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Overseeing Avoided Deforestation: Time for New Regulators?

Overseeing Avoided Deforestation: Time for New Regulators?

Tiffany Clements

June 24, 2009

Adapting to Climate Change: U.S. Coastal and Marine Resources

Adapting to Climate Change: U.S. Coastal and Marine Resources

Tiffany Clements

June 23, 2009

The Lifecycle Measurement Dilemma

The Lifecycle Measurement Dilemma

Joel Darmstadter

June 22, 2009

Should Distributional Considerations Hold Up Higher Gasoline Taxes?

Should Distributional Considerations Hold Up Higher Gasoline Taxes?

Sarah West

June 22, 2009

Is Free Allocation to Electricity Consumers the Best for Households?

Is Free Allocation to Electricity Consumers the Best for Households?

Dallas Burtraw

June 18, 2009

National Climate Assessment: Climate Change Underway, More Adaptation Research Needed

National Climate Assessment: Climate Change Underway, More Adaptation Research Needed

Tiffany Clements

June 17, 2009

Obama Administration Puts FutureGen Back in Play

Obama Administration Puts FutureGen Back in Play

J.W. Anderson

June 16, 2009

Experts Explore Challenges in Offset Market Design

Experts Explore Challenges in Offset Market Design

Daniel F. Morris

June 15, 2009

Prioritizing Investments for Improved Biodiversity Conservation Outcomes

Prioritizing Investments for Improved Biodiversity Conservation Outcomes

Juha V. Siikamäki and Stephen Newbold

June 15, 2009

An Adaptation Update from Bonn Climate Talks

An Adaptation Update from Bonn Climate Talks

Shalini Vajjhala

June 12, 2009

Tropical Forest Conservation in Waxman-Markey

Tropical Forest Conservation in Waxman-Markey

Andrew Stevenson

June 9, 2009

A Closer Look at ‘Cash for Clunkers’

A Closer Look at ‘Cash for Clunkers’

Winston Harrington

June 8, 2009

The Future of Regulatory Oversight and Analysis

The Future of Regulatory Oversight and Analysis

Susan Dudley and Arthur G. Fraas

June 8, 2009

The Critical Flaw in Waxman-Markey

The Critical Flaw in Waxman-Markey

Ian Parry

June 4, 2009

Electric Cars Get Strong Support In Waxman-Markey

Electric Cars Get Strong Support In Waxman-Markey

J.W. Anderson

June 4, 2009

Why Waxman-Markey Provisions Make Senate Action More Likely

Why Waxman-Markey Provisions Make Senate Action More Likely

Phil Sharp

June 2, 2009

How Waxman-Markey Markets Stack Up

How Waxman-Markey Markets Stack Up

Tiffany Clements

June 1, 2009

The Successful International Response to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion

The Successful International Response to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion

James Hammitt

June 1, 2009

Water Policy in the Netherlands: Integrated Management in a Densely Populated Delta

Water Policy in the Netherlands: Integrated Management in a Densely Populated Delta

Stijn Reinhard and Henk Folmer

June 1, 2009

Renewables Standard is Broad, Flexible and Complex

Renewables Standard is Broad, Flexible and Complex

J.W. Anderson

May 29, 2009

A Call for Product Carbon Labeling

A Call for Product Carbon Labeling

Mark A. Cohen

May 28, 2009

EIA Releases Global Energy Demand Forecasts

EIA Releases Global Energy Demand Forecasts

Tiffany Clements

May 27, 2009

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The Political Economy of Environmental Justice

H. Spencer Banzhaf

May 25, 2009

What Electricity Sector Allocations Could Mean for Households

What Electricity Sector Allocations Could Mean for Households

Dallas Burtraw and Richard Sweeney

May 22, 2009