Publications on Environmental and Climate Policy and Regulation

2013

Estimation of Regional Air-Quality Damages from Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Extraction in Pennsylvania — 2013

The Industrial Base for Carbon Dioxide Storage: Status and Prospects — 2013

Outcome Evaluation of U.S. Department of State Support for the Global Methane Initiative — 2013

2012

Choosing a New Organization for Management and Disposition of Commercial and Defense High-Level Radioactive Materials — 2013

Climate Scenarios that Illuminate Vulnerabilities and Robust Responses — 2012

Comment on Doug Kysar's "What Climate Change Can Do About Tort Law" — 2012

Energy Services Analysis: An Alternative Approach for Identifying Opportunities to Reduce Emissions of Greenhouse Gases — 2012

Options for an Organization to Manage and Dispose of Radioactive Materials — 2013

Scenario Uncertainties in Estimating Direct Land-Use Change Emissions in Biomass-To-Energy Life Cycle Assessment — 2012

2011

A ~ 13,000-Year Paleolimnological Record from the Uinta Mountains, Utah, Inferred from Diatoms and Loss-On-Ignition Analysis — 2011

Governing Geoengineering Research: A Political and Technical Vulnerability Analysis of Potential Near-Term Options — 2011

Near-Term Opportunities for Integrating Biomass into the U.S. Electricity Supply: Technical Considerations — 2011

Supplying Biomass to Power Plants: A Model of the Costs of Utilizing Agricultural Biomass in Cofired Power Plants — 2011

2010

An Assessment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Performance Track Program — 2010

2009

Evaluating Options for U.S. Greenhouse-Gas Mitigation Using Multiple Criteria — 2009

Improving the Energy Performance of Buildings: Learning from the European Union and Australia — 2009

Integrating U.S. Climate, Energy, and Transportation Policies: Proceedings of Three Workshops — 2009

Integrating U.S. Climate, Energy and Transportation Policies: RAND Workshops Address Challenges and Potential Solutions — 2009

Strengthening U.S. International Energy Assistance to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Improve Energy Security — 2009

Transportation Challenges for the New Administration: Perspectives of Past DOT Secretaries — 2009

2008

Alternative Fossil-Based Transportation Fuels: Economic Benefits and Environmental Concerns — 2008

Estimating the Value of Water-Use Efficiency in the Intermountain West — 2008

Identifying and Reducing Climate-Change Vulnerabilities in Water-Management Plans — 2008

Impacts on U.S. Energy Expenditures and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions of Increasing Renewable-Energy Use — 2008

Moving Los Angeles: Short-Term Policy Options for Improving Transportation — 2008