| MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS |
| The Great Energy Confusion |
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 |
| Washington Post |
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Phil Sharp comments that high gas prices are serving to pull Democrats and Republicans toward the center. |
| Superbugs: The new generation of resistant infections is almost impossible to treat |
| Monday, August 11, 2008 |
| The New Yorker |
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This article includes a reference to a study conducted by Dave Smith, and his colleagues regarding the transfer of resistant bacteria from animal to human. |
| The Real Question: Should Oil Be Cheap? |
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 |
| Business Week |
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Ian Parry comments on the favorability of returning energy tax revenue back to people through other means. |
| Global Fund prepares new to plan to subsidize malaria treatment cost |
| Thursday, July 31, 2008 |
| TropIKA.net |
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Ramanan Laxminarayan is identified as participating in the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) AMFm Taskforce and notes that the purpose of the project is to undercut the monotherapies market. |
| What Obama Electricity Tax? |
| Wednesday, July 30, 2008 |
| Washington Post |
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Joe Aldy comments on the distinction between the Obama and McCain goals for emissions reductions. |
| Gaps in Aging Levees Leave DC Landmarks Exposed |
| Friday, July 25, 2008 |
| Associated Press |
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Leonard Shabman comments on the failure to ensure maintenance and repair of DC levees. |
| Congress is on Empty for Energy Bills |
| Friday, July 25, 2008 |
| Marketplace |
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Phil Sharp speaks about how Congress is responding to the energy crisis and the challenges in doing so. |
| Texas Governor Fights U.S. Ethanol Rule That Raises Food Costs |
| Monday, July 21, 2008 |
| Bloomberg |
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Phil Sharp comments on Texas's request for a waiver of a biofuels requirement rule. |
| Meet the Press Transcript: July 20 Al Gore, Political Roundtable |
| Sunday, July 20, 2008 |
| MSNBC.com |
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During this episode of Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw quoted Phil Sharp on how industry has viewed Al Gore's energy goals as unattainable in the near future. |
| Cosmic Markdown: EPA Says Life Is Worth Less |
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 |
| Washington Post |
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Joe Aldy discusses research involved in determining the value of statistical life |
| Gore Urges Fast Energy Makeover: Power Grid Could Go Renewable in 10 Years, He Says |
| Friday, July 18, 2008 |
| Washington Post |
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Phil Sharp comments on the energy goals recently proposed by Al Gore and notes that many feel the goals are unattainable in the near future. |
| What would environmentalists do with ANWR? |
| Friday, July 18, 2008 |
| San Diego Union Tribune |
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RFF Visiting Fellow Matthew Kotchen suggests that the potential payoff in revenues from Alaskan oil would be attractive—even to opponents of drilling. |
| House to Oil Companies: Use it or Lose it |
| Thursday, July 17, 2008 |
| Marketplace |
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Phil Sharp interprets the message being conveyed by a recent energy bill. |
| As Climate Issue Heats Up, Questions of Cost Loom |
| Thursday, July 10, 2008 |
| Wall Street Journal |
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Billy Pizer comments on the difficulty of devising a plan of action to address climate change, rather than simply setting long-term emissions reduction goals. |
| Suburbia's Not Dead Yet |
| Sunday, July 06, 2008 |
| Los Angeles Times |
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A 2004 RFF study on telecommuting is referenced in this article. |
| Ohio Members of Congress Propose Bills to Help with Gas Prices |
| Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
| Cleveland Plain Dealer |
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Dallas Burtraw is quoted on the possible repercussions of some gas tax-breaks proposed in Congress. |
| Costs and Risks are Escalating |
| Monday, June 30, 2008 |
| St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Carolyn Kousky writes about the increasing risk of floods that damage property and take lives in the Midwest. |
| Five Reasons to Love $4 Gas |
| Sunday, June 29, 2008 |
| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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Ian Parry is quoted on how $4-per-gallon gas prices may cause people to drive more conservatively. |
| U.S. Candidates React to Higher Energy Costs |
| Tuesday, June 24, 2008 |
| Reuters |
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Joel Darmstadter comments on the paucity of feasible ideas to control short-term costs of oil. |
| Campaigns Clash Over Ethanol |
| Monday, June 23, 2008 |
| Marketplace |
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Joel Darmstadter comments on ethanol as a short-term solution to meet U.S. energy needs. |
| A Green Coal Baron |
| Sunday, June 22, 2008 |
| New York Times |
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Phil Sharp is quoted several times regarding Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers' work with environmental activists. |
| Emissions Suspicions |
| Thursday, June 19, 2008 |
| The Economist |
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This article refers to a recent RFF study regarding how American industry would meet carbon price projections. |
| White House Eyes Offshore Oil |
| Wednesday, June 18, 2008 |
| Marketplace |
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Joel Darmstadter offers his views in a segment on the possible repeal of the moratorium on offshore oil drilling to help bring down petroleum prices. |
| Biofuels: Think Outside the Cornfield |
| Friday, June 13, 2008 |
| Science |
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Roger Sedjo writes in a letter to the editor about the inadequacies and risks of corn biofuels and explores possible alternatives such as wood and switchgrass.
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| Lobbyists Prep for Greenhouse Gas Bill |
| Friday, June 06, 2008 |
| Marketplace |
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Raymond Kopp comments on the impact the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act could have on industry. |
| Where the Sun Does Shine: Will Space Solar Power Ever Be Practical? |
| Sunday, June 01, 2008 |
| Air & Space Magazine |
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Molly Macauley is quoted on the ability of space solar power to compete with other renewable energy technologies. |
| Staggering Toward a Global Strategy on Alcohol Abuse |
| Friday, May 16, 2008 |
| Science |
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Ramanan Laxminarayan is quoted on World Health Organization interventions targeted at dangerous drinking in developing countries. |
| Resisting Arrest |
| Thursday, May 15, 2008 |
| The Economist |
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This article notes that Ramanan Laxminarayan supports the idea of utilizing multiple artemisinin combination therapies to prevent resistance to malaria drugs in the developing world and sees a role for governments and donors to subsidize their widespread use. |
| Saving the Crab – and the Watermen |
| Sunday, May 11, 2008 |
| The Washington Post |
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In this Op-Ed, Leonard Shabman and co-authors Doug Lipton and Tom Miller write about new restrictions on the harvest of female blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay, and the effects those restrictions have on crabs and harvesters. |
| When Being Green Can Earn You Green: Intersection of the Environment & Profit (live from the Milken Institute’s Global Conference) |
| Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
| Southern California Public Radio |
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Joe Aldy talks about addressing climate change without sacrificing economic growth. |
| Gas Prices Continue Climbing |
| Wednesday, April 23, 2008 |
| National Public Radio |
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Billy Pizer discusses the possible effects of higher gas prices on consumers. |
| Corn Ethanol’s Downsides: High Food Prices, More Pollution |
| Wednesday, April 16, 2008 |
| McClatchy Newspapers |
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Roger Sedjo offers his views on the impact of biofuels and their capability to reduce GHG emissions. |
| CLIMATE: Making the Case for Executive Agreements on International Climate Policy |
| Monday, April 14, 2008 |
| Environment & Energy TV |
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Nigel Purvis analyzes the value of executive agreements for climate change policy in this interview on E&E TV's OnPoint. |
| Smooth the Path to Electric Deregulation |
| Thursday, April 03, 2008 |
| Financial Post |
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Timothy Brennan assesses barriers to competition in the electricity market in an op-ed in this Canadian newspaper. |
| CLIMATE: IPCC Playing ‘Risky Game’ with Emissions Predictions |
| Wednesday, April 02, 2008 |
| E&E News PM |
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Joe Aldy critiques the emissions scenarios presented by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. |
| Green Around the Collar |
| Sunday, March 30, 2008 |
| Congressional Quarterly |
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Billy Pizer is cited in this review of the relationship between economic stimulation and emissions reductions. |
| CONGRESS: Behind ‘Safety Valve’ Debate Resides 30+ Years of History |
| Tuesday, March 11, 2008 |
| Climatewire |
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RFF's 1997 paper on the safety valve is referred to in this article, as well as extensive mention of the work of Joe Aldy, Billy Pizer, Dick Morgenstern and Ray Kopp in relation to the safety valve debate. |
| Carbon Cap or Tax? Experts Don't Agree on Whether a Carbon Tax or a Cap-and-Trade System is the Best Way to Set a Price on Carbon Emissions |
| Wednesday, March 05, 2008 |
| Environmental Science & Technology |
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Karen Palmer analyzes the difficulties in implementing a carbon tax. |
| Climate Policy, Auctions, and Economic Justice: Part Two |
| Friday, February 29, 2008 |
| The Nation |
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This article refers to Dallas Burtraw’s recent Congressional testimony regarding the benefits of auctions and revenue recycling in cap-and-trade scheme. |
| Action on Climate Change Needs to Balance Energy, Environmental Policy |
| Monday, February 25, 2008 |
| Platts Inside FERC |
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Phil Sharp is quoted on the overlap between the climate change and energy arenas and on the length of time estimated for Congress to pass a climate change bill. |
| Neglected Disease Efforts Require Delicate Balance |
| Monday, February 25, 2008 |
| BioWorld Today |
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Ramanan Laxminarayan encourages the use of advance market commitments to encourage the biotech and pharmaceutical industries to engage in research and development for drugs to treat neglected diseases. |
| Subsidize Health Tests |
| Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
| Los Angeles Times |
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In this letter to the editor in response to a February 15 article about “superbugs” Ramanan Laxminarayan agrees that requiring hospitals to report MRSA infections is important but they must have an incentive to provide accurate data. He suggests that if subsidies were available for testing patients for MRSA, better infection control could be achieved. |
| Energy: How We Might Pay for Renewable Resources |
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 |
| St. Petersburg Times |
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Shalini Vajjhala is quoted on the difficulty in gaining approval for renewable energy rebates and tax credits while budgets are suffering, as is the state in Florida. |
| Congress Weighs Free or Fee GHG Emission Allowances |
| Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| Power Magazine |
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Dallas Burtraw’s testimony before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming is cited in this article. |
| Shared Oil Goal Brought an Energy Compromise |
| Monday, January 28, 2008 |
| Washington Post |
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Phil Sharp is quoted regarding the fact that business leaders, environmentalists, and national security groups were aligned in calling for an energy policy aimed at decreasing U.S. dependence on foreign oil. |
| CLIMATE: Auction Advocates Make Their Case for Cap-and-Trade Bill |
| Thursday, January 24, 2008 |
| Energy & Environment Daily |
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Dallas Burtraw is quoted from his testimony before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, regarding the establishment of an auction for curbing greenhouse gas emissions. |
| Cap and Trade Not Enough to Cut Carbon |
| Friday, January 18, 2008 |
| Reuters |
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Ray Kopp is identified as the director of the Climate Policy Program at RFF and notes that U.S. climate change policy should be bolstered by more research development and deployment programs for clean technologies. |
| Science Advisors Reject EPA Use of Controversial Cost-Benefit Method |
| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 |
| Risk Policy Report |
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Alan Krupnick is quoted regarding his view that the recent Science Advisory Board report to the Environmental Protection Agency will not influence EPA policy until more research is conducted. |
| Car Dealer Offers Carbon Offsets; First 400 Sales Get $70 Credit |
| Wednesday, January 09, 2008 |
| Washington Times |
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Carolyn Fischer is quoted on one of the challenges of carbon offset programs: the fact that consumers are offered an array of products but aren't sure exactly what they are buying. |
| Finding Policies That Work Best to Ease the "Social Cost" of Driving |
| Tuesday, January 08, 2008 |
| States News Service |
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Elena Safirova was quoted extensively regarding a discussion paper (co-authored with Winston Harrington and Sebastien Houde) evaluating traffic congestion policies. |