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Mending Our Food Safety Net

Mending Our Food Safety Net

Sandra Hoffmann

June 1, 2007

From Oilfields to Energy Farms

From Oilfields to Energy Farms

Roger A. Sedjo

June 1, 2007

Natural Resource Economics and Policy in the 21st Century

Natural Resource Economics and Policy in the 21st Century

James Sanchirico and Juha V. Siikamäki

June 1, 2007

Shade Grown Coffee

Shade Grown Coffee

May 1, 2007

Payments for Ecosystem Services

Payments for Ecosystem Services

Francisco Alpízar, Allen Blackman, and Alex Pfaff

April 1, 2007

Field Testing a Pay-for-Environmental-Services Program

Field Testing a Pay-for-Environmental-Services Program

Sarah Lynch and Leonard Shabman

April 1, 2007

Endpoint Problem

Endpoint Problem

James Boyd

April 1, 2007

How People Value What Nature Provides

How People Value What Nature Provides

Alan Krupnick and Juha V. Siikamäki

April 1, 2007

Economics Habitats and Biological Populations

Economics Habitats and Biological Populations

James Sanchirico and Peter Mumby

April 1, 2007

New Opportunities to See Our Environmental Relationships

New Opportunities to See Our Environmental Relationships

William Gail, Molly Macauley, and Shalini Vajjhala

April 1, 2007

EU Emission Trading Scheme

EU Emission Trading Scheme

Dallas Burtraw and Raymond J. Kopp

March 29, 2007

Analysis of Senate Greenhouse Gas Caps

Analysis of Senate Greenhouse Gas Caps

RFF Staff

March 1, 2007

Climate Policy, Economics, and Ethics: A Weathervane Commentary

Climate Policy, Economics, and Ethics: A Weathervane Commentary

Ruth Bell and John Anderson

Feb. 2, 2007

Conservation Of Ecosystem Services

Conservation Of Ecosystem Services

James Sanchirico, Martin Smith, and Douglas Lipton

Feb. 1, 2007

Budgeting for Metro: A Better Approach

Budgeting for Metro: A Better Approach

Elena Safirova

Jan. 29, 2007

Managing fish portfolios

Managing fish portfolios

James Sanchirico, Martin Smith, and Douglas Lipton

Jan. 1, 2007

Getting off Oil

Getting off Oil

Heather L. Ross

Jan. 1, 2007

Siting Difficulty and Renewable Energy Development

Siting Difficulty and Renewable Energy Development

Shalini Vajjhala

Jan. 1, 2007

Should we Abandon Cap-and-Trade?

Should we Abandon Cap-and-Trade?

Ian Parry

Jan. 1, 2007

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Are Forests Making a Comeback?

Roger A. Sedjo, Pekka Kauppi, and Jesse Ausubel

Jan. 1, 2007

How Well Do Voluntary Environmental Programs Really Work?

How Well Do Voluntary Environmental Programs Really Work?

Richard D. Morgenstern and William Pizer

Jan. 1, 2007

Replacing Oil

Replacing Oil

Raymond J. Kopp

Nov. 2, 2006

How We Can Get Oil Policy Right

How We Can Get Oil Policy Right

Richard G. Newell

Nov. 1, 2006

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: A Short-Term Response

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: A Short-Term Response

Joseph E. Aldy

Nov. 1, 2006