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How Can the Government Lower Legal Hurdles for Solar Farms?
Explore the Climate Insights Survey Data Tool
A new interactive tool provides comprehensive data on American public attitudes toward climate change between 1997 and 2020.
Build Your Own Carbon Pricing Proposal
Our carbon pricing calculator can compare Congressional proposals and custom bills—now with a state-by-state breakdown of impacts.
Read About Equitable Energy Transition Policies
Scholars from RFF and Environmental Defense Fund recently concluded an extensive review of federal policies to aid changing fossil fuel communities.
Resources for the Future improves environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement.
Topics
Carbon Pricing
Informing the design and examining the impacts of carbon pricing policies
Forest Resources
Evaluating regional forest management policies, considering costs and goals
Future of Power
Conducting research to inform the ongoing transformation and decarbonization of the electricity sector
Oil and Gas
Exploring the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of oil and gas development
Social Cost of Carbon
Improving the science behind estimating the social cost of carbon
Water Resources
Informing effective water management policies, from water rights to quality
Partnerships
RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment
The Institute is a central focal point for research and policy solutions within Europe.
VALUABLES
VALUABLES is a collaboration between RFF and NASA to measure how satellite information benefits people and the environment when it is used to make decisions.
Climate Insights
Scholars at RFF and Stanford University collaborate on the definitive American public opinion surveys on climate change and the environment
Resources Magazine
Published since 1959, Resources publishes breakthrough environmental, energy, and natural resource ideas.
Issue 206: Big Decisions in US Environmental and Energy Policy
Issue 206 of RFF's Resources magazine highlights conversations with leading decisionmakers, analysts, researchers, and reporters about the big decisions that will impact US environmental and energy policy in the years to come.
Common Resources — May 4, 2021
Can the United States Reach New Climate Goals Set by the Biden Administration?
New RFF research shows that three prominent federal climate policy proposals can drive substantial emissions reductions, particularly if combined—but additional policies or greater ambition will be needed to achieve new US emissions goals.
Resources Radio — May 11, 2021
Big Dollars, Big Rewards? The Roles of Prizes in Driving Innovation, with Zorina Khan
Zorina Khan contends that market-based systems are better suited to produce scalable innovations than monetary prizes and flashy contests.