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Resources Magazine: Opportunities for Natural Gas in the Light-Duty Fleet

Resources Magazine: Opportunities for Natural Gas in the Light-Duty Fleet

Arthur G. Fraas, Winston Harrington, and Richard D. Morgenstern

March 12, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library

This Week in the RFF Library

RFF Staff

March 11, 2014

What is Ecological Wealth?

What is Ecological Wealth?

James Boyd

March 10, 2014

Resources Magazine: Shale Gas Development Linked to Traffic Accidents in Pennsylvania

Resources Magazine: Shale Gas Development Linked to Traffic Accidents in Pennsylvania

RFF Staff

March 7, 2014

Fixing Emissions Trading Imbalances with a Price Floor

Fixing Emissions Trading Imbalances with a Price Floor

Dallas Burtraw

March 7, 2014

Update on Ending the Export Ban: What It Means for US Gasoline Prices

Update on Ending the Export Ban: What It Means for US Gasoline Prices

Alan Krupnick

March 5, 2014

Russia and Ukraine: The Energy Dimension

Russia and Ukraine: The Energy Dimension

Joel Darmstadter

March 5, 2014

Ounce of Prevention, Pound of Cure, Ton of Bricks

Ounce of Prevention, Pound of Cure, Ton of Bricks

Heather L. Ross

March 4, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

March 3, 2014

Misplaced Obsessions

Misplaced Obsessions

Alan Krupnick

Feb. 26, 2014

Giving Too Much Away?

Giving Too Much Away?

Nathan Richardson

Feb. 24, 2014

Using Natural Gas to Lower Fuel Costs

Using Natural Gas to Lower Fuel Costs

Peter Nelson

Feb. 20, 2014

Resources Magazine: Business Motivations for Conservation

Resources Magazine: Business Motivations for Conservation

James Boyd

Feb. 19, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Feb. 19, 2014

The Next Phase of the Project

The Next Phase of the Project

Daniel Raimi

Feb. 19, 2014

Ivory Stockpiles: Will Destroying Them Really Help Stop Poaching?

Ivory Stockpiles: Will Destroying Them Really Help Stop Poaching?

Carolyn Fischer

Feb. 18, 2014

Resources Magazine: Forever Ours? The Challenges of Long-Lived Environmental Problems

Resources Magazine: Forever Ours? The Challenges of Long-Lived Environmental Problems

Molly Macauley

Feb. 12, 2014

Local Governments See Benefits from Fayetteville Shale Development

Local Governments See Benefits from Fayetteville Shale Development

Daniel Raimi

Feb. 12, 2014

Ending the Export Ban: What It Means for US Gasoline Prices

Ending the Export Ban: What It Means for US Gasoline Prices

Alan Krupnick

Feb. 11, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Feb. 10, 2014

Best of the Above

Best of the Above

Heather L. Ross

Feb. 6, 2014

Who Benefits from Flexible GHG Rules?

Who Benefits from Flexible GHG Rules?

Dallas Burtraw, Joshua Linn, Karen Palmer, and Anthony Paul

Feb. 6, 2014

How the Cold Snapped Clean Currents

How the Cold Snapped Clean Currents

Corinne Land

Feb. 4, 2014

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Feb. 3, 2014