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Resources Magazine Articles Archive

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Is the Endangered Species Act under Threat?

Ya-Wei (Jake) Li and Daniel Raimi

March 18, 2020

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It’s a Good Time for Women to Win the Nobel Prize

Catherine Wolfram and Elizabeth Wason

March 18, 2020

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The Earth’s Vulnerable Species

Elizabeth Wason

March 18, 2020

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What’s at the Top of Your Stack?

Kristin Hayes and Daniel Raimi

March 18, 2020

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What’s at the Top of Your Stack?

Kristin Hayes and Daniel Raimi

Oct. 9, 2019

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Marty Weitzman, In Memoriam

Gernot Wagner

Oct. 9, 2019

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40 Big Ideas

Elizabeth Wason

Oct. 9, 2019

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Targeting Subsidies to Get More Electric Vehicles on the Road

Benjamin Leard

Oct. 9, 2019

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How Clean is “Refined Coal”?

Brian C. Prest

Oct. 9, 2019

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Building Best Practices for Managing Wildfire Smoke

Matthew Wibbenmeyer

Oct. 9, 2019

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Resources Radio: Catalyzing Markets toward Sustainability

Kyung-Ah Park and Elizabeth Wason

Oct. 9, 2019

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Satellites Help Keep Communities Safe from Toxic Algal Blooms

Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato

Oct. 9, 2019

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What Does an Electric Vehicle Replace?

Benjamin Leard

June 24, 2019

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Introducing the New Resources

Richard G. Newell

May 23, 2019

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Tracking the Earth from Space

Kathryn Sullivan

May 16, 2019

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Learning from Thirty Years of Cap and Trade

Richard Schmalensee and Robert Stavins

May 16, 2019

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Planetary Boundaries and the Anthropocene

Thomas Sterner and Gernot Wagner

May 16, 2019

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A Short History of Water Resources Research at Resources for the Future

Casey Wichman and Derek Wietelman

May 16, 2019

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Resources Radio: Energy Inefficiency and the Principal-Agent Problem

Joshua Blonz

May 16, 2019

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The Social Cost of Water Pollution

David Keiser, Catherine Kling, and Daniel J. Phaneuf

May 16, 2019

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Could Blockchain Technology Improve Water, Wastewater, and Solid Waste Management in the Oil and Gas Industry?

Jhih-Shyang Shih and Karen Palmer

March 22, 2019

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Fuel Security Concerns in PJM and ISO-New England—Are they Justified?

Kathryne Cleary and Karen Palmer

March 19, 2019

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Contributing Factors, Responsibility, and Liability in California’s Wildfire Disasters

Matthew Wibbenmeyer

March 15, 2019

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The Economic Impacts of Drought on US Agriculture

Yusuke Kuwayama

March 13, 2019