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Firefighting is a Subsidy

Firefighting is a Subsidy

Nathan Richardson

July 12, 2012

Mapping Shale Gas Regulation

Mapping Shale Gas Regulation

Nathan Richardson

July 12, 2012

NFIP Reform Passes

NFIP Reform Passes

Carolyn Kousky

July 3, 2012

Incentives Matter - Even for Monopolies

Incentives Matter - Even for Monopolies

Randall Lutter

July 3, 2012

RFF Policy Commentary: Population and Sustainability: The View from 2012

RFF Policy Commentary: Population and Sustainability: The View from 2012

Nathan Richardson

June 29, 2012

Population and Sustainability: The View From 2012

Population and Sustainability: The View From 2012

Warren Robinson

June 29, 2012

Courts Uphold EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulation

Courts Uphold EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulation

Nathan Richardson

June 26, 2012

RFF Policy Commentary: How Generous Is Post-flood Disaster Aid?

RFF Policy Commentary: How Generous Is Post-flood Disaster Aid?

Nathan Richardson

June 25, 2012

How Coal is Like Bacon

How Coal is Like Bacon

Nathan Richardson

June 22, 2012

A Fiscal Fix for Climate Policy?

A Fiscal Fix for Climate Policy?

Peter Nelson

June 15, 2012

Cataloging Shale Gas Risks

Cataloging Shale Gas Risks

Nathan Richardson

June 15, 2012

Particle Ban, Particle Ban

Particle Ban, Particle Ban

Nathan Richardson

June 15, 2012

How Generous Is Post-flood Disaster Aid?

How Generous Is Post-flood Disaster Aid?

Carolyn Kousky and Leonard Shabman

June 15, 2012

Elinor Ostrom: 1933-2012

Elinor Ostrom: 1933-2012

Peter Nelson

June 12, 2012

The Regulatory Limiting Condition

The Regulatory Limiting Condition

Nathan Richardson

June 11, 2012

Sustainability Paranoia Rears Its Head

Sustainability Paranoia Rears Its Head

James Boyd

June 5, 2012

RFF POLICY COMMENTARY: The Carbon Footprint of Wood for Bioenergy

RFF POLICY COMMENTARY: The Carbon Footprint of Wood for Bioenergy

RFF Staff

June 1, 2012

The Carbon Footprint of Wood for Bioenergy

The Carbon Footprint of Wood for Bioenergy

Roger A. Sedjo

June 1, 2012

California’s New Gold (recap)

California’s New Gold (recap)

Nathan Richardson

May 25, 2012

Unintended Consequences of a Clean Energy Standard

Unintended Consequences of a Clean Energy Standard

Karen Palmer and Anthony Paul

May 25, 2012

A Look Back at Rio 1992

A Look Back at Rio 1992

Joel Darmstadter

May 24, 2012

Cap and Trade in California: Auction Revenues and Options for the Electricity Sector

Cap and Trade in California: Auction Revenues and Options for the Electricity Sector

May 24, 2012

California’s New Gold

California’s New Gold

Dallas Burtraw and Blair Beasley

May 23, 2012

The Ins and Outs of the NFIP

The Ins and Outs of the NFIP

Peter Nelson

May 22, 2012