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On the Issues Archive
            
        
        Effective Flood Damage Repair and Risk Reduction
May 5, 2017
            
        
        National Park Service to Increase Fee for Lifetime Senior Pass
April 19, 2017
            
        
        Climate Resolution Backed by House Republicans
March 17, 2017
            
        
        Midterm Review of Fuel Economy Standards Still Warranted
March 9, 2017
            
        
        Carbon Pricing versus Federal Regulations to Reduce US Emissions
March 1, 2017
            
        
        A Risk-Based Program for Screening for Invasive Species
Feb. 23, 2017
            
        
        Ensuring Emissions Certainty under a Carbon Tax
Feb. 15, 2017
            
        
        Two-for-One Order Provokes Lawsuit
Feb. 9, 2017
            
        
        Baker-Shultz Carbon Tax Proposal Informed by RFF Research
Feb. 8, 2017
            
        
        A North American Energy Strategy for NAFTA Renegotiations
Feb. 7, 2017
            
        
        Questions from Earlier Keystone XL Debates Remain Relevant
Feb. 2, 2017
            
        
        Assessing Trump’s Promise to Eliminate the Clean Power Plan
Jan. 26, 2017
            
        
        New Guidance for Calculating Estimates of the Social Cost of Carbon
Jan. 18, 2017
            
        
        Enhancing Resilience to Natural Disasters through Insurance
Jan. 12, 2017
            
        
        China’s Renewable Energy Goals
Jan. 6, 2017
            
        
        Can Carbon Capture and Sequestration Keep Coal Viable?
Jan. 5, 2017
            
        
        Changes to EPA’s Final Report on Fracking and Drinking Water
Dec. 16, 2016
            
        
        Dakota Access Pipeline Final Permits Denied
Dec. 6, 2016
            
        
        Global Oil Production Cuts and US State and Local Fiscal Challenges
Dec. 6, 2016
            
        
        New Rule to Cut Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Industry
Nov. 17, 2016
            
        
        Impacts of a New Presidency on Existing Policies
Nov. 11, 2016
            
        
        Providing Emissions Reductions Certainty with a Carbon Tax
Oct. 31, 2016
            
        
        Cross-Border Energy Sector Coordination in North America
Oct. 27, 2016
            
        
        Effectively Managing California’s Ongoing Drought
Oct. 21, 2016