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U.S. Commits International Adaptation Funds

U.S. Commits International Adaptation Funds

Tiffany Clements

May 12, 2009

RFF Alums Survey Mitigation Landscape

RFF Alums Survey Mitigation Landscape

Tiffany Clements

May 12, 2009

Modeling the Supply of Offsets for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Modeling the Supply of Offsets for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

May 12, 2009

The Cooling Water Intake Structures Rule: An Experiment with More Flexible Regulation

The Cooling Water Intake Structures Rule: An Experiment with More Flexible Regulation

Winston Harrington

May 11, 2009

Committee Brings Transmission Siting Reform to Markup

Committee Brings Transmission Siting Reform to Markup

Tiffany Clements

May 5, 2009

Why We Need to Treat Nitrogen as a Systems Problem

Why We Need to Treat Nitrogen as a Systems Problem

Andrew Manale

May 4, 2009

Building Trans-Atlantic Consensus: The U.S.-EU Climate Policy Dialogue

Building Trans-Atlantic Consensus: The U.S.-EU Climate Policy Dialogue

RFF Staff

April 29, 2009

Finding the Right Place for RPS

Finding the Right Place for RPS

Tiffany Clements

April 27, 2009

Should Cap-and-Trade Systems be Supplemented with Renewable Portfolio Standards?

Should Cap-and-Trade Systems be Supplemented with Renewable Portfolio Standards?

Cristoph Bohringer and Knut Rosendahl

April 27, 2009

Developing a Trans-Atlantic Climate Strategy: The U.S.-EU Climate Policy Dialogue

Developing a Trans-Atlantic Climate Strategy: The U.S.-EU Climate Policy Dialogue

Tiffany Clements

April 24, 2009

Fighting Malaria with AMFm: No More “Business as Usual”

Fighting Malaria with AMFm: No More “Business as Usual”

RFF Staff

April 24, 2009

EPA Head Wants Congressional Lead on GHG Regulation

EPA Head Wants Congressional Lead on GHG Regulation

Tiffany Clements

April 21, 2009

Why the EPA Ruling Makes A Congressional Climate Bill More Likely

Why the EPA Ruling Makes A Congressional Climate Bill More Likely

J.W. Anderson

April 20, 2009

Oil Spills: The Deterrent Effects of Monitoring, Enforcement, and Public Information

Oil Spills: The Deterrent Effects of Monitoring, Enforcement, and Public Information

Mark A. Cohen

April 20, 2009

Progress made Toward International Climate Treaty

Progress made Toward International Climate Treaty

J.W. Anderson

April 16, 2009

Stabilizing Atmospheric CO2 with Incomplete International Cooperation

Stabilizing Atmospheric CO2 with Incomplete International Cooperation

Jae Edmonds, Leon Clarke, Joshua Lurz, and Marshall Wise

April 13, 2009

Former RFF Scholar Outlines Treasury Role in Cap and Trade

Former RFF Scholar Outlines Treasury Role in Cap and Trade

Tiffany Clements

April 9, 2009

Assessing Future Climate Risk

Assessing Future Climate Risk

Tiffany Clements

April 4, 2009

Climate Change Abatement: Not “Stern” Enough?

Climate Change Abatement: Not “Stern” Enough?

Dallas Burtraw and Thomas Sterner

April 4, 2009

Where Things Stand with Hazardous Waste Regulation

Where Things Stand with Hazardous Waste Regulation

Sarah Stafford

March 30, 2009

Restoring Great Lakes Ecosystems: Worth the Cost?

Restoring Great Lakes Ecosystems: Worth the Cost?

Soren Anderson, Jennifer Read, and Donald Scavia

March 23, 2009

Managing the Risks of Extreme Events in a Changing Climate

Managing the Risks of Extreme Events in a Changing Climate

RFF Staff

March 18, 2009

Has the Time Come for Truck-Only Toll Lanes

Has the Time Come for Truck-Only Toll Lanes

Robin Lindsey

March 16, 2009

The Outlook for Hydrogen Cars --- Weekly Policy Commentary -- March 9, 2009

The Outlook for Hydrogen Cars --- Weekly Policy Commentary -- March 9, 2009

Joan Ogden and Edward S. Rubin

March 9, 2009