Date
Oct. 6, 2005
Authors
Virginia McConnell, Elizabeth Kopits, and Margaret A. Walls
Publication
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Virginia McConnell
Senior Fellow Emerita
Virginia McConnell is a senior fellow at RFF. Her recent research is on policies to reduce greenhouse gases from the transportation sector, focusing primarily on the role of electric vehicles.
Elizabeth Kopits
Margaret A. Walls
Senior Fellow; Director, Climate Risks and Resilience Program
Margaret Walls is a senior fellow at RFF. Her current research focuses on issues related to resilience and adaptation to extreme events, ecosystem services, and conservation, parks and public lands.
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