Resources for the Future

Local opposition, or "NIMBYism," can slow renewable energy project development—and increase the cost of the clean energy transition. 🌱 In this week’s Resources Radio episode, Stephen Jarvis, an assistant professor at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), discusses local opposition to renewable energy projects in the United Kingdom and approaches to balance local and broader societal interests when developing energy projects. https://lnkd.in/eWScWJpZ

Offshore wind has the potential to help decarbonize the energy mix in the United States—especially in communities near the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. 🌊 ⚡ RFF Fellow Dan Shawhan shares reasons why offshore wind projects have faced major headwinds in recent years, but points to new research that finds the benefits of offshore wind development far outweigh the costs. ⬇️  

As #climatechange intensifies, access to wastewater treatment in the United States is becoming a more pressing issue. 💧 In the latest episode of Resources Radio, Maura Allaire, an assistant professor at the ASU School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, discusses the lack of access to centralized wastewater services, challenges from failing septic systems, public health risks from inadequate treatment, and opportunities for regional planning to address challenges intensified by climate change. https://lnkd.in/euWQqRRn

Despite the country’s stark political divides, the American public agrees on important #climate policy issues. 🌎 RFF University Fellow and Stanford University Professor Jon Krosnick discusses the differences in Americans' opinions about climate change and policy across political affiliations in a new In Focus video. Check out the report here: https://lnkd.in/eUZu7d2A

Yesterday, the US Supreme Court declined to block the rollout of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s rule limiting greenhouse gas #emissions from coal– and future natural gas–fired power plants. 🏭 The rule—which more than two dozen states have challenged—will now be argued in the lower courts. But in the meantime, the agency can move forward with the rule’s implementation. RFF Senior Fellow Karen Palmer discusses how states and the federal government can comply with the rule in this episode of In Focus, which she recorded in April before the rule was finalized.  ⬇️

How do consumers respond to changes in #electricity prices over time, and what are the implications for policymakers? ⚡ In the latest episode of Resources Radio, Jesse Buchsbaum, a new research fellow at Resources for the Future, discusses the responsiveness of consumers to price changes in both the short and long term and what this means for investments made by consumers, utilities, and the government. https://lnkd.in/ew7z8juJ

#NowReading: A paper in the journal Scientific Data by RFF alum Geoffroy Dolphin. 📣 With RFF support, Geoff and his NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences colleague Magnus Merkle created a dataset to summarize and compare carbon pricing policies in and across jurisdictions. The new paper outlines how they did it. 👇 https://lnkd.in/eFSEdkYr

🚨 Upcoming event! 🚨 Tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. ET Billy Pizer will be joining The White House for a conversation on strengthening benefit-cost analyses across the federal government. 🔎📈 RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/dF8jQ7WW

Carbon pricing—increasing the cost of emitting greenhouse gases—has long been a popular climate policy among economists. What makes the policy so appealing? RFF Fellow Marc Hafstead explains the fundamentals of this policy tool, various kinds of carbon pricing, and more in a new video.👇 

Today's the day! 🎂🥳 72 years ago—long before the Paris Agreement, the Clean Air Act, or the first Earth Day—RFF was founded. All these years later we are still dedicated to providing rigorous and independent #research on today's most pressing environmental challenges. Learn how you can get involved! 🔎 https://lnkd.in/eBk4YyAn