Common Resources
A blog that offers timely analysis and commentary about pressing environmental and energy issues.
Common Resources Archive
The Role of Federal Subsidies in Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector
While Corporate Support for Carbon Pricing Grows, Political Enthusiasm Remains Uncertain
How Much Will People Drive This Summer—and Beyond?
Cofiring at Coal Plants: A Cautious but Effective Regulatory Approach to Power Sector Emissions
Highways in the Sky: RFF’s Policy Leadership Series with Scott Kirby
Reforms to Federal Permitting Can Speed Solar Energy Deployment
Can the United States Reach New Climate Goals Set by the Biden Administration?
Electric Vehicles and Equity: How Would Aiming Subsidies at Lower-Income Households Affect Vehicle Sales?
Protecting Public Lands: RFF’s Policy Leadership Series with Sally Jewell
Can Timber Extraction Permits Help Conserve Tropical Forests?
Celebrating Earth Day in 2021
Waiting for Clarity: Carbon-Pricing Policy Can Reduce Uncertainty and Stimulate Private Investment
Who Benefits from EV Subsidies? The Complicating Role of Zero-Emissions Vehicle Standards
A Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Invasive Species: People Like Us
Getting to 30x30: Important Considerations for the Biden Administration’s Conservation Agenda
Putting the American Jobs Plan to Work: Examining the Implications and Challenges
Texas Power Crisis Exposes Problems with Financial Risk–Mitigation Strategies in Renewable Energy Projects
Net-Zero Ambitions: RFF’s Policy Leadership Series with Bernard Looney
Equitable Transition to a Low-Emissions Future: Thriving in a Clean Energy Economy
The Forests All around Us: Making Green Infrastructure Available to Everyone
