Providing Independent Analysis RFF is an independent, nonpartisan research organization focused on finding the most efficient and effective policy solutions. RFF experts openly provide the results of their work to all interested parties. As a result of this independence, RFF is known as a place of new ideas and brings together diverse groups of stakeholders to explore the latest thinking about environmental and natural resource issues through dozens of events each year. RFF’s First Wednesday Seminar Series is the longest-running public forum on environmental issues in Washington, DC. Held every first Wednesday of the month during the academic year, these seminars are free, open to the public, and broadcast live on the web. A sample of RFF’s 2012 First Wednesday Seminars is below.
The Future of Fuel: Toward the Next Decade of US Energy Policy “For the next 20 years, we’re going to be looking at competing or conflicting interests on the economic side, on the environment side, and in national security. . . . Sometimes the economy is top, sometimes security is top, and sometimes climate change is top, but you never get out of dealing with the tradeoffs.” Frank Verrastro from the Center for Strategic and International Studies on the future of oil and gas.
Whither Markets for Environmental Regulation of Air, Water, and Land? “You need to think about how it plays out in practice, and I don’t think we know enough. . . . I would hope that in the next decade we would find ourselves with much more robust data to work with.” Sally Katzen, Senior Advisor at the Podesta Group and RFF Board Member, on market-based versus command-and-control regimes for environmental regulation.
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