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VIDEO: Nuclear Energy In U.S. Climate Policy

VIDEO: Nuclear Energy In U.S. Climate Policy

Lynann Butkiewicz

May 31, 2011

How Fast Is ‘Fast-Start’ Finance?

How Fast Is ‘Fast-Start’ Finance?

Lynann Butkiewicz

May 26, 2011

Beyond The Sea Wall: Social Vulnerability In Climate Change Adaptation

Beyond The Sea Wall: Social Vulnerability In Climate Change Adaptation

Tim Forsyth

May 25, 2011

PODCAST: Climate Adaptation In U.S. Policy

PODCAST: Climate Adaptation In U.S. Policy

Lynann Butkiewicz

May 23, 2011

Friday Infographic: Carbon Tax And The U.S. Federal Deficit

Friday Infographic: Carbon Tax And The U.S. Federal Deficit

Lynann Butkiewicz

May 20, 2011

Incorporating CCS Into U.S. Climate Policy

Incorporating CCS Into U.S. Climate Policy

Louis Preonas

May 18, 2011

Curbing Carbon In The UK: What New Targets Mean For International Policy

Curbing Carbon In The UK: What New Targets Mean For International Policy

Lynann Butkiewicz

May 17, 2011

Adapting U.S. Flood Insurance Policy To Climate Change

Adapting U.S. Flood Insurance Policy To Climate Change

Lynann Butkiewicz

May 16, 2011

Next Generation Stormwater Management: Benefits, Costs, and Policy

Next Generation Stormwater Management: Benefits, Costs, and Policy

Amy Ando

May 16, 2011

Deepwater Drilling: Recommendations for a Safer Future

Deepwater Drilling: Recommendations for a Safer Future

Mark A. Cohen and Alan Krupnick

May 12, 2011

Climate Policy In Africa: Tips To Negotiate In Durban And Expand Clean Energy Investment

Climate Policy In Africa: Tips To Negotiate In Durban And Expand Clean Energy Investment

Adam Stern

May 11, 2011

IPCC Report May Relieve Doubt In Durban

IPCC Report May Relieve Doubt In Durban

Lynann Butkiewicz

May 9, 2011

Scoring U.S. Federal Government Emissions Reductions

Scoring U.S. Federal Government Emissions Reductions

Lynann Butkiewicz

May 5, 2011

The Green Climate Fund: Show Me The Money and Where it Will Go

The Green Climate Fund: Show Me The Money and Where it Will Go

Lynann Butkiewicz

May 3, 2011

How Regressive Are Fuel Taxes? A Comparison of Countries from Around the World

How Regressive Are Fuel Taxes? A Comparison of Countries from Around the World

Thomas Sterner

May 2, 2011

Sorting Out Plans For The Green Climate Fund

Sorting Out Plans For The Green Climate Fund

Lynann Butkiewicz

April 28, 2011

Three Lessons From Australia’s Proposed Carbon Tax

Three Lessons From Australia’s Proposed Carbon Tax

Lynann Butkiewicz

April 27, 2011

CIA Goes Green: Burn After Reading

CIA Goes Green: Burn After Reading

Lynann Butkiewicz

April 25, 2011

The Challenge Of Reducing Carbon Emissions In China

The Challenge Of Reducing Carbon Emissions In China

Andrew Stevenson

April 22, 2011

U.S. Climate Policy Heads To The Supreme Court

U.S. Climate Policy Heads To The Supreme Court

Nathan Richardson

April 21, 2011

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Deepwater Drilling: Recommendations for a Safer Future

Mark A. Cohen

April 20, 2011

Is Bioenergy Carbon Neutral?

Is Bioenergy Carbon Neutral?

Roger A. Sedjo

April 19, 2011

Reconnecting Americans to Nature

Reconnecting Americans to Nature

Margaret A. Walls and Juha V. Siikamäki

April 18, 2011

RFF Responds to Senate CES Request

RFF Responds to Senate CES Request

Peter Nelson

April 15, 2011