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Resources Magazine: Mapping the Value of Ecosystem Services in Latin America and the Caribbean

Resources Magazine: Mapping the Value of Ecosystem Services in Latin America and the Caribbean

Juha V. Siikamäki and Rebecca Epanchin-Niell

Feb. 17, 2015

Understanding President Obama’s Arctic Development Plans

Understanding President Obama’s Arctic Development Plans

Alan Krupnick and Katrina McLaughlin

Feb. 12, 2015

EPA's New Source Review Program: A Look at Permit Processing Time

EPA's New Source Review Program: A Look at Permit Processing Time

Arthur G. Fraas

Feb. 10, 2015

Resources Magazine: Wood Energy in Developed Economies: An Overlooked Renewable

Resources Magazine: Wood Energy in Developed Economies: An Overlooked Renewable

Francisco Aguilar

Feb. 10, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Feb. 9, 2015

A Challenge for the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement

A Challenge for the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement

Robert Stavins

Feb. 3, 2015

Resources Magazine: Federal Disaster Aid: Reflections from Superstorm Sandy

Resources Magazine: Federal Disaster Aid: Reflections from Superstorm Sandy

RFF Staff

Feb. 3, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Feb. 2, 2015

Resources Magazine: Renewable Energy from Landfills

Resources Magazine: Renewable Energy from Landfills

Jhih-Shyang Shih

Jan. 28, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Jan. 21, 2015

Resources Magazine: Praying for Wind: Pollution Solution?

Resources Magazine: Praying for Wind: Pollution Solution?

Phil Sharp

Jan. 21, 2015

New Issue of Resources Magazine

New Issue of Resources Magazine

RFF Staff

Jan. 20, 2015

Oil/Gas Activity Boosts Economy, Government Revenue in NM's Permian Basin

Oil/Gas Activity Boosts Economy, Government Revenue in NM's Permian Basin

Daniel Raimi

Jan. 16, 2015

EPA's Methane Announcement: Connecting Some Dots

EPA's Methane Announcement: Connecting Some Dots

Alan Krupnick

Jan. 14, 2015

Brazil Takes a Turn for - What?

Brazil Takes a Turn for - What?

Joel Darmstadter

Jan. 13, 2015

Prioritizing Policies for Biodiversity Conservation: A new RFF Press Book

Prioritizing Policies for Biodiversity Conservation: A new RFF Press Book

Allen Blackman

Jan. 9, 2015

2014 Workshops on Shale Public Finance

2014 Workshops on Shale Public Finance

Daniel Raimi

Dec. 31, 2014

Budgeting through 'Boom and Bust' in McAlester

Budgeting through 'Boom and Bust' in McAlester

Daniel Raimi

Dec. 29, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Dec. 22, 2014

Treatment of New Natural Gas under the Clean Power Plan

Treatment of New Natural Gas under the Clean Power Plan

Clayton Munnings

Dec. 22, 2014

Government Revenue, Road Repair Needs Surge in NW Oklahoma

Government Revenue, Road Repair Needs Surge in NW Oklahoma

Daniel Raimi

Dec. 22, 2014

The Future of the Endangered Species Act: Challenges, Opportunities, and Partnerships

The Future of the Endangered Species Act: Challenges, Opportunities, and Partnerships

James Boyd

Dec. 19, 2014

New York State Fracking Ban: Gov. Cuomo Follows "Precautionary Principle"

New York State Fracking Ban: Gov. Cuomo Follows "Precautionary Principle"

Alan Krupnick

Dec. 18, 2014

Falling Oil Prices and US Economic Activity

Falling Oil Prices and US Economic Activity

Stephen P. A. Brown

Dec. 18, 2014