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Economic Reregulation, Environmental Deregulation, and the Future of US Coal-Fired Generation
Oct. 17, 2017
DOE’s Grid Resiliency Pricing Rule: Does It Address Market Failures?
Oct. 16, 2017
Big Steps, High Stakes: Preparing to Trade Carbon Dioxide in China
Oct. 16, 2017
Climate Change and the "Confidence Trap": A Podcast with Roger Cooke
Oct. 15, 2017
Hazy Treatment of Health Benefits: The Case of the Clean Power Plan
Oct. 13, 2017
Muddying the Waters of the United States: Trump Administration Takes Aim at EPA Rule
Oct. 11, 2017
Casey Wichman on Global versus Domestic Benefits in Assessing US Climate Action
Oct. 11, 2017
Are Floods Getting Worse for the National Flood Insurance Program?
Oct. 11, 2017
Unpacking the Administration’s Revised Social Cost of Carbon
Oct. 10, 2017
Truth in Advertising: Will the Trump Administration’s Proposed Methane Rule Deferral Save on Costs?
Oct. 5, 2017
New Issue of Resources Magazine: Fall 2017
Oct. 5, 2017
Climate Hawks in the Trump Administration
Oct. 2, 2017
Carbon Tax Calculator
Sept. 25, 2017
New RFF Vice President for Land, Water, and Nature: Ann M. Bartuska
Sept. 25, 2017
How Should We Adapt to a Changing Climate?
Sept. 25, 2017
Why Don’t More People Buy Flood Insurance?
Sept. 6, 2017
Managing Invasive Species with the Help of Public Participation
Aug. 31, 2017
How Reliable Is DOE’s Grid Reliability Study?
Aug. 28, 2017
A Bad Idea: Subsidizing Coal
Aug. 11, 2017
On the Health Impacts of Fracking: Where the Public Debate Misses the Mark
Aug. 11, 2017
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Is Needed and Improving Despite Kemper Project Shutdown
Aug. 3, 2017
Understanding Pennsylvania’s Proposed Severance Tax
Aug. 1, 2017
California Takes an Important and Unified Step on Climate Change
July 18, 2017
Mitigation Post-Flood: FEMA’s Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC) Coverage
July 7, 2017