| MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS |
| U.S., China Step Forward In Climate Debate |
| Thursday, December 24, 2009 |
| NPR |
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| Good Climate Policy, and Bad |
| Thursday, December 03, 2009 |
| The Economist |
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| Beyond Swine Flu: Superbugs |
| Friday, June 05, 2009 |
| Chicago Tribune |
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Five Illinois residents have died of the swine flu, raising new fears that the H1N1 virus will not be easily controlled. |
| Will climate change take the fun out of fun? |
| Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| Environmental Economics |
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| Putting A Price On Smart Power |
| Monday, April 27, 2009 |
| National Public Radio |
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| Expert: Telecommuting growing, but it's no panacea for societys ills |
| Monday, April 27, 2009 |
| Finance And Commerce |
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| Counting on That Carbon-Free Edge |
| Saturday, April 25, 2009 |
| Congressional Quarterly Weekly |
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| Nuclear power supplies just 20 percent of the nation's electricity, but 73 percent of the electricity produced with no carbon emissions. That fact is what powers nuclear energy's attempt at a comeback... |
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| Beyond Yucca, A Blurry View |
| Saturday, April 25, 2009 |
| Congressional Quarterly Weekly |
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All around the country, nuclear waste is waiting. From Diablo Canyon, Calif., to Peach Bottom, Pa., in 121 locations in 39 states, 60,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel, a lethal radioactive hoard the weight of an ocean liner, sits in deep pools of water or in steel casks stacked on concrete pads under the open sky, waiting to be hauled away... |
| Lobbying: 'Propaganda war' over coal escalates ahead of Hill climate debate |
| Monday, April 20, 2009 |
| Environment & Energy Daily |
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| Senator offers bill aimed at pulling moderates into debate; addresses transmission and more |
| Monday, April 13, 2009 |
| Platts Electric Utility Week |
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Looking to claim some serious floor time in the ongoing energy debate on Capitol Hill, a leading moderate Democrat is pushing a wide-ranging Senate bill that would, among other things, turn over electric transmission planning and permitting to the federal government, rein in speculative trading in energy markets and promote nuclear power... |
| In Bill's Big Idea: Save the Climate, Share the Wealth |
| Wednesday, April 08, 2009 |
| Washington Post |
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For several years, Peter Barnes has been peddling a Big Idea about how to design climate change legislation so that it might actually be popular. Now he might finally get his day in the sun... |
| Florida vs. the superbugs |
| Monday, April 06, 2009 |
| TampaBay.com |
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MRSA killed Alonzo Smith, an 18-year-old football player from Liberty High School in Kissimmee last September. Smith follows a long line of football players who have been sickened after infection with MRSA, a highly resistant superbug.. |
| RFF's Morgenstern Discusses Cost-Benefit Analysis Reform |
| Thursday, April 02, 2009 |
| E&E TV |
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| Don't Hold the U.S. to Climate Standards it Cannot Achieve |
| Thursday, March 26, 2009 |
| The Guardian |
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Europe is inadvertently undermining President Obama on global warming, with potentially damaging consequences for climate co-operation and transatlantic relations... |
| Cap-and-Cashback: Regional fairness |
| Monday, March 16, 2009 |
| Grist |
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Climate policy can be fair to families all across the... |
| Greenhouse Plan Spurs Lobbying |
| Saturday, March 14, 2009 |
| MarketWatch |
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U.S. President Barack Obama's support for limiting greenhouse gas emissions has spurred a lobbying blitz in Congress, officials said... |
| Push to Reduce Greenhouse Gases Would Put a Price on Emitting Pollution |
| Friday, March 13, 2009 |
| The Washington Post |
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President Obama's endorsement of climate legislation to clamp down on greenhouse gases has set off a lobbying rush in Congress and made the air thick with rival proposals. |
| Carbon Footprints Are Tricky to Track |
| Friday, March 13, 2009 |
| Wall Street Journal |
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The truth is that while there is some variation in the carbon intensity of consumption across states, it is orders of magnitude smaller than what the editorial claims, thus severely overstating the degree to which cap and trade will burden some states and benefit others. |
| Climate Change Takes Center Stage in Congress |
| Friday, March 13, 2009 |
| Reuters |
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With climate change legislation a top U.S. priority for Democrats this year, lawmakers began zeroing in on Thursday on ways to ease the financial burden it could impose on the poor, especially in the midst of a deep economic recession. |
| For Malaria, We Just Can't Afford to Use Cheap Drugs |
| Friday, March 13, 2009 |
| Financial Times |
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There are two ways to take anti-malarial drugs: the expensive way, which helps the world; and the cheap way, which helps only the patient. Most Africans cannot afford the expensive way and, as a result, the worlds most effective anti-malarial drug may lose its potency. |
| Quick Hits From Copenhagen |
| Thursday, March 12, 2009 |
| ScienceInsider |
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Overheard here as the climate conference wraps up... |
| Obama Cuts Funds To Nuclear Waste Repository |
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
| National Public Radio |
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President Obama has lived up to a campaign promise by cutting off most funds to develop Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as a nuclear waste repository. That leaves the fate of nuclear waste, currently stored at sites throughout the United States, in limbo. |
| Carbon Trading to Raise Consumer Energy Prices |
| Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| Wall Street Journal |
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Dallas Burtraw is quoted on how the decision about distributing revenue from a national cap and trade system could "change the distribution of wealth potentially for a century."
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| Budget Expects Revenue from Limits on Emissions |
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
| Washington Post |
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Dallas Burtraw's observation that "emission allowances could be the greatest creation of property rights since the 19th-century settlement of the West" is cited.
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| Obama Stresses Energy Investment but Policy Battles Loom |
| Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |
| Greenwire |
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Tim Brennan comments that President Obama's emphasis on climate legislation and renewable energy in a prime time address indicates the importance his administration places on the issues.
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| Fighting Infection |
| Tuesday, February 24, 2009 |
| Baltimore Sun |
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Ramanan Laxminarayan and co-author Eli Perencevich of the University of Maryland Medical Center urge regional strategies to curb infections contracted in health-care facilities.
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| "Like Clean Water" |
| Tuesday, February 17, 2009 |
| Der Standard |
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The bulk of inappropriate prescriptions are for children under five years old. In hospitals, patients are treated with many antibiotics to reduce the risk of not recovering from an infection, many of which are drug resistant. |
| The 'X' Factor |
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 |
| Discover |
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Molly Macauley offers an economist's view of prizes in this article about the X Prize Foundation. |
| Case for Climate Protection Authority |
| Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
| Politico |
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RFF’s Nigel Purvis makes the case for the Obama Administration to create a Climate Protection Authority and explains the potential benefits for domestic and international climate action. |
| Obama Counters Bush on Auto Standards |
| Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
| Boston Globe |
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Ian Parry comments on the merit of higher fuel efficiency standards versus a higher gas tax and his recent study is summarized. |
| Scientific Climate is Changing as Obama Takes Office |
| Sunday, January 18, 2009 |
| USA Today |
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A recent RFF study that explores how a cap-and-trade plan would affect household energy costs is cited.
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| Russia and Ukraine's Gas Dispute |
| Thursday, January 15, 2009 |
| Washington Post |
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In this letter to the editor, Joel Darmstadter responds to an opinion piece regarding energy options for Europe. |
| Hank Paulson: Use Free Trade to Fight Climate Change |
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 |
| Wall Street Journal |
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Keith Johnson summarizes Treasury Secretary Paulson's discussion about curbing greenhouse gasses at RFF's recent Policy Leadership Forum. |
| The Policy Relevance of Science |
| Monday, January 12, 2009 |
| Space News |
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Molly Macauley makes the case for better inclusion of the federal science agencies (NASA, National Science Foundation, and U.S. Geological Survey) in devising climate policy proposals. She notes, "…the expertise of these science agencies is vital as a basis for informing the actions likely to be taken by other agencies…" |
| Making a Treaty: The Senate’s Role |
| Thursday, January 08, 2009 |
| New York Times |
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In this letter to the editor, Nigel Purvis explores the benefits of forging bipartisan climate policy through Congressional-executive agreements rather than treaties. |