Kenneth Boulding’s 1966 essay on sustainability has relevance today for fostering economic policies that respect planetary boundaries.

RFF is posting Richard Newell’s remarks on energy independence from earlier this year in light of this week’s Executive Order signed by President Trump on Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth. Newell gave the remarks at the Department of Energy in January at an event honoring Charles B. Curtis

An effective energy tax policy that serves the best interests of the American people should correct market failures, promote cost-effectiveness, and enable review and reform in order to improve policy over time.

Marylanders need better information in the debate over a ban on hydraulic fracturing—information that accounts for the real benefits and risks as well as the remaining uncertainties over issues including related health impacts and other concerns.

Energy issues may be front and center if the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is to be renegotiated, as President Trump has promised. The agreement, which went into force in the mid-1990s, reduces trade barriers between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Shortly after his inauguration, President Trump resurrected the Keystone XL pipeline project. Designed to carry up to 830,000 barrels per day of oil sands crude from Canada to refineries on the Gulf Coast, the Keystone XL pipeline was rejected in 2015 by the Obama administration on the grounds that it was incompatible with national goals to limit US dependence on fossil fuels.

This paper reviews the recent evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency policies.

The Keystone XL pipeline represents another benefit–cost dilemma where judgments and calculations deserve to be aired and differences resolved as rationally as possible. Earlier insights about the issue remain salient today.