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25-12: The Strategic Game of Rare Earths: Why China May Only Be in Favor of Temporary Export Restrictions

Hélène Nguemgaing, Sangita Kannan, Beia Spiller and Michael Toman

25-11: Promoting Energy Affordability Using State Climate Policy

Nicholas Roy and Dallas Burtraw

25-10: Hidden Costs of Repealing EPA’s Carbon Pollution Standards: Consequences for the Environment, Households, and Society

Nicholas Roy and Karen Palmer

25-09: Transforming Cap and Trade: Aligning Pollution Markets with Public Health Goals

Justin Kakeu, Ethan Ziegler and Brandon Holmes

25-08: For Climate-and-Trade Policies, the Principle of “Common but Differentiated Responsibilities” Cuts Both Ways

Milan Elkerbout, Katarina Nehrkorn and David Kleimann

25-07: Projected Effects of the Foreign Pollution Fee Act of 2025

Kevin Rennert, Mun Ho, Katarina Nehrkorn and Milan Elkerbout

25-06: Projected Impacts of Repealing the Section 45Y and 48E Technology-Neutral Clean Electricity Tax Credits

Aaron Bergman, McKenna Peplinski, Kevin Rennert and Nicholas Roy

25-05: Unpacking the Department of Energy’s Report on US Liquefied Natural Gas Exports

Brian C. Prest, Alan Krupnick and Jordan Wingenroth

25-04: Booming and Busting: The Mixed Fortunes of US Oil and Gas–Producing Regions

Daniel Raimi, Sarah Doctor, Noah Kaufman and Zach Whitlock

25-03: Harnessing Carbon Value to Lower Costs in California

Dallas Burtraw and Nicholas Roy

25-02: Offset Reform Could Drive Investments in Nature-Based Climate Solutions

Dallas Burtraw and Nicholas Roy

25-01: Digging Deep: Critical Mineral Supply Chains, Electric Vehicles, and the Role of Technological Innovation

Sangita Gayatri Kannan, Michael Toman and Tinzar Htun

24-10: Air Quality Impacts of New York State Cap-Trade-and-Invest Design

Molly Robertson, Eunice Ko, Alan Krupnick, Eddie Bautista and Wesley Look

24-09: How Much Would Expanding Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Increase Global Carbon Emissions?

Brian C. Prest

24-08: Same Emissions Budget, Different Program Revenues: Revenue Implications from California Cap-and-Trade Amendments

Nicholas Roy and Dallas Burtraw

24-07: From Goal to Law: Institutionalizing Michigan’s Electricity Decarbonization

Maya Domeshek

24-06: The US Department of the Treasury’s Proposed Guidance for the Tech-Neutral Tax Credits

Aaron Bergman and Kevin Rennert

24-05: Leakage in Climate Policy Discourse

Milan Elkerbout

24-04: Prioritizing Justice in New York’s Cap-Trade-and-Invest: Obligating Electricity and Capping Generator Emissions

Molly Robertson, Eunice Ko, Eddie Bautista, Alan Krupnick and Wesley Look

24-03: The Policy Landscape for Agricultural Bioenergy

Emily Joiner, Michael Toman and Suzanne Russo

24-02: On Deck for Treasury: The Inflation Reduction Act’s New Approach to Clean Electricity Tax Credits

Aaron Bergman and Kevin Rennert

24-01: Policies for Scaling Up Carbon Dioxide Removal in the United States

James Boyd, Alan Krupnick, Emily Joiner and Michael Toman

23-10: Reducing Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions through “Climate-Smart” Markets, Technical Innovation, and Emissions Credit Trading

Emily Joiner, Suzanne Russo and Michael Toman

23-09: Foreign Pollution Fee Act: Design Elements, Options, and Policy Decisions

Milan Elkerbout, Raymond Kopp, Kevin Rennert and Katarina Nehrkorn

23-08: The Economic Benefits of Achieving the Paris Agreement Goals

Jordan Wingenroth, Brian C. Prest and Kevin Rennert

23-07: The Fate of Coal: Determining Missouri’s Path to a Clean Grid

Maya Domeshek

23-06: 45V Hydrogen Tax Credit in the Inflation Reduction Act: The Role of New Clean Electricity

Aaron Bergman

23-05: Structure of the Residential Flood Insurance Market

Carolyn Kousky, Howard Kunreuther, Brett Lingle and Leonard Shabman

23-04: Perspectives on Flood Insurance Demand Outside the 100-Year Floodplain

Carolyn Kousky, Leonard Shabman, Zoe Linder-Baptie and Erin St. Peter

23-03: 45V Hydrogen Tax Credit in the Inflation Reduction Act: Incorporating the Demand for Hydrogen

Aaron Bergman

23-02: Moving the Needle on Closing the Flood Insurance Gap

Carolyn Kousky, Brett Lingle, Howard Kunreuther and Leonard Shabman

23-01: Will Nations Meet the Paris Agreement’s Emissions and Temperature Goals?

Jordan Wingenroth, Brian C. Prest and Kevin Rennert

22-10: Policies to Increase Mitigation of Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Michael Toman, Justin Baker, Robert Beach, Hongli Feng, Eileen McLellan and Emily Joiner

22-09: Insurance Availability and Affordability under Increasing Wildfire Risk in California

Liao, Yanjun (Penny), Margaret A. Walls, Matthew Wibbenmeyer and Sophie Pesek

22-08: The Shadow Price of Capital: Accounting for Capital Displacement in Benefit–Cost Analysis

Richard G. Newell, William Pizer and Brian C. Prest

22-07: Retail Electricity Rates under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Nicholas Roy, Dallas Burtraw and Kevin Rennert

22-06: Nature-Based Flood Solutions and the National Flood Insurance Program

Denise Reed and Leonard Shabman

22-05: Industrial Decarbonization and Competitiveness: Building a Performance Alliance

Raymond Kopp, William Pizer and Kevin Rennert

22-04: Hydrogen Hubs: Is There a Recipe for Success?

Alan Krupnick, Lucie Bioret and Jhih-Shyang Shih

22-03: Industrial Decarbonization and Competitiveness: A Domestic Benchmark Intensity Approach

Raymond Kopp, William Pizer and Kevin Rennert

22-01: Community Hubs to Support Energy Transition

Wesley Look, Mark Haggerty and Daniel Mazzone

21-15: Cost Analysis and Emissions Projections under Power Sector Proposals in Reconciliation

Nicholas Roy, Dallas Burtraw and Kevin Rennert

21-14: Addressing the Leakage and Competitiveness Risks of Climate Policy

Joseph E. Aldy

21-13: Emissions Projections under Alternative Climate Policy Proposals

Marc Hafstead, Wesley Look, Nicholas Roy, Karen Palmer, Joshua Linn and Kevin Rennert

21-12: Methane Fees' Effects on Natural Gas Prices and Methane Leakage

Brian C. Prest

21-11: From Fabrics to Fossils: What Can the Decline of US Textile Manufacturing Teach Us About the Energy Transition?

Daniel Raimi and Kamil Cook

21-10: The Value of Advanced Energy Funding: Analysis for Active Legislative Discussion

Daniel Shawhan, Kathryne Cleary, Christoph Funke and Steven Witkin

21-09: Evaluation of Power Sector Emissions Reduction Pathways

Daniel Shawhan and Steven Witkin

21-06: Plugging Abandoned Wells: Effects of the Draft Energy Infrastructure Act

Daniel Raimi

21-05: Discounting for Public Benefit-Cost Analysis

Qingran Li and William Pizer