October 2005

Environmental Management in Colombia Senior Fellows Allen Blackman and Richard Morgenstern and Fellow Sandra Hoffmann assess Colombia's environmental management institutions and policies.
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September 2005

Post-Katrina: Getting the Incentives and Priorities Right Senior Fellow Kate Probst and Journalist-in-Residence J.W. Anderson argue that we need to rethink the Federal response to Katrina to make sure the right questions get asked, and the right decisions are made.
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Understanding Proposed CAFE Reforms for Light Trucks Researchers Billy Pizer and Madeleine Baker find that the proposed corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) reforms represent a clear move towards greater economic efficiency and that the standards are very sensitive to recent increases in oil prices.
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August 2005

Ecosystem Services and Government Accountability: The Need for a New Way of Judging Nature's Value Senior Fellow James Boyd and Fellow Spencer Banzhaf call for the development of a rigorous system to measure ecosystem benefits.
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Taking Risks on the Space Frontier In the new issue of Resources, Senior Fellow Molly Macauley explores how human risk in space activities should be approached and managed.
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The Energy Marathon: What Has Congress Wrought? Visiting Scholar Robert Fri reviews the state of American energy policy in the wake of the new Energy Bill that President Bush signed into law on August 8, 2005.
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Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Prelude to a National Program? Joseph Kruger and Billy Pizer consider the national significance of the joining together of nine northeastern states to develop a regional cap-and-trade program known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
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July 2005

Flying in the Face of Uncertainty Senior Fellow Molly Macauley reflects on the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
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April 2005

Wholesale Electricity Markets and Policy: An Overview. Senior Fellow Tim Brennan outlines twists, turns, and bumps on the road to competition in electricity.
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March 2005

Alaska to the Rescue? ANWR and other reflections on U.S. oil import dependence by Senior Fellows Joel Darmstadter and Ian Parry
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Needed: A Parallel Approach on Climate Policy. Senior Fellow Richard Newell suggests that emission-based climate policy, such as the Kyoto Protocol, should be complemented by a strategy focused on research, development and implementation of climate-friendly technologies.
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