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Takeaways from the New Federal Guidance on the Tax Credit for Energy Communities
April 7, 2023

Can State-Level Regulations Help Reduce National Emissions from Passenger Vehicles?
April 4, 2023

Insights Gained from the Past Decade of Federal Standards for Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
March 30, 2023

Looking at Environmental and Natural Resource Economics through the Lens of Racial Equity
March 29, 2023

Policies in Play for the Decarbonization of the Intermountain West Region of the United States
March 22, 2023

The Trade-Off between Costs and Emissions for the Hydrogen Tax Credit
March 21, 2023

How Do Wildfires Affect Local Economies?
March 16, 2023

New from Resources for the Future: The Carbon Scoring Project
March 16, 2023

Remembering Milton Russell
March 13, 2023

Targeted Regulation Can Reduce the Frequency of High-Ozone Events
March 6, 2023

Flood Bubble: How Housing Markets Underestimate Climate Change
Feb. 16, 2023

Hydrogen Hubs: How Is the US Department of Energy Picking Winners (and Losers)?
Feb. 9, 2023

Hydrogen Hubs: Get to Know the Encouraged Applicants
Feb. 7, 2023

Climate Policy in the Courts
Jan. 30, 2023

What Forces Will Shape Energy and the Environment in 2023?
Jan. 20, 2023

What Are the Benefits of Electric Vehicles for Climate, Air Pollution, and Health?
Jan. 3, 2023

RFF’s Top Stories of 2022
Dec. 21, 2022

RFF at 70: From Resource Economics to a Net-Zero Economy
Dec. 15, 2022

Remembering Herman Daly
Dec. 14, 2022

What Do Hydrogen-Hub Developers and Producers Want? Is the US Department of Energy Meeting Their Needs?
Dec. 1, 2022

COP27 in Context
Nov. 28, 2022

Four Issues and Outcomes That Rose to the Top at the COP27 Climate Conference
Nov. 22, 2022

Geeking Out on Geography: Mapping Policy Scenarios for the Energy Transition
Nov. 16, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency Introduces a New Social Cost of Carbon for Public Comment
Nov. 15, 2022