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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

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