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Mar 4, 2015
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Alan J. Krupnick
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper deserves some credit for creating the state’s Oil and Gas Task Force as a means of reducing the heat around the November ballot. In an effort to cool tensions among Colorado’s oil and gas industry, some local governments, and citizen groups, and as part of a deal to create the task force, a handful of controversial initiatives were withdrawn.
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Blog Post
Mar 3, 2015
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Dallas Burtraw
In recent years, US climate plans have changed abruptly. In a new RFF discussion paper, with RFF Center Fellow Anthony Paul and Research Assistant Sophie Pan, we examine the challenges for progress—specifically, of coordination among jurisdictions—that presently face policymakers in both the United States and around the world.
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Blog Post
Mar 3, 2015
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Mun Ho
[caption id="attachment_8809" align="alignright" width="300"] In 2006, China became the world's largest emitter of CO2. (source: Chris Aston / flickr)[/caption]
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Mar 2, 2015
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RFF Staff
In this edition: Insight into the costs associated with operating nuclear utility fleets
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Blog Post
Feb 27, 2015
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Robert Stavins
This post originally appeared on Robert Stavins’s blog, An Economic View of the Environment. Love it or hate it, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) plays a very important role in global climate change policy around the world.
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Blog Post
Feb 26, 2015
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Zhongmin Wang
Information on consumer boycotts and their participants is highly relevant for many corporations. A 2005 survey found that 36 percent of consumers polled across 17 countries had personally boycotted at least one brand, a likely troublesome figure for marketers.
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Blog Post
Feb 25, 2015
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Chris Clotworthy
Each week, I review the papers, studies, reports, and briefings posted over at the RFF Library Blog. Easing the Transition to a More Distributed Electricity System: The Changing Roles of Consumers, Utilities and Regulators Within the Regulatory Compact
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Blog Post
Feb 24, 2015
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RFF Staff
In this edition: How using satellites can help reduce uncertainty about climate change
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Blog Post
Feb 24, 2015
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RFF Staff
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="238"] The Forest Conservation Targeting Tool maps areas that will have the highest (red) to lowest (blue) return on conservation investment, as defined by the user’s particular budget and goals.[/caption] An Interview with Allen Blackman
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Blog Post
Feb 18, 2015
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Chris Clotworthy
Each week, I review the papers, studies, reports, and briefings posted over at the RFF Library Blog. The Transfer of Public Lands Movement: Taking the ‘Public’ Out of Public Lands
