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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

Why Don’t More People Buy Flood Insurance?

Why Don’t More People Buy Flood Insurance?

Andrew Royal and Margaret A. Walls

Sept. 6, 2017

Managing Invasive Species with the Help of Public Participation

Managing Invasive Species with the Help of Public Participation

Rebecca Epanchin-Niell

Aug. 31, 2017

How Reliable Is DOE’s Grid Reliability Study?

How Reliable Is DOE’s Grid Reliability Study?

Alan Krupnick, Daniel Shawhan, and Paul Picciano

Aug. 28, 2017

A Bad Idea: Subsidizing Coal

A Bad Idea: Subsidizing Coal

Alan Krupnick

Aug. 11, 2017

On the Health Impacts of Fracking: Where the Public Debate Misses the Mark

On the Health Impacts of Fracking: Where the Public Debate Misses the Mark

Isabel Echarte and Alan Krupnick

Aug. 11, 2017

Carbon Capture and Sequestration Is Needed and Improving Despite Kemper Project Shutdown

Carbon Capture and Sequestration Is Needed and Improving Despite Kemper Project Shutdown

Alan Krupnick and Jan Mares

Aug. 3, 2017

Understanding Pennsylvania’s Proposed Severance Tax

Understanding Pennsylvania’s Proposed Severance Tax

Daniel Raimi

Aug. 1, 2017

California Takes an Important and Unified Step on Climate Change

California Takes an Important and Unified Step on Climate Change

Dallas Burtraw

July 18, 2017

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Mitigation Post-Flood: FEMA’s Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC) Coverage

Brett Lingle and Carolyn Kousky

July 7, 2017

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

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

Alan Krupnick and Justine Huetteman

July 6, 2017

A Look at President Trump’s Energy Speech

A Look at President Trump’s Energy Speech

Alan Krupnick

June 30, 2017

Ocean Optimism 2017: Seeing Opportunities in the Challenges

Ocean Optimism 2017: Seeing Opportunities in the Challenges

Angee Doerr, Don Gourlie, and Whit Saumweber

June 29, 2017

Addressing Uncertainty in Carbon Tax Design

Addressing Uncertainty in Carbon Tax Design

Joseph E. Aldy

June 23, 2017

Whither CO2? Seeking Science-Based Quantification of Carbon Cycle Uncertainty

Whither CO2? Seeking Science-Based Quantification of Carbon Cycle Uncertainty

Roger Cooke and Michael Oppenheimer

June 20, 2017

Do Consumers Benefit from Automobile Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Standards?

Do Consumers Benefit from Automobile Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Standards?

Benjamin Leard, Joshua Linn, and Yichen Zhou

June 14, 2017

Newell, Stavins Win Award for “Publication of Enduring Quality”

Newell, Stavins Win Award for “Publication of Enduring Quality”

Peter Nelson

June 14, 2017

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Putting Coal Jobs in Perspective

Maximilian Auffhammer and Carolyn Fischer

June 12, 2017

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RFF Webinar Series: Community Impacts of Unconventional Gas and Oil Development

Laura Zachary

June 6, 2017