In a new report on U.S. patent policy and African agriculture, RFF Senior Fellow Michael Taylor and Jerry Cayford suggest changes that could help African farmers gain access to new technologies without undercutting the patent system.

Criticism of the administration's mercury proposal should not confuse the policy tool, emission trading, with the environmental target. RFF Senior Fellows Dallas Burtraw and Alan Krupnick comment on the Bush's Administration's proposed changes to the Clean Air Act.

In a three-part series on Wisconsin's brownfields policies, RFF Fellow Kris Wernstedt and the Center for Public Environmental Oversight's Robert Hersh look at the implementation of programs to clean up and redevelop contaminated properties.

At the Climate Conference, RFF Joins the Discussion
As the Milan conference on climate change considers the next stage in world policy to combat global warming, researchers from RFF take an active part in the discussions.

Now that the U.S. has experienced high natural gas prices, the heretofore-quiet world of federal natural gas policy has become a lot noisier. At a recent RFF forum, representatives from the National Petroleum Council and the Stanford Energy Modeling Forum present their views on what lies ahead. Read RFF's journalist-in-residence J.W. Anderson on the day's events.

Government action needed to combat threat of superbugs, say Fellow Ramanan Laxminarayan and Amazon Conservation Team President Mark Plotkin in the Washington Post.

RFF research evaluating New Zealand's fishing quota system features prominently in policy discussions (for example, the Wall Street Journal).

Challenges Facing EPA and the new Administrator 
RFF President and Senior Fellow Paul Portney assesses the issues faced by EPA following the resignation of EPA Administrator Christie Whitman.

Understanding the McCain-Lieberman Stewardship Act
RFF Fellow Billy Pizer and Senior Fellow Ray Kopp assess McCain - Lieberman, a bipartisan Senate bill aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Presentations, Papers, and a Video Demonstration of the Food Safety Research Consortium's first project: A Model for Evaluating and Ranking the Public Health Impact of Foodborne Hazards are now available online.

Celebrating John Krutilla
Celebrated by Nobel Laureates Kenneth Arrow and Robert Solow, John V. Krutilla's contributions to modern thinking about conserving natural resources are honored via the online RFF Remembrance Book.