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Date
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News Source
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Headline
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Summary
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| 5/29/2005 |
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Also Appeared in:
Newhouse News Service
The Post-Standard |
Digging Deep to Head Off Oil Crisis |
Oil has been a dominant fuel sources for so long that to replace it, even partially, will take multiple sources of energy. RFF President and Senior Fellow Paul Portney predicts that what oil is left will become so expensive that Americans will be pushed into alternative fuels. |
| 5/27/2005 |
United Press International
Also Appeared in:
Washington Times
World Peace Herald
Science Daily
Interest Alert |
Experts say Oil Prices May Stay High |
RFF President and Senior Fellow Paul Portney says rising oil prices and the affect on the American economy is a problem that we have to pay attention to, but it's not a problem that will drive the U.S. absolutely to its knees. |
| 5/19/2005 |
Environment & Energy Daily
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Appropriations: Terry Looking for More Superfund Money, Drawn From Other EPA Programs
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According to RFF Senior Fellow Kate Probst, the president has in past years asked for larger Superfund appropriations, so that a $130 million increase is not out of line with what the Bush administration has said is needed for the program. |
| 5/18/2005 |
Financial Times
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Saudis Blame US Regulation for Pushing Up Oil Price Fuel Standards |
Many energy experts argue the fragmentation of the US market has made the country more vulnerable to disruptions. RFF president and senior fellow Paul Portney says it makes sense to tailor recipes of gasoline to particular air quality problems in different states. |
| 5/16/2005 |
Brownfield News
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Brownfields: What Do Developers Want? |
RFF Fellow Kris Wernstedt says that there are numerous success stories of public actions that appear to have attracted private investment in brownfield properties. However, we have little systematic evidence of what really works best to stimulate investment.
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| 5/15/2005 |
Voice of America News
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There are many types of air pollution, but pollutants that have shrunk the earth's ozone layer have received much more of the media attention over the years. RFF Senior Fellow Alan Krupnick says that we ought to be putting much more of our intellectual energy into reducing particles in the air and a little less energy into reducing ozone. |
| 5/13/2005 |
Kiplinger.com |
Planned Layoffs Down in March, But Still Higher Than 2004 |
Telework has become more popular in recent years, but Resources for the Future's recent study found that as most telework is still limited to just one or two days a week, employees seldom stay with the arrangement over time. |
| 5/1/2005 |
Environmental Finance |
The Measures of Success |
Of more importance are solid foundations on which more stringent reductions goals can be built. RFF Visiting Scholar Joe Kruger says, "It's about reducing emissions, but the amounts are really pretty small in the global context. It's a first step." |
| 5/2005 |
Environment & Climate News
Also Appeared in:
Health Care News
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Moderate Environmental Group Now Leans Left |
Joseph L. Bast, President of The Heartland Institute gives his analysis of Resources for the Future |
