Carbon Pricing
RFF experts are informing the design and examining the impacts of carbon pricing to help leaders better understand the fiscal and environmental costs and benefits.
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Build your own carbon pricing policy and compare it to existing proposals.
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Carbon Pricing Bill Tracker
Compare bills introduced in the 116th Congress that would implement a price on carbon dioxide emissions.
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Cap and Trade
Analyzing and advising on policies in the United States and elsewhere
Carbon Taxes
Examining potential impacts, revenue use options, and more.
Clean Energy Standards
Working with policymakers to provide economic analysis on potential legislation
Climate Policy in California
Evaluating climate policy in California, beginning with Assembly Bill 32.
RGGI
Analyzing programs in place through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
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Resources Articles — Jun 15, 2020
Looking Back at 50 Years of the Clean Air Act of 1970
A major retrospective analysis of the Clean Air Act reveals its many public health benefits, along with its associated costs.
Resources Articles — Jun 15, 2020
Market-Based Approaches to Environmental Policy: A “Refresher” Course
This archived article drawn from a 2003 issue of Resources expounds on the effectiveness of market-based solutions to pollution problems.
Resources Radio — May 26, 2020
Decarbonizing Global Industry, with Jeffrey Rissman
Jeffrey Rissman explores ways to decarbonize industry, contending that investment in research, technology, and policy is vital to meet climate goals.
Testimony and Public Comments — May 21, 2020
Comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Carbon Pricing in Regional Wholesale Electric Energy Markets
Comments submitted to FERC regarding the convening of a technical conference on topics related to state, regional, and federal carbon policies as they relate to FERC-jurisdictional wholesale power markets.
Explainer — May 18, 2020
Carbon Pricing 106: Effects on Employment
This explainer draws from the literature on the employment impacts of environmental policy to answer an important policy question: how do (or will) carbon pricing policies affect employment?
Explainer — May 11, 2020
Carbon Pricing 105: Effects on Human Health
An overview of the human health benefits of decreased air pollution due to carbon pricing.
RFF Live — Apr 30, 2020
Net Zero by 2070: Decarbonizing Global Industry
Assessing the range of technologies and policy interventions available to enable industrial decarbonization
Workshop/Seminar — Mar 13, 2020
Adding Mitigation Certainty to a US Carbon Tax: A Workshop on the REEP Symposium (Postponed)
A discussion on how to address emissions uncertainty in US carbon tax design
Policy Leadership Series — Mar 4, 2020
Policy Leadership Series with Former Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz
A conversation with former US Energy Secretary Moniz on global energy and climate policy
Press Release — May 26, 2020
New Episode of Resources Radio: "Decarbonizing Global Industry, with Jeffrey Rissman"
Jeffrey Rissman explores ways to decarbonize industry, contending that investment in research, technology, and policy is vital to meet climate goals.
Press Release — May 19, 2020
New Episode of Resources Radio: "China's Emerging Policies for Emissions Reductions, with Dick Morgenstern"
Dick Morgenstern discusses the implications of China’s tradable performance standard, a unique model which could substantially reduce CO₂ emissions.
Press Release — Apr 1, 2020
Major New Study Charts Course to Net Zero Industrial Emissions
Interdisciplinary team assesses technology and policy strategies for industrial decarbonization.
Resources Articles — Jun 15, 2020
Looking Back at 50 Years of the Clean Air Act of 1970
A major retrospective analysis of the Clean Air Act reveals its many public health benefits, along with its associated costs.
Resources Articles — Jun 15, 2020
Market-Based Approaches to Environmental Policy: A “Refresher” Course
This archived article drawn from a 2003 issue of Resources expounds on the effectiveness of market-based solutions to pollution problems.
Resources Radio — May 26, 2020
Decarbonizing Global Industry, with Jeffrey Rissman
Jeffrey Rissman explores ways to decarbonize industry, contending that investment in research, technology, and policy is vital to meet climate goals.