On the Issues
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On the Issues Archive

RFF on the Issues: Obama’s Tax on Oil
Feb. 10, 2016

RFF on the Issues: Invasive species impacts: timing matters
Jan. 28, 2016

RFF on the Issues: Banning Fracking Pits in Pennsylvania
Jan. 15, 2016

RFF on the Issues: President Obama’s Final SOTU—The Future of Energy
Jan. 13, 2016

RFF on the Issues: Flooding, Again, in the Midwest
Jan. 7, 2016

RFF on the Issues: When a Carbon Tax Is Better than Regulation
Dec. 3, 2015

RFF on the Issues: The Financial Risks of Climate Change
Nov. 13, 2015

RFF on the Issues: Fossil Fuels on Federal Lands
Nov. 11, 2015

RFF on the Issues: Time for a Carbon Tax?
Oct. 30, 2015

RFF on the Issues: The Land and Water Conservation Fund
Oct. 28, 2015

RFF on the Issues: The Exelon-Pepco Merger and Flexibility
Oct. 23, 2015

RFF on the Issues: A Collaborative Cure for the Endangered Species Act
Oct. 21, 2015

RFF on the Issues: Switching from Coal to Natural Gas
Oct. 20, 2015

RFF on the Issues: Comparing Climate Pledges
Oct. 15, 2015

RFF on the Issues: Managing Severe Flooding
Oct. 7, 2015

RFF on the Issues: The VW Scandal and Diesel Fuel Cars
Oct. 5, 2015

Wildfires and High-Risk Development
Sept. 25, 2015

RFF on the Issues: Pricing Carbon to Reduce Emissions
Sept. 23, 2015

RFF on the Issues: Oil and Gas Wastewater Storage and Leaks
Sept. 8, 2015

RFF ON THE ISSUES: Highway Trust Fund standoff; Papal call for climate action
June 23, 2015

RFF ON THE ISSUES: Comparing climate pledges; Call for a carbon tax
June 15, 2015

RFF ON THE ISSUES: EPA’s report on fracking and drinking water; Wood emissions
June 8, 2015

RFF ON THE ISSUES: North American energy and climate policy; Park funding legislation stalls
June 1, 2015

RFF ON THE ISSUES: Fracking contamination concerns; Clean Power Plan legality
May 11, 2015