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Resources Magazine: Developing Policies to Combat Invasive Species

Resources Magazine: Developing Policies to Combat Invasive Species

Rebecca Epanchin-Niell

Dec. 17, 2014

Fracking in Focus: A Look at Voluntary Environmental Information Disclosure and Firm Size

Fracking in Focus: A Look at Voluntary Environmental Information Disclosure and Firm Size

Zhongmin Wang

Dec. 16, 2014

Assessing the Outcome of the Lima Climate Talks

Assessing the Outcome of the Lima Climate Talks

Robert Stavins

Dec. 15, 2014

Forest Conservation Targeting Tool

Forest Conservation Targeting Tool

Allen Blackman

Dec. 13, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Dec. 12, 2014

Peak Water, or Peak Water Withdrawals?

Peak Water, or Peak Water Withdrawals?

Yusuke Kuwayama

Dec. 11, 2014

Resources Magazine: Greening the Global Economy. Roles for Business and Government

Resources Magazine: Greening the Global Economy. Roles for Business and Government

RFF Staff

Dec. 9, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Dec. 5, 2014

What to Expect at COP-20 in Lima

What to Expect at COP-20 in Lima

Robert Stavins

Dec. 5, 2014

Where Falling Oil Prices May Take Us Next

Where Falling Oil Prices May Take Us Next

Alan Krupnick

Dec. 3, 2014

Resources Magazine: Can Product Labels Nudge Energy Efficient Behavior?

Resources Magazine: Can Product Labels Nudge Energy Efficient Behavior?

Juha V. Siikamäki

Dec. 2, 2014

Land Conservation and Sea Level Rise—Florida Edition

Land Conservation and Sea Level Rise—Florida Edition

Margaret A. Walls

Nov. 24, 2014

Resources Magazine: Utilities and the US Energy Revolution: Confronting a Shifting Landscape

Resources Magazine: Utilities and the US Energy Revolution: Confronting a Shifting Landscape

RFF Staff

Nov. 24, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Nov. 21, 2014

Alternative Compliance Payments under the Clean Power Plan

Alternative Compliance Payments under the Clean Power Plan

Clayton Munnings

Nov. 21, 2014

Reconsidering the Rebound Effect

Reconsidering the Rebound Effect

Kenneth Gillingham, David Rapson, and Gernot Wagner

Nov. 19, 2014

Resources Magazine: Saving Europe’s Key Weapon against Climate Change

Resources Magazine: Saving Europe’s Key Weapon against Climate Change

Dallas Burtraw

Nov. 18, 2014

Lifting the Oil Export Ban: A Staged Approach

Lifting the Oil Export Ban: A Staged Approach

Jan Mares and Alan Krupnick

Nov. 17, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Nov. 17, 2014

US-China Agreement: Benefits of Modest Non-Binding Deal may be Mainly Political

US-China Agreement: Benefits of Modest Non-Binding Deal may be Mainly Political

Nathan Richardson

Nov. 13, 2014

Resources Magazine: EPA’s Clean Power Plan: Breaking Down the Building Blocks

Resources Magazine: EPA’s Clean Power Plan: Breaking Down the Building Blocks

RFF Staff

Nov. 11, 2014

Carbon Taxes under the Clean Power Plan

Carbon Taxes under the Clean Power Plan

Clayton Munnings

Nov. 10, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Nov. 7, 2014

The Final Stage of IPCC AR5 – Last Week’s Outcome in Copenhagen

The Final Stage of IPCC AR5 – Last Week’s Outcome in Copenhagen

Nov. 6, 2014