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Managing Revenues through a Downturn in Texas’s Eagle Ford Shale

Managing Revenues through a Downturn in Texas’s Eagle Ford Shale

Daniel Raimi

Jan. 30, 2017

Clarifying the Role of Behavioral Economics in Improving Policy Design

Clarifying the Role of Behavioral Economics in Improving Policy Design

Andrew Royal

Jan. 24, 2017

Takeaways from Rick Perry's Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of Energy

Takeaways from Rick Perry's Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of Energy

Alan Krupnick and Isabel Echarte

Jan. 19, 2017

How Pruitt’s Hearing Illuminated His View of His Role as EPA Administrator

How Pruitt’s Hearing Illuminated His View of His Role as EPA Administrator

Alan Krupnick

Jan. 19, 2017

Coastal Protected Lands and Sea-Level Rise

Coastal Protected Lands and Sea-Level Rise

Rebecca Epanchin-Niell, Carolyn Kousky, Alexandra Thompson, and Margaret A. Walls

Jan. 19, 2017

Fuel Economy Standards: Take the Time to Get It Right

Fuel Economy Standards: Take the Time to Get It Right

Joshua Linn and Alan Krupnick

Jan. 18, 2017

Impressions: Rep. Zinke’s Nomination Hearing to be Secretary of the Interior

Impressions: Rep. Zinke’s Nomination Hearing to be Secretary of the Interior

Alan Krupnick

Jan. 18, 2017

The Paris Agreement under Trump and the Merits of an Economy-Wide Carbon Tax

The Paris Agreement under Trump and the Merits of an Economy-Wide Carbon Tax

Marc Hafstead and Yunguang Chen

Jan. 17, 2017

Saving Coal: Reprieve Through Carbon Capture and Sequestration?

Saving Coal: Reprieve Through Carbon Capture and Sequestration?

Joel Darmstadter and Jan Mares

Jan. 4, 2017

The Sources of Decreasing US Electricity Sector Emissions

The Sources of Decreasing US Electricity Sector Emissions

Joshua Linn and Kristen McCormack

Jan. 3, 2017

The Challenge of Measuring Water Conservation Programs

The Challenge of Measuring Water Conservation Programs

Casey Wichman

Dec. 21, 2016

Understanding EPA’s Final Report on Hydraulic Fracturing

Understanding EPA’s Final Report on Hydraulic Fracturing

Isabel Echarte, Alan Krupnick, and Daniel Raimi

Dec. 15, 2016

NASA Selects RFF as Home for New Earth Observation Consortium

NASA Selects RFF as Home for New Earth Observation Consortium

Peter Nelson

Dec. 12, 2016

Is Flood Insurance Too Expensive?

Is Flood Insurance Too Expensive?

Carolyn Kousky and Leonard Shabman

Dec. 9, 2016

The Permian Basin: Local Fiscal Benefits, Challenges, and Surprises

The Permian Basin: Local Fiscal Benefits, Challenges, and Surprises

Daniel Raimi

Dec. 6, 2016

California’s New Legislation on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants

California’s New Legislation on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants

Jhih-Shyang Shih and Dallas Burtraw

Nov. 11, 2016

Divergent Fiscal Impacts in Neighboring Pennsylvania Counties

Divergent Fiscal Impacts in Neighboring Pennsylvania Counties

Daniel Raimi

Nov. 10, 2016

The Trump Administration and Climate

The Trump Administration and Climate

Nathan Richardson

Nov. 10, 2016

Five Climate Guideposts for the Next Administration

Five Climate Guideposts for the Next Administration

David Hayes

Nov. 4, 2016

Franchising National Parks? Lessons from the Nobel Laureates

Franchising National Parks? Lessons from the Nobel Laureates

Margaret A. Walls

Nov. 2, 2016

Bakken 2016: Managing a Downturn and Planning for an Uncertain Future

Bakken 2016: Managing a Downturn and Planning for an Uncertain Future

Daniel Raimi

Oct. 28, 2016

When Environmental Anxiety Confronted the Energy Crisis

When Environmental Anxiety Confronted the Energy Crisis

Joel Darmstadter

Oct. 24, 2016

A Tool for Meeting Emissions Reductions Targets under a Carbon Tax

A Tool for Meeting Emissions Reductions Targets under a Carbon Tax

Marc Hafstead, Gilbert Metcalf, and Roberton C. Williams III

Oct. 17, 2016

Local Fiscal Impacts of a Drilling Slowdown Along Colorado’s Front Range

Local Fiscal Impacts of a Drilling Slowdown Along Colorado’s Front Range

Daniel Raimi

Oct. 11, 2016