Common Resources
A blog that offers timely analysis and commentary about pressing environmental and energy issues.
Common Resources Archive
Electric Vehicles and Equity: How Would Aiming Subsidies at Lower-Income Households Affect Vehicle Sales?
May 3, 2021
Protecting Public Lands: RFF’s Policy Leadership Series
April 29, 2021
Can Timber Extraction Permits Help Conserve Tropical Forests?
April 28, 2021
Celebrating Earth Day in 2021
April 22, 2021
Waiting for Clarity: Carbon-Pricing Policy Can Reduce Uncertainty and Stimulate Private Investment
April 19, 2021
Who Benefits from EV Subsidies? The Complicating Role of Zero-Emissions Vehicle Standards
April 15, 2021
A Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Invasive Species: People Like Us
April 14, 2021
Getting to 30x30: Important Considerations for the Biden Administration’s Conservation Agenda
April 14, 2021
Putting the American Jobs Plan to Work: Examining the Implications and Challenges
April 6, 2021
Texas Power Crisis Exposes Problems with Financial Risk–Mitigation Strategies in Renewable Energy Projects
March 31, 2021
Net-Zero Ambitions: RFF’s Policy Leadership Series
March 25, 2021
Equitable Transition to a Low-Emissions Future: Thriving in a Clean Energy Economy
March 25, 2021
The Forests All around Us: Making Green Infrastructure Available to Everyone
March 24, 2021
Eliminating Transportation Sector Emissions: Don’t Forget Trucks
March 17, 2021
Equitable Transition to a Low-Emissions Future: Federal Support for a Workforce in Transition
March 16, 2021
One Year of COVID: Have We Learned Anything from Prior Pandemics?
March 11, 2021
Putting Energy Projections into Context with RFF’s Global Energy Outlook and Benchmark IPCC Scenarios
March 3, 2021
Can Public Transit Survive COVID and Compete with Uber? A Look at Long-Term Ridership Trends
March 3, 2021
What Happened in Texas? Understanding the Blackouts and Drawing Lessons for the Power Grid
March 2, 2021
A New Administration Brings Major Changes to Federal Climate Policy
Feb. 24, 2021
The Potential of Hydrogen for Decarbonization: Reducing Emissions in Iron and Steel Production
Feb. 18, 2021
Three Approaches to Investing in Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
Feb. 10, 2021
Estimating the Value of NOAA’s Digital Coast
Feb. 9, 2021
The Potential of Hydrogen for Decarbonization: Reducing Emissions in Oil Refining and Ammonia Production
Feb. 4, 2021