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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change After 20 Years: Is There a Better Way Forward?

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change After 20 Years: Is There a Better Way Forward?

Raymond J. Kopp

Feb. 21, 2011

Climate Negotiations and International Finance

Climate Negotiations and International Finance

Nigel Purvis and Kurt Stephenson

Feb. 7, 2011

Flex-Fuel-Vehicles-and-Alternative-Fuel-Infrastructure-A-Chicken-or-Egg-Question

Flex-Fuel-Vehicles-and-Alternative-Fuel-Infrastructure-A-Chicken-or-Egg-Question

Kenneth S. Corts

Jan. 24, 2011

Taxation and Regulation of Plastic Shopping Bags in Botswana and South Africa

Taxation and Regulation of Plastic Shopping Bags in Botswana and South Africa

Anthony Leiman

Jan. 10, 2011

The 2010 Gulf Coast Oil Spill and RFF’s Research

The 2010 Gulf Coast Oil Spill and RFF’s Research

RFF Staff

Jan. 1, 2011

Fixing Chesapeake Bay: Getting the Strategy Right

Fixing Chesapeake Bay: Getting the Strategy Right

Andrew Manale

Dec. 27, 2010

Hindsight And Foresight: Looking Back On Cancun And Forward To Durban

Hindsight And Foresight: Looking Back On Cancun And Forward To Durban

Daniel F. Morris

Dec. 15, 2010

Getting Serious about Deficits and Climate at the Same Time

Getting Serious about Deficits and Climate at the Same Time

Ian Parry

Dec. 13, 2010

Real Energy Security: Drill, Baby, Drill—But Not Now

Real Energy Security: Drill, Baby, Drill—But Not Now

Jeffrey Frankel

Dec. 6, 2010

The Experience of Area Licenses and Cordon Tolling to Date

The Experience of Area Licenses and Cordon Tolling to Date

Georgina Santos

Nov. 22, 2010

Embracing Green-Growth Diplomacy

Embracing Green-Growth Diplomacy

Nigel Purvis

Nov. 22, 2010

Improving Air Quality by Reformulating Gasoline: Stricter Is Better

Improving Air Quality by Reformulating Gasoline: Stricter Is Better

Maximilian Auffhammer and Ryan Kellogg

Nov. 15, 2010

Estimating the “Social Cost of Carbon” for Regulatory Impact Analysis

Estimating the “Social Cost of Carbon” for Regulatory Impact Analysis

Charles Griffiths, Elizabeth Kopits, Alex Marten, Chris Moore, Stephen Newbold, and Ann Wolverton

Nov. 8, 2010

Building Codes and Energy Policy

Building Codes and Energy Policy

Grant Jacobsen and Matt Kotchen

Nov. 1, 2010

The Economics of Endangered Species

The Economics of Endangered Species

George Frisvold

Oct. 25, 2010

Forest Concerns in the United States: Then and Now

Forest Concerns in the United States: Then and Now

Roger A. Sedjo

Oct. 18, 2010

Petroleum Subsidies: Costly, Inequitable, and Rising

Petroleum Subsidies: Costly, Inequitable, and Rising

David P. Coady

Oct. 4, 2010

Superior Salmon and More

Superior Salmon and More

Randall Lutter

Sept. 27, 2010

One Economist’s Thoughts about Moral Concerns over Cap-and-Trade

One Economist’s Thoughts about Moral Concerns over Cap-and-Trade

Snorre Kverndokk

Sept. 20, 2010

Forty Years after the Clean Air Act: Implications for Future Climate Policy?

Forty Years after the Clean Air Act: Implications for Future Climate Policy?

RFF Staff

Sept. 15, 2010

Transitioning Away from Oil: What Role for Electrics and Plug-Ins?

Transitioning Away from Oil: What Role for Electrics and Plug-Ins?

Virginia McConnell

Sept. 3, 2010

Valuing the Oil Spill’s Effects on Nature

Valuing the Oil Spill’s Effects on Nature

James Sanchirico

Aug. 20, 2010

Connecting Americans to the Great Outdoors -- RFF Feature -- August 11, 2010

Connecting Americans to the Great Outdoors -- RFF Feature -- August 11, 2010

RFF Staff

Aug. 11, 2010

The Environmental Movement: Good Cops and Bad Cops

The Environmental Movement: Good Cops and Bad Cops

Thomas Lyon

Aug. 6, 2010