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Defining the Unknown: A Look at the Cost of Tighter Ozone Standards

Defining the Unknown: A Look at the Cost of Tighter Ozone Standards

Alan Krupnick, Joshua Linn, and Kristen McCormack

Sept. 25, 2015

Back to the Bakken

Back to the Bakken

Daniel Raimi

Sept. 24, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Sept. 14, 2015

All or Nothing: Environmentalists Are Still Unhappy About Obama’s Climate Policies

All or Nothing: Environmentalists Are Still Unhappy About Obama’s Climate Policies

Alan Krupnick

Sept. 2, 2015

A Key Element for the Forthcoming Paris Climate Agreement

A Key Element for the Forthcoming Paris Climate Agreement

Robert Stavins

Sept. 2, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Aug. 31, 2015

The Agency vs. the Industry: Who’s Got It Right on Methane?

The Agency vs. the Industry: Who’s Got It Right on Methane?

Alan Krupnick

Aug. 25, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Aug. 24, 2015

A Virtuous Cycle? The Economics of Bicycle Sharing

A Virtuous Cycle? The Economics of Bicycle Sharing

Casey Wichman

Aug. 20, 2015

Global Benefit-Cost Analysis in US Climate Policy: Heresy or Evolutionary Logic?

Global Benefit-Cost Analysis in US Climate Policy: Heresy or Evolutionary Logic?

Joel Darmstadter

Aug. 17, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Aug. 17, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Aug. 10, 2015

10 Things We Looked for in the Clean Power Plan… and What We Found

10 Things We Looked for in the Clean Power Plan… and What We Found

Nathan Richardson

Aug. 3, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Aug. 3, 2015

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: When Do New Plants “Exist”?

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: When Do New Plants “Exist”?

Anthony Paul and Nathan Richardson

July 29, 2015

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: Trading

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: Trading

Clayton Munnings and Anthony Paul

July 27, 2015

Do Information Nudges Help Conserve Water?

Do Information Nudges Help Conserve Water?

Casey Wichman

July 27, 2015

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: Can EPA Head Off Legal Challenges?

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: Can EPA Head Off Legal Challenges?

Nathan Richardson

July 23, 2015

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: Protecting Electricity Reliability

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: Protecting Electricity Reliability

Karen Palmer

July 23, 2015

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: More Guidance from EPA on “Outside the Fence” Measures

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: More Guidance from EPA on “Outside the Fence” Measures

Nathan Richardson and Karen Palmer

July 21, 2015

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: Controversy over the New Source Rule, but Does It Even Matter?

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: Controversy over the New Source Rule, but Does It Even Matter?

Dallas Burtraw and Nathan Richardson

July 21, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

July 21, 2015

America’s Oil Addiction: Tensions and Tradeoffs

America’s Oil Addiction: Tensions and Tradeoffs

July 20, 2015

Mercurys Toxic Emissions And How to Reduce Them

Mercurys Toxic Emissions And How to Reduce Them

John Anderson

July 20, 2015