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Designing Transportation Infrastructure to Include the Human Element

Designing Transportation Infrastructure to Include the Human Element

Anna Nagurney

Nov. 18, 2011

How the United States Can Support REDD+ Programs

How the United States Can Support REDD+ Programs

RFF Staff

Nov. 10, 2011

What Economics Can Contribute to a Healthier Planet

What Economics Can Contribute to a Healthier Planet

Gernot Wagner

Oct. 31, 2011

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Fuel Consumption Standards for Heavy Duty Vehicles

Winston Harrington

Oct. 17, 2011

Panama Climate Talks Signal What’s Ahead in Durban

Panama Climate Talks Signal What’s Ahead in Durban

Lynann Butkiewicz

Oct. 13, 2011

The Cost of Climate Change in Canada

The Cost of Climate Change in Canada

Lynann Butkiewicz

Oct. 11, 2011

Undiscovered Resources and Inferred Reserves

Undiscovered Resources and Inferred Reserves

Peter Nelson

Oct. 7, 2011

Can Fossil Fuel Subsidies Transfer to International Climate Finance?

Can Fossil Fuel Subsidies Transfer to International Climate Finance?

Lynann Butkiewicz

Oct. 4, 2011

Loan Guarantees Reconsidered

Loan Guarantees Reconsidered

Joel Darmstadter and Joshua Linn

Oct. 3, 2011

From the Floor of the UN General Assembly: Statements on Climate Policy

From the Floor of the UN General Assembly: Statements on Climate Policy

Lynann Butkiewicz

Sept. 30, 2011

Creating More ‘Bang for the Buck’ with a Clean Energy Standard

Creating More ‘Bang for the Buck’ with a Clean Energy Standard

Samuel Grausz and Glenn Hurowitz

Sept. 28, 2011

Democracy and China: Help or Hindrance to Growth?

Democracy and China: Help or Hindrance to Growth?

Lynann Butkiewicz

Sept. 26, 2011

PODCAST: Compliance Flexibility Under The Clean Air Act

PODCAST: Compliance Flexibility Under The Clean Air Act

Lynann Butkiewicz

Sept. 20, 2011

Making Sense of Ozone

Making Sense of Ozone

Nathan Richardson and Randall Lutter

Sept. 19, 2011

WikiLeaks Before Durban: Annoyance Or Game Changer?

WikiLeaks Before Durban: Annoyance Or Game Changer?

Lynann Butkiewicz

Sept. 15, 2011

Will A Trans-Regional Carbon Market Go Global?

Will A Trans-Regional Carbon Market Go Global?

Lynann Butkiewicz

Sept. 13, 2011

Australia’s Carbon Tax: Insights Into A U.S. Policy?

Australia’s Carbon Tax: Insights Into A U.S. Policy?

Frank Jotzo

Sept. 9, 2011

VIDEO: How Communities And Countries Can Adapt To Climate Change

VIDEO: How Communities And Countries Can Adapt To Climate Change

Lynann Butkiewicz

Sept. 7, 2011

China’s Solar Feed-In Tariffs: One Technology’s Moment In The Sun?

China’s Solar Feed-In Tariffs: One Technology’s Moment In The Sun?

Louis Preonas

Sept. 6, 2011

A Renaissance for U.S. Nuclear Power? Not Anytime Soon

A Renaissance for U.S. Nuclear Power? Not Anytime Soon

Lucas W. Davis

Sept. 5, 2011

Changes In Market Mechanisms: The CDM Without China

Changes In Market Mechanisms: The CDM Without China

Lynann Butkiewicz

Aug. 31, 2011

The Challenge Of Reducing Deforestation In Indonesia

The Challenge Of Reducing Deforestation In Indonesia

Lynann Butkiewicz

Aug. 24, 2011

Getting To Zero: Can Seattle Become The First Carbon-Neutral U.S. City?

Getting To Zero: Can Seattle Become The First Carbon-Neutral U.S. City?

Michael Lazarus

Aug. 22, 2011

Heterogeneity in the Rebound: Evidence for German Households

Heterogeneity in the Rebound: Evidence for German Households

Manuel Frondel and Colin Vance

Aug. 22, 2011