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Nathan Richardson
Resident Scholar
(202)328-5054
richardson@rff.org
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​Nathan Richardson is an attorney and has been a researcher at RFF since 2009, specializing in environmental law and economics. His research has examined environmental liability, environmental federalism, and the relationship between law, regulatory institutions, and policy design. He has published research on law and policy related to climate change, including EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Other research areas include regulation and liability rules related to oil and gas development. Richardson is also managing editor of RFF’s environmental policy and economics blog, Common Resources.


 
Featured Publications
Comparing the Clean Air Act and a Carbon Price
Nathan Richardson, Arthur G. Fraas
RFF Discussion Paper 13-13 | May 2013
 
Forest Carbon Economics: What We Know, What We Do Not, and Whether it Matters
Molly K Macauley and Nathan Richardson
Climate Change Economics | December 2012 | Vol. 3, No.4
 
Resources Magazine: 182
Phil Sharp, James W. Boyd, Dallas Burtraw, Carolyn Fischer, Kristin Hayes, Richard D. Morgenstern, Peter Nelson, Nathan Richardson, Warren C. Robinson, Juha V. Siikamäki, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Roberton C. Williams III
Resources | 2013 (182)
 
Ensuring Competitiveness under a US Carbon Tax
Carolyn Fischer, Richard D. Morgenstern, Nathan Richardson
Resources | 2013 (182)
 
Policy Significance of EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
Nathan Richardson
Issue Brief 12-07 | November 2012
 
Climate Change Regulatory Authority beyond the Clean Air Act
Peter Anderson, Nathan Richardson
RFF Discussion Paper 12-39 | July 2012
 
Aviation, Carbon, and the Clean Air Act
Nathan Richardson
RFF Discussion Paper 12-22 | July 2012
 
Comments on EPA’s Proposed Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants
Dallas Burtraw, Arthur G. Fraas, Karen L. Palmer, Nathan Richardson
RFF Discussion Paper 12-31 | July 2012
 
Tradable Standards for Clean Air Act Carbon Policy
Dallas Burtraw, Arthur G. Fraas, Nathan Richardson
RFF Discussion Paper 12-05 | February 2012
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Tradable Standards for Clean Air Act Carbon Policy
Dallas Burtraw, Art Fraas and Nathan Richardson
Environmental Law Reporter | 41:10098-10120 | Related Discussion Paper 12-05
 
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