Reflections on the Conduct and Use of Regulatory Impact Analysis at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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.

If/Then: Pending Deregulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Create Significant Negative Health Effects

If the US Environmental Protection Agency finalizes a rule on greenhouse gas emissions without quantifying related effects on human health, then Congress could respond by requiring this and future rules to account for human health effects.