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This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

March 11, 2013

EPA and Global Carbon: Can You Have it Both Ways?

EPA and Global Carbon: Can You Have it Both Ways?

Nathan Richardson and Jason Schwartz

March 7, 2013

China's Carbon Tax Plan

China's Carbon Tax Plan

Antung Anthony Liu

March 6, 2013

EPA and Global Carbon: Hiding in Plain Sight

EPA and Global Carbon: Hiding in Plain Sight

Jason Schwartz

March 5, 2013

EPA and Global Carbon: Unnecessary Risk

EPA and Global Carbon: Unnecessary Risk

Nathan Richardson

Feb. 28, 2013

EPA and Global Carbon: A Debate

EPA and Global Carbon: A Debate

Jason Schwartz

Feb. 27, 2013

Video: Agricultural Biotechnology and the Environment

Video: Agricultural Biotechnology and the Environment

RFF Staff

Feb. 26, 2013

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Feb. 26, 2013

Paying Ecuador to Protect the Rainforest

Paying Ecuador to Protect the Rainforest

William Pizer

Feb. 21, 2013

A Two-Way Street Between Academia and the Policy World

A Two-Way Street Between Academia and the Policy World

Feb. 19, 2013

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Feb. 19, 2013

RFF Feature: Policy Insights for Narrowing the Energy Efficiency Gap

RFF Feature: Policy Insights for Narrowing the Energy Efficiency Gap

RFF Staff

Feb. 18, 2013

New RFF Publications

New RFF Publications

RFF Staff

Feb. 15, 2013

Parsing the State of the Union

Parsing the State of the Union

Peter Nelson and Clayton Munnings

Feb. 15, 2013

Shale Gas Priorities? I’d Like to Use a Lifeline.

Shale Gas Priorities? I’d Like to Use a Lifeline.

Alan Krupnick and Hal Gordon

Feb. 8, 2013

Econ 101. The Fray Market

Econ 101. The Fray Market

Heather L. Ross

Feb. 8, 2013

U.S. Emissions Trends: Optimism, Pessimism, and One Big Decision

U.S. Emissions Trends: Optimism, Pessimism, and One Big Decision

Dallas Burtraw and Matthew Woerman

Feb. 8, 2013

An Economic View of Sen. Murkowski's Blueprint

An Economic View of Sen. Murkowski's Blueprint

Nathan Richardson and Alan Krupnick

Feb. 5, 2013

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

Feb. 4, 2013

Responding to Natural Disasters—False Security or Damage Reduction?

Responding to Natural Disasters—False Security or Damage Reduction?

P. Lynn Scarlett

Feb. 1, 2013

RFF Feature: Valuing Climate Amenities in the United States

RFF Feature: Valuing Climate Amenities in the United States

RFF Staff

Feb. 1, 2013

The Second Term of the Obama Administration

The Second Term of the Obama Administration

Jan. 30, 2013

New RFF Publications

New RFF Publications

RFF Staff

Jan. 25, 2013

Climate in the Second Inaugural: Signal and Substance

Climate in the Second Inaugural: Signal and Substance

Dallas Burtraw and Matthew Woerman

Jan. 25, 2013