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Resources for the Future was awarded the FEEM 20th Anniversary Prize in Environmental Economics on June 30, 2010, at the Fourth World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists in Montreal, Canada. FEEM (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei) is a nonpartisan research institution headquartered in Italy that is devoted to the study of sustainable development and objective analysis on a wide range of environmental, energy, and global economic issues. The prize celebrates the 20th anniversary of FEEM's founding in 1989. Co-recipient of the prize is Martin L. Weitzman, professor of economics at Harvard University. The prizes bestow a monetary award of €10,000 to each awardee. Judges of the international competition, who considered more than 90 nominations, said of RFF: "It is difficult to think of any group of economists who have had more impact in environmental economics, particularly in terms of its extension to actual policymaking than Resources for the Future. RFF has probably incubated more research and made more advances than any other organization by getting researchers started on careers, by supporting a distinguished staff of senior researchers, and by providing infrastructure for the profession in general."