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What the Experts Say about the Environmental Risks of Shale Gas Development

A new RFF report highlights a high degree of consensus among experts from government, industry, academia, and nongovernmental organizations about the key risks associated with shale gas production and development.

Evaluating Approaches for Financing State Parks

In new research, RFF’s Margaret Walls finds that financially struggling state park systems are in need of a fresh approach—but that there is no “one size fits all.”

FEATURED EVENT

RFF Seminar
February 27, 2013
Comprehensive Tax Reform and Climate Policy

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)

Forest Economics and Policy Program (FEPP)

Environment for Development (EFD)

Parsing the State of the Union
Pete Nelson and Clayton Munnings
President Obama’s remarks on climate change on Tuesday were a mix of specificity and vagueness. It seems...

Shale Gas Priorities? I’d Like to Use a Lifeline.
Hal Gordon and Alan Krupnick
Yesterday, we released a survey of 215 shale gas development experts that found a surprising amount of...

U.S. Emissions Trends: Optimism, Pessimism, and One Big Decision
Dallas Burtraw and Matt Woerman
This week, the World Resources Institute released a report addressing U.S. progress on reducing GHG...