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Conversations on Climate Challenges: Natural Disasters, Risk, and Survey Data

Jon A. Krosnick and Gabrielle Wong-Parodi

Sept. 29, 2020

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The Economic and Emissions Consequences of Supply-Side Reforms to Oil and Gas Production on Federal Lands

Brian C. Prest

Sept. 16, 2020

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Equitable Transition to a Low-Emissions Future: Environmental Remediation and Infrastructure

Daniel Raimi

Sept. 15, 2020

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Look Before You Leap: Three Governance Challenges for Taxpayer-Funded Cleanup of Oil and Gas Wells

Daniel Raimi and Nathan Lemphers

Sept. 9, 2020

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The Consequences of Climate Change Are Already Visible in Siberia

Francesco Bassetti

Sept. 2, 2020

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Subsidy Structure Could Be a Speed Bump for Chuck Schumer's Clean Car Adoption Plan

Kevin Ankney and Benjamin Leard

Aug. 24, 2020

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The Trump Administration Ignores Key Alternatives with New Methane Regulation Rollback

Alan Krupnick

Aug. 19, 2020

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Equitable Transition to a Low-Emissions Future: Economic Development

Daniel Raimi

Aug. 11, 2020

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The Value of Tax Adjustment Mechanisms for Designing Carbon Taxes

Marc Hafstead

Aug. 7, 2020

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Policy Options for an Equitable Transition to a Low-Emissions Future

Daniel Raimi, Wesley Look, and Molly Robertson

Aug. 4, 2020

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Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Electricity: An Early Look at New England

Kathryne Cleary and Karen Palmer

July 30, 2020

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COVID-19 Has Delayed Global Climate Talks, but Viable Climate Change Mitigation Strategies Still Exist

Cole Martin

July 27, 2020

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The Science of Forecasting: The Special Sauce

Roger Cooke

July 27, 2020

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The Trump Administration’s Regulatory Repeal Agenda Faces Another Setback. How did the Court do on Its Economics?

Alan Krupnick

July 24, 2020

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The Potential for Plugging Abandoned Wells as Green Economic Stimulus

Daniel Raimi, Neelesh Nerurkar, and Jason Bordoff

July 23, 2020

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Improving the Scientific Basis for Estimating the Social Cost of Carbon

Cora Kingdon and Kevin Rennert

July 17, 2020

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Conversations on Climate Challenges: Wildfire Policy and Public Health

Matthew Wibbenmeyer and Kari Nadeau

July 9, 2020

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A Close Look at the New Report from the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis

Ann Bartuska, Dallas Burtraw, Kathryne Cleary, Marc Hafstead, Alan Krupnick, Joshua Linn, Karen Palmer, Brian C. Prest, Daniel Raimi, Daniel Shawhan, and Matthew Wibbenmeyer

July 6, 2020

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Solar Radiation Management as a Climate Intervention: An Extended Q&A from the RFF Live Webinar

Joseph E. Aldy and Richard Zeckhauser

July 2, 2020

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Quantifying the Socioeconomic Benefits of Using Satellite Data to Detect Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms

Molly Robertson and Yusuke Kuwayama

June 26, 2020

Sanford, Michigan, Main Street flooded by dam breach

Dam Breaches in Michigan Raise Questions for Dam Maintenance Across the Nation

Margaret A. Walls and Elizabeth Wason

May 27, 2020

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National Park Gateway Communities, the Outdoor Recreation Economy, and COVID-19

Matthew Ashenfarb and Margaret A. Walls

May 22, 2020

Stephen P. A. Brown

Eulogy for Stephen P. A. Brown, Economics Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Alan Krupnick

May 15, 2020

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The State of Global Climate Policy after the Delay of COP26

Robert Stavins and Sue Biniaz

May 15, 2020