Date
Nov. 17, 2013
News Type
Media Highlight
Source
The Huffington Post
An article from the Huffington Post.
Roger A. Sedjo
Senior Fellow Emeritus
More Farmers Are Enrolling in Crop Insurance Due to Extreme Heat
A new paper finds that a decline in crop yield due to extreme heat boosts insurance enrollment for corn and soybeans the following year.
Managing Heat Risk: Crop Insurance and Rural Economic Resilience
This working paper explores how extreme heat impacts crop insurance enrollment, finding that declines in crop yield from extreme heat do, in fact, increase enrollment.
Comment on the Bureau of Land Management’s Proposed Rule on Oil and Gas Leasing
Proposed changes would have little impact on domestic oil and gas production but would substantially increase the risk that US taxpayers will have to shoulder the costs of decommissioning oil and gas well sites on federal lands.
EconoFact: “The Costs of Continuing Coal-Fired Power in the United States”
RFF Senior Fellow Bryan Hubbell publishes a memo based on a popular If/Then blog post.
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