In this issue brief, we model how aspects of a broad permitting and energy infrastructure package could drive change in the ...

In this working paper, the authors estimate a set of demand elasticities for new passenger vehicles in order that can inform policy analysis and fuel economy regulations. We apply a simple methodology ...

This explainer breaks down the mechanisms by which federal agencies are granted authority, issue regulations, and respond to public comments. Agencies are not staffed or run by elected officials, but ...

This public comment analyzes the US Office of Budget Management’s proposed rule’s implications for merit-based peer review, support for a broad range of research, transparency, and administrative ...

This issue brief explores Chinese dominance of critical minerals supply chains, implementation of the Forum on Resource Geostrategic Engagement, and how Project Vault complements other policies on ...

This issue brief explores how contrails are formed from the combustion of jet fuel, how contrails affect the climate, and what can be done to reduce them. Aviation impacts the climate in several ways.

This explainer describes the factors that affect gasoline prices, how prices have changed over time, and how consumers react to changing prices. Given the important role that gasoline plays in ...

This issue brief unpacks issues surrounding the Forum on Resource Geostrategic Engagement, a multilateral effort to counter Chinese dominance in critical minerals supply chains. In 2022, the United ...

“Despite the national stakes, decisions about where and how this infrastructure is built are often left to counties, towns, and water districts negotiating project by project ... The think tank ...

Our interactive Virginia Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Affordability data tool visualizes the impacts of key variables on the combined effect of RGGI and household rebates on Virginia ...

A review of the social cost of carbon, from a basic definition to the history of its use in policy analysis. The social cost of carbon (SCC) is an estimate, in dollars, of the economic damages that ...

RFF’s work on critical minerals focuses on addressing near-term supply bottlenecks, strengthening US mineral security, and building a transparent and sustainable market for critical minerals to ...