By Robert Stavins and Dan Esty; Resources for the Future; February 24, 2021

RFF University Fellow and Harvard Professor Robert N. Stavins recently hosted Yale Professor Daniel Esty on an episode of the Environmental Insights podcast, to talk about what the election of President Joe Biden means for climate policy. The two scholars, both members of RFF's Board of Directors, discuss the history of environmental policy since the George H. W. Bush administration, the priorities of key figures in the Biden administration, and prospects for significant environmental legislation in a sharply divided Congress.

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By Alexandra Ellerbeck; January 20, 2021; Washington Post

Climate change has not been a major feature in U.S. trade agreements. That may change under President-elect Joe Biden. Biden on the campaign trail called for conditioning future trade agreements on partners’ ability to meet their climate targets under the Paris climate agreement, which he plans to rejoin when he enters office Wednesday.

By Dan Esty; The Hill; October 25, 2020

Our Constitution has proven to be an amazing document. It provides a framework for governing a diverse people spread across a wide-ranging land. Its enduring success derives from a structure of power sharing that we call "checks and balances" reinforced by long-established norms and unwritten rules that shape the exercise of political control.

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By Dan Esty; MarketWatch; October 28, 2020

Earlier this month, the apocalyptic wildfires on the Pacific Coast achieved a grim milestone: 4 million acres burned in California alone. Though much of our national attention has since focused elsewhere, this year's wildfires represent a significant, real-world threat from climate change.

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