UW’s Mason Explores Benefits, Costs of Hydraulic Fracturing

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Feb. 15, 2015

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University of Wyoming

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Charles Mason

University Fellow

Charles Mason is a university fellow at RFF. He is an internationally known scholar who specializes in Environmental and Resource Economics

Lucija Anna Muehlenbachs

University Fellow

Lucija Muehlenbachs is a University Fellow at RFF. She researches economic and environmental implications from fossil fuel production and consumption.

Sheila M. Olmstead

University Fellow

Sheila Olmstead is a university fellow at RFF. Her recent research projects focus on adaptation to the water resource implications of climate change, economic valuation of reductions in nutrient pollution in urban coastal areas, and more.

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