Fall 2024 / Magazine Issues

Issue 216: What Changes and What Remains the Same

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A Note from RFF’s President

This issue of Resources magazine includes several examples of our commitment to delivering rigorous research and nonpartisan policy engagement to achieve lofty but critical climate goals, even as the political and social climates evolve around us. Like any responsible organization, we have worked through our scenario planning for the election in November, and we note “politically resilient” and consistent topic areas that already benefit from bipartisan support.

We also highlight a Resources Radio podcast episode about the Stanford University and RFF public opinion survey, known as Climate Insights, which shows incredible consistency in American perspectives on climate change over the past 30 years.

Another important element in this issue is a celebration of RFF’s Resources magazine. The recent completion of digitizing 65 years of archived articles offers an opportunity to point out the steadfast legacy of RFF researchers providing rigorous economic research under various administrations even as many critical climate, energy, and environmental issues have changed.

This issue of the magazine reflects on how far we’ve come, offers insights on where we are going, and highlights the persistence needed to hold steady in our mission even as the world continues to transform around us.

Billy Pizer
President and CEO, Resources for the Future

Articles in this issue

Elections Matter. So Does Policy Research.

Brad Harris, Kevin Rennert, Beia Spiller, Margaret A. Walls, David N. Wear, and Alan Krupnick

American Public Opinion on Climate Change

Jon A. Krosnick, Kristin Hayes, and Elizabeth Wason

From 1959 Through Today: 65 Years of Resources Magazine

Dallas Burtraw, Maureen L. Cropper, Maya Domeshek, Alan Krupnick, Yanjun (Penny) Liao, Karen Palmer, Beia Spiller, and James Boyd

Climate and Trade in a World of Resurgent Industrial Policy

Milan Elkerbout, Katarina Nehrkorn, and William Pizer

Almost Everything Almost Everywhere All at Once: Why Place-Based Policies Are Not Targeting the Right Places

Daniel Raimi, Alexandra Thompson, and Zachary Whitlock

The Cooling Solution

Enrica De Cian, Jacopo Crimi, Gaia Squarci, and Antonella Mazzone

Supporter Spotlight: A Trusted Partner in Policy

Paul L. Joskow

Putting Resources for the Future on the Map

Dallas Burtraw, Benjamin Hobbs, Annie McDarris, Karen Palmer, Brian C. Prest, Molly Robertson, Sally Robson, Jessica Roper, James Round, Suzanne Russo, Ryan Sabot, Loren Schmidt, Alexandra Thompson, Sarah Tung, Margaret A. Walls, and Shannon Wulf Tregar

What’s at the Top of Your Stack?

Kristin Hayes, Daniel Raimi, and Margaret A. Walls

Word Search: Find Your Reasons for Supporting Resources for the Future

Carlin Anderson