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Packing Our Bags

Packing Our Bags

Daniel Raimi

Sept. 16, 2013

Remembering Ronald Coase’s Contributions

Remembering Ronald Coase’s Contributions

Sept. 13, 2013

Economic Growth and Carbon Taxes

Economic Growth and Carbon Taxes

Raymond J. Kopp

Sept. 6, 2013

Estimating The Social Cost Of Carbon: Robert Pindyck’s Critique

Estimating The Social Cost Of Carbon: Robert Pindyck’s Critique

Joel Darmstadter and Alan Krupnick

Sept. 5, 2013

Economics and Politics in California: Cap-and-Trade Allowance Allocation and Trade Exposure

Economics and Politics in California: Cap-and-Trade Allowance Allocation and Trade Exposure

Sept. 4, 2013

Towards an Agreed-Upon Social Cost of Carbon

Towards an Agreed-Upon Social Cost of Carbon

Joel Darmstadter

Sept. 4, 2013

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Sept. 4, 2013

The UK, Fracking, and Mineral Rights

The UK, Fracking, and Mineral Rights

Nathan Richardson

Aug. 28, 2013

Resources Magazine: Whither Markets for Environmental Regulation?

Resources Magazine: Whither Markets for Environmental Regulation?

RFF Staff

Aug. 28, 2013

How Energy Efficiency Features are Reflected in Home Prices

How Energy Efficiency Features are Reflected in Home Prices

Margaret A. Walls and Karen Palmer

Aug. 27, 2013

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Aug. 27, 2013

Realistic Expectations for Carbon Policy - A Response

Realistic Expectations for Carbon Policy - A Response

Brian Potts

Aug. 23, 2013

Realistic Expectations for EPA Carbon Policy

Realistic Expectations for EPA Carbon Policy

Nathan Richardson

Aug. 21, 2013

Fracking on Federal Lands: What Role Should Federal Rules Play?

Fracking on Federal Lands: What Role Should Federal Rules Play?

Nathan Richardson and Alan Krupnick

Aug. 19, 2013

Resources Magazine: Crowdsourcing Environmental Science and Reporting

Resources Magazine: Crowdsourcing Environmental Science and Reporting

RFF Staff

Aug. 14, 2013

How Much Do Fuel Economy Standards Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

How Much Do Fuel Economy Standards Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Joshua Linn and Clayton Munnings

Aug. 12, 2013

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Aug. 12, 2013

Economic Challenges for New Nuclear Power

Economic Challenges for New Nuclear Power

Joel Darmstadter

Aug. 12, 2013

The German Energy Experiment

The German Energy Experiment

Nathan Richardson

Aug. 7, 2013

Preserving Blue Carbon to Limit Global Climate Change: An Interview with Juha Siikamäki

Preserving Blue Carbon to Limit Global Climate Change: An Interview with Juha Siikamäki

RFF Staff

Aug. 7, 2013

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Aug. 5, 2013

The Importance of Getting it Right in California

The Importance of Getting it Right in California

July 30, 2013

Subsidies for EVs: Good Policy or an Unnecessary Handout?

Subsidies for EVs: Good Policy or an Unnecessary Handout?

Virginia McConnell and Joshua Linn

July 25, 2013

Green Infrastructure: Investing in Nature to Build Safer Communities

Green Infrastructure: Investing in Nature to Build Safer Communities

Anna Brittain

July 24, 2013