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Legal Risks in EPA’s Existing Source Proposal

Legal Risks in EPA’s Existing Source Proposal

Nathan Richardson

June 3, 2014

Can Natural Gas Deliver the Goods to Obama’s Carbon Policy?

Can Natural Gas Deliver the Goods to Obama’s Carbon Policy?

Alan Krupnick

June 3, 2014

Notes on Today’s Existing Source Rule

Notes on Today’s Existing Source Rule

Nathan Richardson

June 2, 2014

5 Things to Watch for in Monday’s ESPS Proposal

5 Things to Watch for in Monday’s ESPS Proposal

Nathan Richardson

May 29, 2014

Making Sense of the Chamber’s Study of Coming Climate Rules

Making Sense of the Chamber’s Study of Coming Climate Rules

Dallas Burtraw and Marc Hafstead

May 29, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

May 29, 2014

Resources Magazine: Private Funding of Public Parks, Assessing the Role of Philanthropy

Resources Magazine: Private Funding of Public Parks, Assessing the Role of Philanthropy

Margaret A. Walls

May 28, 2014

Conservation Return on Investment Analysis: Three Case Studies

Conservation Return on Investment Analysis: Three Case Studies

James Boyd

May 27, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

May 22, 2014

Resources Magazine: Surveying American Attitudes toward Climate Change

Resources Magazine: Surveying American Attitudes toward Climate Change

RFF Staff

May 21, 2014

Adaptation and Liability

Adaptation and Liability

Nathan Richardson

May 20, 2014

Setting the Agenda for Phase I Travel

Setting the Agenda for Phase I Travel

Daniel Raimi

May 12, 2014

Should Coastal Communities Consider Transfers of Development Rights?

Should Coastal Communities Consider Transfers of Development Rights?

Margaret A. Walls

May 9, 2014

Managing Shoreline Retreat in the United States: A Three-Part Strategy

Managing Shoreline Retreat in the United States: A Three-Part Strategy

Carolyn Kousky

May 6, 2014

Emissions Trading Isn’t Dead, But It’s Not Out of the Hospital Either

Emissions Trading Isn’t Dead, But It’s Not Out of the Hospital Either

Nathan Richardson

May 6, 2014

Understanding the IPCC: An Important Follow-Up

Understanding the IPCC: An Important Follow-Up

May 5, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

May 5, 2014

Resources Magazine: Groundwater Markets - Managing a Critical, Hidden Resource

Resources Magazine: Groundwater Markets - Managing a Critical, Hidden Resource

Yusuke Kuwayama

May 1, 2014

Deep and Shallow Uncertainty in Messaging Climate Change

Deep and Shallow Uncertainty in Messaging Climate Change

Roger Cooke

April 29, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

April 28, 2014

Is the IPCC Government Approval Process Broken?

Is the IPCC Government Approval Process Broken?

April 28, 2014

Research Questions for the Midterm CAFE Review: Will the Footprint-Based CAFE Standard Work as Expected?

Research Questions for the Midterm CAFE Review: Will the Footprint-Based CAFE Standard Work as Expected?

Alan Krupnick, Joshua Linn, and Virginia McConnell

April 25, 2014

Flood Insurance Claims: A Fat Tail Getting Fatter

Flood Insurance Claims: A Fat Tail Getting Fatter

Roger Cooke, Carolyn Kousky, and Erwann Michel-Kerjan

April 24, 2014

What Do State Renewable Portfolio Standards Mean for Carbon Intensity?

What Do State Renewable Portfolio Standards Mean for Carbon Intensity?

Samantha Sekar

April 23, 2014