Common Resources
A blog that offers timely analysis and commentary about pressing environmental and energy issues.
Common Resources Archive
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
Striking Down the Affordable Clean Energy Rule Helps—But Does Not Guarantee—Ambitious Climate Policy
Jan. 28, 2021
Science-Based Estimates for the Social Cost of Carbon Will Underpin Sound Climate Policy
Jan. 27, 2021
Restoring National Monuments: The Economics Say Yes
Jan. 25, 2021
President Biden Can Confront Threats to Nature by Deploying a New Ecosystem Restoration Corps
Jan. 21, 2021
The Potential of Hydrogen for Decarbonization: Evaluating Zero-Carbon “Green” Hydrogen Against Renewable and Nuclear Power
Jan. 20, 2021
Make Recovery Easier: A Road Map for the New Administration
Jan. 18, 2021
Should Utilities Manage How Your Appliances Use Energy?
Jan. 13, 2021
Climate Consensus across Continents: Opinions in China, Sweden, and the United States Increasingly Align
Jan. 12, 2021
The Potential of Hydrogen for Decarbonization: Evaluating Low-Carbon “Blue” Hydrogen Against End-Use CCUS
Jan. 11, 2021
How Permanently Has the Outgoing Administration Impacted Environmental Policy?
Jan. 11, 2021
Considerations for Benefit-Cost Analysis under the Biden Administration
Jan. 4, 2021
Hindsight 20/20: RFF’s Top 11 Stories from 2020
Dec. 29, 2020
Is Regulation or Legislation More Durable? With Climate Policy, the Answer Is Not So Simple
Dec. 28, 2020
Cash for Clunkers 2.0: Targeting Scrappage Subsidies to Cut Costs
Dec. 22, 2020
