Common Resources

Common Resources

• Blog Post

  NASA Selects RFF as Home for New Earth Observation Consortium

  Dec 12, 2016 | Peter Nelson
  Environmental Economics Topics Space

  RFF is excited to announce the creation of a new consortium with support from NASA to quantify the socioeconomic benefits of Earth observations.

• Blog Post

  Is Flood Insurance Too Expensive?

  Dec 9, 2016 | Carolyn Kousky, Leonard A. Shabman
  Risk and Uncertainty

  The news has routinely profiled homeowners bemoaning the costs of flood insurance or citing annual premiums that are certainly cringe-worthy.  Over the last several years there has been concern about the affordability of flood insurance.

• Blog Post

  RFF on the Issues: Dakota Access Pipeline Final Permits Denied

  Dec 6, 2016 | Peter Nelson
  Energy and Electricity

  After final permits for the Dakota Access pipeline were denied, the Army Corps of Engineers plans to assess alternative routes. Experts from RFF and Stanford recently examined local zoning, environmental concerns, community preference, and other factors as they relate to shale gas and oil development siting decisions.

• Blog Post

  RFF on the Issues: Global Oil Production Cuts and US State and Local Fiscal Challenges

  Dec 6, 2016 | Peter Nelson
  Energy and Electricity

  Despite the recent announcement by OPEC signaling cuts in oil production, global oil prices are expected to remain low—an ongoing challenge for US state and local governments that rely on taxes or other revenues from energy resources to fund their budgets.

• Blog Post

  The Permian Basin: Local Fiscal Benefits, Challenges, and Surprises

  Dec 6, 2016 | Daniel Raimi
  Energy and Electricity
  

  After visiting west Texas for the first time in 2013, we returned to the region this month to examine whether a downturn in global oil prices had affected fiscal conditions for local governments.

• Blog Post

  RFF on the Issues: New Rule to Cut Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Industry

  Nov 17, 2016 | Peter Nelson
  Climate Change

  The US Department of the Interior finalized a new regulation this week to address "fugitive" emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, as well as natural gas lost during fossil fuel production on federal lands.

• Blog Post

  RFF on the Issues: Impacts of a New Presidency on Existing Policies

  Nov 11, 2016 | Peter Nelson
  Climate Change

  In wake of the unexpected election of Donald Trump as the next US president, citizens and decisionmakers in the United States and elsewhere are contemplating how the new administration will shape the policy landscape going forward.

• Blog Post

  California’s New Legislation on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants

  Nov 11, 2016 | Jhih-Shyang Shih, Dallas Burtraw
  Climate Change

  There is growing recognition of the value of near-term actions to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) such as methane, black carbon, and various hydrofluorocarbons that have large global warming potentials.

• Blog Post

  Divergent Fiscal Impacts in Neighboring Pennsylvania Counties

  Nov 10, 2016 | Daniel Raimi
  Energy and Electricity

  In 2004, the first Marcellus shale gas well was drilled in Washington County, Pennsylvania, about a thirty-minute drive from Pittsburgh in the southwestern corner of the state. Since that time, production from the Marcellus has surpassed virtually all expectations, leading Pennsylvania to become the second largest natural gas producer in the United States, behind only Texas.

• Blog Post

  The Trump Administration and Climate

  Nov 10, 2016 | Nathan Richardson
  Climate Change

  There will be plenty of time for deep thinking on the policy ramifications of last night’s surprising election result. Until then, here’s a quick summary of the likely impact of the Trump administration on climate and environmental policy.