Resources for the Future

FOCUS AREAS

Energy and Climate

Regulating Risks

Transportation and Urban Land

The Natural World

Health and Environment

FEATURES

Conservation Return on Investment Analysis: Results, Methods, and New Directions

In a review of conservation return on investment (ROI) literature, RFF experts argue for broadening the application of ROI analysis methods to attain more effective ecological outcomes.

Putting Politics Aside: The Consequences of the Keystone XL Rejection

RFF Senior Fellows Joel Darmstadter and Alan Krupnick write that the president’s decision will have little impact on jobs, energy security, or the environment.

Regulating Greenhouse Gases from Coal Power Plants under the Clean Air Act

New research from RFF experts confirms that there are important, low-cost opportunities to reduce CO2 emissions at existing coal-fired facilities in the short run.

Adapting Environmental Policy for the Developing World

Researchers from Environment for Development centers investigated some of the challenges faced by policymakers in developing countries, including the economic impacts of public health issues and the effects of climate change on agricultural productivity.

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RFF POLICY COMMENTARY

The Cost of Protecting Oil in the Persian Gulf
Mark Delucchi
January 17, 2012

FEATURED WORK

RFF Center for Climate and Electricity Policy (CCEP)

RFF Center for Energy Economics and Policy (CEEP)

RFF Center for the Management of Ecological Wealth (CMEW)

RFF Center for Forest Economics and Policy (CFEP)

Environment for Development (EFD)

RFF PUBLICATIONS

New Alternative Compliance Mechanisms for a Clean Energy Standard

Glenn Hurowitz, Samuel Grausz

RFF Issue Brief

The Fossil Endgame: Strategic Oil Price Discrimination and Carbon Taxation

Jiegen Wie, Magnus Wenlock, Daniel J.A. Johansson, Thomas Sterner

RFF Discussion Paper