Common Resources
A blog that offers timely analysis and commentary about pressing environmental and energy issues.
Common Resources Archive
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
Eliminating Transportation Sector Emissions: Don’t Forget Trucks
Equitable Transition to a Low-Emissions Future: Federal Support for a Workforce in Transition
One Year of COVID: Have We Learned Anything from Prior Pandemics?
Putting Energy Projections into Context with RFF’s Global Energy Outlook and Benchmark IPCC Scenarios
Can Public Transit Survive COVID and Compete with Uber? A Look at Long-Term Ridership Trends
