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Helping States Move toward a Cleaner Electricity Future under the Clean Power Plan
Oct. 11, 2016

Does Water Scarcity Increase Carbon Emissions from the Electricity Sector?
Sept. 27, 2016

Washington State’s Initiative 732: Impact on Electricity Prices Should be Small
Sept. 21, 2016

Buying Flood Insurance after the Hurricane
Sept. 21, 2016

A Key Moment for California Climate Policy
Sept. 21, 2016

Lost at SEA...?
Sept. 15, 2016

Why Insurance Markets Won't Solve Climate Adaptation
Sept. 15, 2016

New Clean Energy Technology: The Fierce Urgency of How
Aug. 17, 2016

Is the Science Advisory Board’s Critique of EPA’s Fracking Report Justified?
Aug. 16, 2016

A Cost of Aging Water Infrastructure: Traffic Congestion
Aug. 12, 2016

Market Mechanisms in the Paris Climate Agreement: International Linkage under Article 6.2
Aug. 2, 2016

The Role of Insurance in Promoting Resilience
July 29, 2016

Nearly Tripled CAFE Fine Highlights Differences in EPA and NHTSA Rules
July 25, 2016

Trump and Coal Jobs
July 22, 2016

Remembering Molly
July 18, 2016

In Memoriam: Molly Macauley
July 9, 2016

Considering John Krutilla and the Environmental Turn in Natural Resource Economics
July 1, 2016

RFF President Phil Sharp Retires after 11 Years
July 1, 2016

The Impact of Shale Oil Development on Public Education in North Dakota
June 16, 2016

Supreme Court’s Stay of Clean Power Plan Fails an Economic Test
June 9, 2016

This Week in the RFF Library Blog
June 9, 2016

Senate Hearing on Clean Power Plan Stay
June 8, 2016

The Resurgence of Road Trips: A Changing Environmental Desire?
June 8, 2016

Consignment: A (Partial) Solution to the Clean Power Plan’s Free Allowance Allocation Problem
June 2, 2016