Common Resources
A blog that offers timely analysis and commentary about pressing environmental and energy issues.
Common Resources Archive
License Plate–Based Driving Restrictions Programs: Where Do They Make Sense?
Nov. 4, 2020
Decarbonized Transportation Should Be Affordable, Accessible, and Pollution Free. How Can Policymakers Balance These Goals?
Nov. 2, 2020
New Federal Policies are Needed to Address Surging Wildfire Smoke
Oct. 30, 2020
The Future of Natural Gas: Balancing Economics and Climate Change
Oct. 29, 2020
Pursuing Best Practices and Avoiding Pitfalls in the Design of Building Performance Standards
Oct. 29, 2020
How Energy and Climate Are Shaping Geopolitics: RFF’s Policy Leadership Series with Daniel Yergin
Oct. 29, 2020
Europe Moves toward Requiring Low-Methane Natural Gas
Oct. 28, 2020
Climate Policymaking in the Shadow of the Supreme Court
Oct. 27, 2020
Implementing a Framework for Border Tax Adjustments in US Greenhouse Gas Tax Legislation and Regulations
Oct. 23, 2020
Thoughtful Forest Management and Better Building Practices Can Help Mitigate the Impact of Wildfires
Oct. 14, 2020
Europe Leads the Way on Climate Policy
Oct. 9, 2020
Examining the Effects of a Federal Leasing Ban: Drilling into an Industry Study
Oct. 1, 2020
Forward Thinking: How FERC’s Order on Distributed Energy Resources Could Help Modernize the Grid
Oct. 1, 2020
Conversations on Climate Challenges: Natural Disasters, Risk, and Survey Data
Sept. 29, 2020
The Economic and Emissions Consequences of Supply-Side Reforms to Oil and Gas Production on Federal Lands
Sept. 16, 2020
Equitable Transition to a Low-Emissions Future: Environmental Remediation and Infrastructure
Sept. 15, 2020
Look Before You Leap: Three Governance Challenges for Taxpayer-Funded Cleanup of Oil and Gas Wells
Sept. 9, 2020
The Consequences of Climate Change Are Already Visible in Siberia
Sept. 2, 2020
Subsidy Structure Could Be a Speed Bump for Chuck Schumer’s Clean Car Adoption Plan
Aug. 24, 2020
The Trump Administration Ignores Key Alternatives with New Methane Regulation Rollback
Aug. 19, 2020
Equitable Transition to a Low-Emissions Future: Economic Development
Aug. 11, 2020
The Value of Tax Adjustment Mechanisms for Designing Carbon Taxes
Aug. 7, 2020
Policy Options for an Equitable Transition to a Low-Emissions Future
Aug. 4, 2020
Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Electricity: An Early Look at New England
July 30, 2020
