in the Paris Agreement: The Role of Economic Analyses

Informing Transparency in the Paris Agreement: The Role of Economic Analyses

Brian Flannery

Oct. 19, 2017

Economic Reregulation, Environmental Deregulation, and the Future of US Coal-Fired Generation

Economic Reregulation, Environmental Deregulation, and the Future of US Coal-Fired Generation

Karen Palmer

Oct. 17, 2017

DOE’s Grid Resiliency Pricing Rule: Does It Address Market Failures?

DOE’s Grid Resiliency Pricing Rule: Does It Address Market Failures?

Tim Brennan

Oct. 16, 2017

Big Steps, High Stakes: Preparing to Trade Carbon Dioxide in China

Big Steps, High Stakes: Preparing to Trade Carbon Dioxide in China

Lawrence H. Goulder, Valerie Karplus, and Richard D. Morgenstern

Oct. 16, 2017

Climate Change and the "Confidence Trap": A Podcast with Roger Cooke

Climate Change and the "Confidence Trap": A Podcast with Roger Cooke

Peter Nelson and Roger Cooke

Oct. 15, 2017

Hazy Treatment of Health Benefits: The Case of the Clean Power Plan

Hazy Treatment of Health Benefits: The Case of the Clean Power Plan

Alan Krupnick and Amelia Keyes

Oct. 13, 2017

Muddying the Waters of the United States: Trump Administration Takes Aim at EPA Rule

Muddying the Waters of the United States: Trump Administration Takes Aim at EPA Rule

Alan Krupnick and Justine Huetteman

Oct. 11, 2017

Casey Wichman on Global versus Domestic Benefits in Assessing US Climate Action

Casey Wichman on Global versus Domestic Benefits in Assessing US Climate Action

Peter Nelson

Oct. 11, 2017

Are Floods Getting Worse for the National Flood Insurance Program?

Are Floods Getting Worse for the National Flood Insurance Program?

Carolyn Kousky and Brett Lingle

Oct. 11, 2017

Unpacking the Administration’s Revised Social Cost of Carbon

Unpacking the Administration’s Revised Social Cost of Carbon

Richard G. Newell

Oct. 10, 2017

Truth in Advertising: Will the Trump Administration’s Proposed Methane Rule Deferral Save on Costs?

Truth in Advertising: Will the Trump Administration’s Proposed Methane Rule Deferral Save on Costs?

Alan Krupnick and Isabel Echarte

Oct. 5, 2017

New Issue of Resources Magazine: Fall 2017

New Issue of Resources Magazine: Fall 2017

Peter Nelson

Oct. 5, 2017

Climate Hawks in the Trump Administration

Climate Hawks in the Trump Administration

Joel Darmstadter

Oct. 2, 2017

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Carbon Tax Calculator

Marc Hafstead

Sept. 25, 2017

New RFF Vice President for Land, Water, and Nature: Ann M. Bartuska

New RFF Vice President for Land, Water, and Nature: Ann M. Bartuska

Peter Nelson

Sept. 25, 2017

How Should We Adapt to a Changing Climate?

How Should We Adapt to a Changing Climate?

Peter Nelson

Sept. 25, 2017