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Resources Magazine: Complying with EPA’s Clean Power Plan: Options for States

Resources Magazine: Complying with EPA’s Clean Power Plan: Options for States

Karen Palmer and Anthony Paul

June 10, 2015

Financing the Highway Trust Fund: The Case for Higher Fuel Taxes

Financing the Highway Trust Fund: The Case for Higher Fuel Taxes

Alan Krupnick, Virginia McConnell, and William Raich

June 10, 2015

Resources Magazine: A View of the Environmental Policy Landscape from Outside the Beltway: An Interview with Paul Portney

Resources Magazine: A View of the Environmental Policy Landscape from Outside the Beltway: An Interview with Paul Portney

Peter Nelson

June 9, 2015

The EPA's Draft Report on Fracking and Drinking Water

The EPA's Draft Report on Fracking and Drinking Water

Alan Krupnick and Katrina McLaughlin

June 4, 2015

Resources Magazine: Pits versus Tanks: Comparing Storage Methods for Fluids Used in Fracking

Resources Magazine: Pits versus Tanks: Comparing Storage Methods for Fluids Used in Fracking

Sarah Aldy

June 2, 2015

New Issue of Resources Magazine: On the Frontiers of Climate Policy

New Issue of Resources Magazine: On the Frontiers of Climate Policy

Phil Sharp

June 1, 2015

How Bad is the Nation’s Transportation Infrastructure, and What are Future Spending Needs?

How Bad is the Nation’s Transportation Infrastructure, and What are Future Spending Needs?

Alan Krupnick, Virginia McConnell, and William Raich

May 29, 2015

Crude Oil Prices, Climate Change, and Global Welfare

Crude Oil Prices, Climate Change, and Global Welfare

Robert Stavins

May 28, 2015

This Is the Time for a Long-Term Solution to Highway Funding

This Is the Time for a Long-Term Solution to Highway Funding

Alan Krupnick, Virginia McConnell, and William Raich

May 22, 2015

Parks and Recreation this Memorial Day Weekend

Parks and Recreation this Memorial Day Weekend

Peter Nelson

May 22, 2015

Examining the Benefits of Invasive Species Prevention: The Role of Invader Temporal Characteristics

Examining the Benefits of Invasive Species Prevention: The Role of Invader Temporal Characteristics

Rebecca Epanchin-Niell

May 20, 2015

A Look at New Markets for Credit Trading under US Standards for Automobile Emissions and Fuel Economy

A Look at New Markets for Credit Trading under US Standards for Automobile Emissions and Fuel Economy

Benjamin Leard and Virginia McConnell

May 19, 2015

Joel Darmstadter: If Not a Carbon Tax and Universality, What Then?

Joel Darmstadter: If Not a Carbon Tax and Universality, What Then?

Peter Nelson

May 15, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

May 7, 2015

Assessing the Energy-Efficiency Gap

Assessing the Energy-Efficiency Gap

Robert Stavins

May 7, 2015

Neighboring Utah Counties See Differing Fiscal Effects from Oil-Gas Activity

Neighboring Utah Counties See Differing Fiscal Effects from Oil-Gas Activity

Daniel Raimi

May 6, 2015

Congress Doesn’t Have Veto Power Over the Clean Power Plan

Congress Doesn’t Have Veto Power Over the Clean Power Plan

Nathan Richardson

May 4, 2015

Significant, Widespread Health Benefits Possible under EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Significant, Widespread Health Benefits Possible under EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Dallas Burtraw

May 4, 2015

Vernal, Utah, Benefits from Fossils and Fossil Fuel Tax Revenues

Vernal, Utah, Benefits from Fossils and Fossil Fuel Tax Revenues

Daniel Raimi

May 1, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

April 29, 2015

Projected Reductions in Drilling Activity Do Not Undermine the Argument for Lifting the Crude Oil Export Ban

Projected Reductions in Drilling Activity Do Not Undermine the Argument for Lifting the Crude Oil Export Ban

Charles Mason

April 28, 2015

Road Maintenance Agreements Play Key Role in Utica Shale Region

Road Maintenance Agreements Play Key Role in Utica Shale Region

Daniel Raimi

April 27, 2015

BLM employees survey the Green River in Utah's Desolation Canyon Area

Reauthorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund: Three Key Issues

Margaret A. Walls

April 22, 2015

Wetzel County Realizes Benefits, Challenges of Marcellus Development

Wetzel County Realizes Benefits, Challenges of Marcellus Development

Daniel Raimi

April 19, 2015