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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

Should we all take a bit of lithium?!

Should we all take a bit of lithium?!

Paul von Hippel and Sheila M. Olmstead

Nov. 5, 2014

Resources Magazine: What Americans Think About Climate Change

Resources Magazine: What Americans Think About Climate Change

RFF Staff

Nov. 4, 2014

Traveling the Country to Study Shale Public Finance

Traveling the Country to Study Shale Public Finance

Daniel Raimi

Nov. 2, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Oct. 31, 2014

Canada–Renewable Energy: Implications for WTO Law on Green and Not-So-Green Subsidies

Canada–Renewable Energy: Implications for WTO Law on Green and Not-So-Green Subsidies

Carolyn Fischer

Oct. 31, 2014

A Look at How the NFIP Differs from a Private Insurance Company

A Look at How the NFIP Differs from a Private Insurance Company

Carolyn Kousky and Leonard Shabman

Oct. 30, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Oct. 24, 2014