Summer’s here—which means it’s time to head to the beach!🏖️ How can we measure the value of clean beaches & water to visitors? Cell phone data can help.🌊📳 Learn more in the latest episode of Resources Radio with UWMadison Ag&AppEcon’s Daniel Phaneuf.🎧 resources.org/resources-radi…

"Our vision … is to change the culture in economics," says Jill Caviglia-Harris (Salisbury University, Franklin P. Perdue School of Business). Harris spoke with Resources Radio at the AERE conference about mentorship in the field of environmental and resource economics. Listen now ▶️ resources.org/resources-radi…

As the US deals with record heat, #wildfires across the American West are destroying homes and livelihoods. How can the government, communities, and individuals work to minimize damage in the future? 🏘️ Margaret Walls shares her thoughts in this 2022 In Focus video.

How has social media impacted the popularity of #NationalParks? 📱🏞️ In a new podcast episode, Casey Wichman (Georgia Tech School of Economics) discusses people’s relationships with national parks in a digital age, the effects of increased visitation, and more. Listen now! 🎧 resources.org/resources-radi…

As Americans prepare to #vote this fall, how will #ClimateChange factor into their decisions at the polls? 🗳️ 🌎 University Fellow Jon Krosnick discusses the top-line findings from a new RFF/Stanford University survey of American views on climate change. Watch now ⬇️

How has American public opinion on #ClimateChange shifted in the last four years? 🇺🇸 📢 Watch this great video with Jon Krosnick, and read the first report in our Climate Insights 2024 survey series to learn more! 🔎 rff.org/publications/r…

Heard of “forever chemicals”?🧪 Also known as #PFAS, these chemicals have become dangerously common in water systems and human bodies. In a new podcast episode, Caroline Noblet (University of Maine) discusses the sources and negative impacts of these chemicals.▶️ resources.org/resources-radi…

🌟NEW🌟in NatureClimate: The Coastal Barrier Resources System, meant to lower development in areas with high flood risk, worked. Read the paper from Hannah Druckenmiller (Caltech), Yanjun (Penny) Liao, Margaret Walls, Sophie Pesek (UC Berkeley), and Shan Zhang (Old Dominion University) 👇 nature.com/articles/s4155…

Partisanship has increased in recent decades.⬆️ How has the increase affected climate policymaking? David Spence (@UTexaslaw) joined Resources Radio to discuss the answer—and how to advance climate policy despite increased partisanship. Listen now. ▶️ resources.org/resources-radi…

Some of the most vulnerable communities disproportionately lack access to air-conditioning. 🪭 While Resources Radio is on summer break, we’re replaying this episode from 2020 with Kelly T. Sanders (USC Viterbi School), who discusses access to cooling. ☀️ resources.org/resources-radi…

What do this summer's #EU elections mean for European #climate policy? 🗳️🇪🇺 RFF Fellow Milan Elkerbout shares his thoughts on the inner workings of EU institutions, the durability of the European #GreenDeal, and EU climate policy in the next five years. 👇

Heat waves, hurricanes, floods—extreme weather has continued to affect communities across the United States this summer. 🌀🌇 Margaret Walls discusses the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events in recent decades in a new In Focus video. Watch now. ▶️

Weather is getting volatile due to climate change. ☔ While Resources Radio is on summer break, we’re revisiting this episode from July 2022 with meteorologist Jason Samenow (Capital Weather Gang), who discusses climate change communication. ⛅ resources.org/resources-radi…

This summer, the #SupremeCourt overturned a precedent that required courts to defer to government agencies when interpreting ambiguous laws. 🏦 Dan Farber (UC Berkeley Law, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment) joined Resources Radio to discuss policymaking absent this deference. resources.org/resources-radi…