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Quick Takes on Climate and Energy after the 2018 US Midterm Elections

Quick Takes on Climate and Energy after the 2018 US Midterm Elections

Adrienne Young

Nov. 7, 2018

Can US Capacity Markets Keep Up with an Evolving Electric Grid?

Can US Capacity Markets Keep Up with an Evolving Electric Grid?

Kathryne Cleary and Karen Palmer

Nov. 6, 2018

PJM and ISO-NE Tackle Capacity Market Reform: Did They Succeed?

PJM and ISO-NE Tackle Capacity Market Reform: Did They Succeed?

Kathryne Cleary and Karen Palmer

Nov. 5, 2018

Washington State’s I-1631 Isn’t (Primarily) a Carbon Tax Initiative

Washington State’s I-1631 Isn’t (Primarily) a Carbon Tax Initiative

Roberton C. Williams III

Nov. 5, 2018

Will Voters Set Back Oil and Gas Development in Colorado?

Will Voters Set Back Oil and Gas Development in Colorado?

Daniel Raimi and Alan Krupnick

Nov. 2, 2018

Agencies Should Account for Credit Trading in Estimating Costs of CAFE Compliance

Agencies Should Account for Credit Trading in Estimating Costs of CAFE Compliance

Benjamin Leard and Virginia McConnell

Nov. 1, 2018

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Determining WTO-Compliant Border Tax Adjustments for 35 Energy-Intense, Trade-Exposed Industries

Brian Flannery and Jan Mares

Oct. 30, 2018

RFF Comments on NHTSA and EPA Fuel Economy and GHG Standards

RFF Comments on NHTSA and EPA Fuel Economy and GHG Standards

Joshua Linn and Kevin Rennert

Oct. 26, 2018

Missing Fuel Cost Savings: Some Clues Emerge

Missing Fuel Cost Savings: Some Clues Emerge

Joshua Linn

Oct. 9, 2018

RFF President Richard Newell Receives the USAEE Adelman-Frankel Award

RFF President Richard Newell Receives the USAEE Adelman-Frankel Award

Richard G. Newell

Sept. 28, 2018

Marking a Decade of Climate Cap and Trade Policy Leadership

Marking a Decade of Climate Cap and Trade Policy Leadership

Karen Palmer and Dallas Burtraw

Sept. 25, 2018

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The Outdoor Recreation Economy and Public Lands

Margaret A. Walls

Sept. 25, 2018

The Case of the Disappearing Fuel Cost Savings

The Case of the Disappearing Fuel Cost Savings

Justine Huetteman and Joshua Linn

Sept. 24, 2018

Relaxing EPA’s Methane Rule: Should It Stay or Should It Go?

Relaxing EPA’s Methane Rule: Should It Stay or Should It Go?

Justine Huetteman and Alan Krupnick

Sept. 20, 2018

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Recovering from Disasters: Evaluating FEMA’s Housing Assistance Program in the 2017 Hurricane Season

Margaret A. Walls and Danae Hernandez Cortes

Sept. 19, 2018

A Giant Rebound? How the Coupling of ACE and Federal Energy Policies to Protect Coal Could Drive Up CO2 Emissions

A Giant Rebound? How the Coupling of ACE and Federal Energy Policies to Protect Coal Could Drive Up CO2 Emissions

Kathryne Cleary and Karen Palmer

Sept. 18, 2018

Critiquing the Trump Administration’s Analysis of Consumer Behavior in the Proposed CAFE Standards

Critiquing the Trump Administration’s Analysis of Consumer Behavior in the Proposed CAFE Standards

Alan Krupnick, Joshua Linn, and Virginia McConnell

Sept. 17, 2018

EPA's ANPRM on Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Benefit Cost Analysis

EPA's ANPRM on Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Benefit Cost Analysis

Nathan Richardson, Arthur G. Fraas, Alan Krupnick, and Richard D. Morgenstern

Sept. 17, 2018

Can Fleeting Public Interest in Wildfire Risk Drive Long-Term Change?

Can Fleeting Public Interest in Wildfire Risk Drive Long-Term Change?

Matthew Wibbenmeyer and Michael Zwirn

Sept. 13, 2018

New satellite data: Twice as many Americans live in counties not meeting fine particulate air quality standards as previously thought.

New satellite data: Twice as many Americans live in counties not meeting fine particulate air quality standards as previously thought.

Daniel Sullivan and Alan Krupnick

Sept. 12, 2018

Air Pollution and Trump’s CAFE Proposal

Air Pollution and Trump’s CAFE Proposal

Justine Huetteman, Alan Krupnick, Joshua Linn, and Virginia McConnell

Sept. 11, 2018

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Why and How Do New Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards Affect Consumer Vehicle Purchases?

Xiaoya Dou and Joshua Linn

Sept. 4, 2018

Ancillary Benefits Redux: We Can’t Afford the Affordable Clean Energy Rule

Ancillary Benefits Redux: We Can’t Afford the Affordable Clean Energy Rule

Alan Krupnick

Aug. 31, 2018

Changing the Game for Coal: How Federal Energy Policies Could Impact Coal Plant Retirement

Changing the Game for Coal: How Federal Energy Policies Could Impact Coal Plant Retirement

Kathryne Cleary and Karen Palmer

Aug. 30, 2018