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This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

May 20, 2013

The Value of Being First: Climate Policy Perspectives from California and Sweden

The Value of Being First: Climate Policy Perspectives from California and Sweden

Daniel F. Morris

May 16, 2013

The Economics of Shame: A New RFF Press Book

The Economics of Shame: A New RFF Press Book

Allen Blackman

May 15, 2013

Resources Magazine: Ensuring Competitiveness under a US Carbon Tax

Resources Magazine: Ensuring Competitiveness under a US Carbon Tax

Carolyn Fischer

May 14, 2013

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

May 14, 2013

Video: The Promise and Limits of Ingenuity

Video: The Promise and Limits of Ingenuity

RFF Staff

May 8, 2013

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

May 6, 2013

Resources Magazine: The Limits to Ingenuity

Resources Magazine: The Limits to Ingenuity

James Boyd

May 1, 2013

New RFF Publications

New RFF Publications

RFF Staff

April 30, 2013

Policy Options for Addressing Carbon Tax Impacts to Households

Policy Options for Addressing Carbon Tax Impacts to Households

Daniel F. Morris

April 29, 2013

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

April 29, 2013

Resources Magazine: ​How a Clean Energy Standard Works

Resources Magazine: ​How a Clean Energy Standard Works

Anthony Paul

April 25, 2013

US Shale Gas Development in Review

US Shale Gas Development in Review

Zhongmin Wang

April 25, 2013

Is There a Case for Export Restrictions on US Liquefied Natural Gas?

Is There a Case for Export Restrictions on US Liquefied Natural Gas?

Roger A. Sedjo

April 22, 2013

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

April 22, 2013

Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Analysis Deconstructed: Changing Assumptions, Changing Results

Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Analysis Deconstructed: Changing Assumptions, Changing Results

Dallas Burtraw

April 19, 2013

Resources Magazine: Population and Sustainability

Resources Magazine: Population and Sustainability

RFF Staff

April 18, 2013

The IMF Takes on Energy Subsidies

The IMF Takes on Energy Subsidies

Joel Darmstadter

April 16, 2013

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

April 15, 2013

Pipeline Safety and Keystone XL

Pipeline Safety and Keystone XL

Lucija Muehlenbachs and Elisheba Spiller

April 12, 2013

Deconstructing the Expected Impact of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

Deconstructing the Expected Impact of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

Blair Beasley and Dallas Burtraw

April 11, 2013

Resources Magazine: Twelve Pathways to Dialogue

Resources Magazine: Twelve Pathways to Dialogue

RFF Staff

April 11, 2013

Linking Carbon Markets Offers More Than Economic Benefits

Linking Carbon Markets Offers More Than Economic Benefits

Dallas Burtraw and Clayton Munnings

April 10, 2013

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

RFF Staff

April 8, 2013