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This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Each week, we review the papers, studies, reports, and briefings posted at the “indispensable” RFF Library Blog, curated by RFF Librarian Chris Clotworthy. Evolving Business Models for Renewable Energy …Jointly authored by ACORE members ScottMadden, Sullivan & Worcester, American Clean Energy, RES Americas, Abengoa Solar and Siemens, this resource explores key issues and provides recommendations related […]

Resources Magazine: Lifting the Oil Export Ban. What Would It Mean for US Gasoline Prices?

Stephen P.A. Brown and Charles F. Mason explain how, despite fears to the contrary, lifting the US ban on oil exports would bring down prices at the pump. Earlier this year, the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested a comprehensive review of what would happen to energy prices, consumer prices, and more […]

RFF on the Issues: Extreme flooding; Shale gas liability; Climate crash

Extreme Flooding Cities across the Midwest are preparing for even more floods, following torrential rains and tornados that have already caused significant damage. Some in the area have noted that such flooding has “become more the rule than the exception,” with rainfall increasing in both quantity and intensity. With increased flooding comes increased claims to […]

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Each week, we review the papers, studies, reports, and briefings posted at the “indispensable” RFF Library Blog, curated by RFF Librarian Chris Clotworthy. Lord Stern’s New Paper on Carbon Pricing [Abstract] ‘To slow or not to slow’ (Nordhaus, 1991) was the first economic appraisal of greenhouse gas emissions abatement and founded a large literature on […]

What are the Benefits and Costs of EPA’s Proposed CO2 Regulation?

This post originally appeared on Robert Stavins’s blog, An Economic View of the Environment. On June 2nd, the Obama Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)released its long-awaited proposed regulation to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing sources in the electricity-generating sector. The regulatory (rule) proposal calls for cutting CO2 emissions from the power sector by […]

Resources Magazine: Blue Skies Ahead for China? An Interview with Mun Ho

Given China’s high-profile air pollution problem and dominant contribution to global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, many in the West are surprised to learn that China has spent more on addressing these problems than any other country. RFF Visiting Fellow Mun Ho recently sat down with Resources to discuss China’s efforts and the reasons the country […]

RFF on the Issues: Natural Gas in EPA’s Plan; Insuring Against Climate Change

Natural Gas in EPA’s Plan Analysis that accompanied EPA’s Clean Power Plan predicts that “natural gas [will] edge out coal to become the most common fuel for power plants by 2030.” The EPA says that this could have significant environmental benefits because “natural gas emits about 40 percent less carbon than coal for the same […]

Resources Magazine: Toward a North American Energy Strategy

New drilling technology and supportive market prices have opened vast reserves of oil and natural gas resources to extraction in North America. Canadian oil sands development is now operating at scale, the shale gas and tight oil revolutions are upon us in the United States, and major institutional energy reforms in Mexico are under way […]

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Each week, we review the papers, studies, reports, and briefings posted at the “indispensable” RFF Library Blog, curated by RFF Librarian Chris Clotworthy. The Untapped Potential of California’s Water Supply [From Press Release] California could be saving up to 14 million acre-feet of untapped water – providing more than the amount of water used in all […]

EPA’s Proposed Greenhouse Gas Regulation: Why are Conservatives Attacking its Market-Based Options?

This post originally appeared on Robert Stavins’s blog, An Economic View of the Environment. This week, the Obama Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited proposed regulation to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing sources in the electricity-generating sector. The regulatory (rule) proposal calls for cutting CO2 emissions from the power sector by […]