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How Do You Put a Price on Ecological Damage from Marine Oil Pollution?

How Do You Put a Price on Ecological Damage from Marine Oil Pollution?

July 20, 2015

Governing Uncertainty

Governing Uncertainty

July 20, 2015

Good Cop/Bad Cop

Good Cop/Bad Cop

July 20, 2015

Economic Analysis for Ecosystem-Based Management

Economic Analysis for Ecosystem-Based Management

July 20, 2015

RFF in Copenhagen

RFF in Copenhagen

July 20, 2015

Affordable Medicines Facility-Malaria (AMFm) - CDDEP

Affordable Medicines Facility-Malaria (AMFm) - CDDEP

July 20, 2015

Project Team - The World's Forests

Project Team - The World's Forests

July 20, 2015

Forest Resources

The World’s Forests: Design and Implementation of Effective Measurement and Monitoring

Resources for the Future

July 20, 2015

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: The Promises of Multi-State Compatibility

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: The Promises of Multi-State Compatibility

Dallas Burtraw and Karen Palmer

July 20, 2015

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: What Will EPA Do If States Won’t Play Ball?

What to Watch For in EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan: What Will EPA Do If States Won’t Play Ball?

Nathan Richardson and Arthur G. Fraas

July 20, 2015

Inside the Fence: Keep an Eye on Cofiring under the Clean Power Plan

Inside the Fence: Keep an Eye on Cofiring under the Clean Power Plan

Dallas Burtraw

July 16, 2015

Timing: An Easy Concession for EPA?

Timing: An Easy Concession for EPA?

Nathan Richardson and Dallas Burtraw

July 15, 2015

A Quick Legal FAQ on EPA’s Clean Power Plan

A Quick Legal FAQ on EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Nathan Richardson

July 14, 2015

Comparing Emissions Mitigation Efforts on the International Stage: Evaluating Metrics

Comparing Emissions Mitigation Efforts on the International Stage: Evaluating Metrics

William Pizer

July 10, 2015

A Key Moment is Coming for the IPCC’s Future

A Key Moment is Coming for the IPCC’s Future

Robert Stavins

July 9, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

July 2, 2015

Alternative Policies for Financing the Highway Trust Fund

Alternative Policies for Financing the Highway Trust Fund

Virginia McConnell, Alan Krupnick, and William Raich

July 1, 2015

Adaptation: An Essential, but Lagging, Part of Global Warming Policy

Adaptation: An Essential, but Lagging, Part of Global Warming Policy

Joel Darmstadter

June 29, 2015

Low Allowance Prices in the EU Emissions Trading System: New Research on an Evolving Program

Low Allowance Prices in the EU Emissions Trading System: New Research on an Evolving Program

Dallas Burtraw

June 25, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

June 24, 2015

North Slope Borough: Huge revenues, future challenges

North Slope Borough: Huge revenues, future challenges

Daniel Raimi

June 24, 2015

Lower CO2 emissions from trucks are in the works

Lower CO2 emissions from trucks are in the works

Alan Krupnick, Benjamin Leard, Virginia McConnell, and William Raich

June 23, 2015

Alaska Oil, Gas Play Large, Indirect Role in Kenai Public Finances

Alaska Oil, Gas Play Large, Indirect Role in Kenai Public Finances

Daniel Raimi

June 19, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

June 11, 2015