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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Border Adjustments
Examining the design, implementation costs, and policy impacts of border adjustments
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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Media Highlight — Nov 18, 2020
Wide Support for FERC Carbon Pricing Statement
RTO Insider references public comments put forward by a group of RFF researchers about state-level carbon pricing.
Press Release — Nov 17, 2020
Tradable Performance Standards: Innovation through Regulation
A new working paper reviews the effectiveness of credit trading for a number of programs designed to promote clean technology advancement in the transportation sector.
Working Paper — Nov 17, 2020
Tradable Performance Standards in the Transportation Sector
This working paper reviews the effectiveness of credit trading for a number of programs designed to promote clean technology advancement in the transportation sector.
Working Paper — Nov 17, 2020
Tradable Performance Standards in the Transportation Sector
This working paper reviews the effectiveness of credit trading for a number of programs designed to promote clean technology advancement in the transportation sector.
Testimony and Public Comments — Nov 16, 2020
Comments to FERC on Carbon Pricing in Organized Regional Wholesale Electricity Markets
Comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the proposed policy statement to encourage efforts to incorporate state-determined carbon prices into organized wholesale electricity markets.
Report — Oct 29, 2020
Building Performance Standards: Lessons from Carbon Policy
This report assesses the various tradeoffs and challenges of designing building performance standards (BPS) in order to facilitate compliance and promote cost-effectiveness.
RFF Live — Oct 20, 2020
The Future of Carbon Pricing: 2020 and Beyond
An in-depth panel discussion about the forecast for carbon pricing in 2020, what has changed in the past year, and how election outcomes could influence the future
Workshop/Seminar — Jul 15, 2020
Exploring Innovative Transportation Policies
A summary of and presentations from a two-day virtual workshop on transportation carbon pricing in the TCI
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
Media Highlight — Nov 18, 2020
Wide Support for FERC Carbon Pricing Statement
RTO Insider references public comments put forward by a group of RFF researchers about state-level carbon pricing.
Press Release — Nov 17, 2020
Tradable Performance Standards: Innovation through Regulation
A new working paper reviews the effectiveness of credit trading for a number of programs designed to promote clean technology advancement in the transportation sector.
Media Highlight — Nov 13, 2020
To Address Climate Change While Protecting Workers, the United States Needs a Border-Adjusted Carbon Tax
An argument favoring border tax adjustments on the Council on Foreign Relations' blog refers to RFF analyses on the topic.
Resources Articles — Oct 22, 2020
Carbon Taxes Do Not Harm Jobs or Economic Growth
Results from two recent analyses suggest that implementing a carbon tax has no discernible detrimental effects on employment and GDP growth.
Resources Articles — Oct 22, 2020
Puns That Only Resources for the Future Could Love
Review the Top 10 list of puns that made it through editorial review at Resources for the Future and into various newsletters and social media posts over the past few months … and groan along with us.
Common Resources — Jul 6, 2020
A Close Look at the New Report from the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
RFF researchers dig into the new congressional action plan for solving the climate crisis and share their impressions of the report.