December 2005
Business Executives Signal Need for Action on U.S. Climate Change Policies RFF and CLIPORE co-sponsor a conference on European and American Business Perspectives on Emissions Trading and Climate Policy.
(December 1, 2005)
September 2005
U.S. Priorities on Climate Change Policy Following the Kyoto Protocol Senior Fellow Richard Morgenstern's Congressional Testimony Highlights Shifts in Thinking, Changes in Direction
(September 20, 2005)
Risk Analysis Expert Appointed to New Endowed Chair Roger M. Cooke, professor of applied decision theory at the Department of Mathematics of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, is the first appointee to the new Chauncey Starr Chair in Risk Analysis. (September 8, 2005)
Philip Sharp Named New President of Resources for the Future Phil Sharp, long-time member of Congress and prominent authority on energy and environmental policy, has been elected president of RFF. (September 7, 2005)
June 2005
Benefits of Regulating Electricity Pollution OutWeigh Costs To New York, Nation Significant health, environmental gains found in all policies analyzed. (June 20, 2005)
The Future of U.S. Energy Policy
New Briefing Series Examines Energy Issues to 2050 (June 16, 2005)
May 2005
RFF Researchers Launch Pioneering Study on Antibiotic Resistance Growing threat of increasing bacterial resistance to antibiotics drives research effort to develop policy solutions (May 24, 2005)
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cannot Depend on Technology Incentives Alone
In testimony submitted to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Senior Fellow Richard Morgenstern urges broad-based policy action on climate change. (May 18, 2005)
RFF Announces Recipients Of Fellowship Program Awards For 2005-2006 Academic Year
Eight academic fellowships and special internship awardees have been named by Resources for the Future to conduct environmental and energy research during the coming year. The awards, which provide stipends and program support for the recipients, are selected through a competitive process and are funded by special gifts to the RFF endowment. (May 5, 2005)
April 2005
Future Success of Space Commerce Depends on Incentives
In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, RFF Senior Fellow Molly Macauley advocates incentive-oriented, experimental approaches to space policy. (April 20, 2005)
March 2005
Oil Independence Will Not Eliminate Vulnerability
RFF President testifies that global oil prices remain primary concern
In testimony before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy and Resources, Paul Portney, president and senior fellow at Resources for the Future, cited increasing oil use and dependency as the greatest energy issue currently facing the United States. Moreover, he stated, "this would be the case even if we produced domestically all of the oil we use." (March 23, 2005)
Study Shows Telecommuting Requires Significant Participation If It Is to Have Big Environmental Impact
RFF scholars find cleaner cars and insufficient participation limit environmental benefits from current programs
In the first analysis of data from the "ecommute" program, researchers from Resources for the Future (RFF) calculate that if less than one percent of the workforce in five major U.S. cities were to work from home just one to two days per week, 25 fewer tons of volatile organic compounds would be released into the air in those five cities each year. (March 11, 2005)
February 2005
RFF President Briefs House Senate Science Committee on Effectiveness, Impact of CAFE Standards
In testimony February 9 before the House Science Committee, Paul Portney, president and senior fellow at Resources For the Future, provided a new perspective on the consequences of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. (February 9, 2005)
Antibiotic Resistance to Hospital-Acquired Infections: Increasing Coordinated investment in infection control among hospitals needed
New research from Resources for the Future, in collaboration with colleagues at the National Institutes of Health and Princeton University, highlights the need for a regionally coordinated investment plan among hospitals to prevent transmission of hospital-acquired infections. (February 2, 2005)
January 2005
Paul Portney to Depart as RFF President; Will Head University of Arizona's Eller College of Management
Paul R. Portney, president of Resources for the Future (RFF) since 1995, announced today that he will leave the organization in July to become dean of the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona in Tucson. (January 17, 2005)
