The Clean Air Act has been cheaper and more effective than industry predicts, again and again

Losing the Endangerment Finding: Context, Methods, and What’s to Come

Upcoming research from Resources for the Future examines how the rescission of the endangerment finding may affect public health, the environment, and the US economy.

A Detailed Response to “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance” (OMB-2026-0034)

This public comment analyzes the US Office of Budget Management’s proposed rule’s implications for merit-based peer review, support for a broad range of research, transparency, and administrative burden.

AI-Assisted Teams Outperform AI-Led Teams but Not Human-Only Teams in Assessing Research Reproducibility in Quantitative Social Science

With Large Language Models (LLMs) becoming widespread, this study tests whether artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT could help social scientists check if published research findings can be reproduced.

Incorporating Air Quality Health Impacts Into the Social Cost of Carbon

This article provides a comprehensive framework for determining which air quality impacts belong in the social cost of carbon, which is an estimate that measures economic damages from each additional ton of carbon dioxide that is emitted into the atmosphe