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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

Oil, Gas Drive Government Revenue in Kansas’ Hugoton Region

Oil, Gas Drive Government Revenue in Kansas’ Hugoton Region

Daniel Raimi

April 16, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

April 14, 2015

Show Us the Money: An Early Look at Utility Bill Savings from Municipal Benchmarking and Disclosure Laws

Show Us the Money: An Early Look at Utility Bill Savings from Municipal Benchmarking and Disclosure Laws

Karen Palmer

April 9, 2015

Managing Oil-Gas Activity Costs a Challenge in Southern Kansas

Managing Oil-Gas Activity Costs a Challenge in Southern Kansas

Daniel Raimi

April 2, 2015

Using the Social Cost of Carbon in the Bureau of Land Management’s Planning: An Opportunity for a Carbon Price?

Using the Social Cost of Carbon in the Bureau of Land Management’s Planning: An Opportunity for a Carbon Price?

Alan Krupnick

March 31, 2015

Should We Price the Carbon From Federal Coal?

Should We Price the Carbon From Federal Coal?

Alan Krupnick, Nathan Richardson, Joel Darmstadter, and Katrina McLaughlin

March 30, 2015

Competing Goals in Fishery Management: A Case Study in Alaska

Competing Goals in Fishery Management: A Case Study in Alaska

Kailin Kroetz

March 25, 2015

When Reasonable Policy Discussions Become Unreasonable Personal Attacks

When Reasonable Policy Discussions Become Unreasonable Personal Attacks

Robert Stavins

March 23, 2015

BLM’s New Fracking Rules

BLM’s New Fracking Rules

Alan Krupnick

March 20, 2015

Energy Benchmarking and Disclosure Policies: Cities Take the Lead on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Energy Benchmarking and Disclosure Policies: Cities Take the Lead on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Margaret A. Walls

March 20, 2015

Investment Risks Raise Costs and Shift Regional Efforts to Mitigate Emissions

Investment Risks Raise Costs and Shift Regional Efforts to Mitigate Emissions

Brian Flannery

March 19, 2015

Oil, Gas Play Key Role for Kern County Public Finances

Oil, Gas Play Key Role for Kern County Public Finances

Daniel Raimi

March 16, 2015