Common Resources
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Common Resources Archive

Do Generator Subsidies Create a Problem with Electricity Capacity Markets?
Dec. 14, 2018

Does Integrated Resource Planning Integrate Electricity Demand?
Dec. 13, 2018

Resources Radio: Agriculture and Climate Change, with Fran Moore
Dec. 11, 2018

EPA’s Regulatory Rollback for Coal: New Plants Would Cause an Estimated 3-6 US Deaths from Air Pollution for Each Job Supported at Coal Mines
Dec. 10, 2018

How State-Level Action on Carbon Emissions Stacks Up
Dec. 6, 2018

Should the Clean Air Act Cover Forest Fires?
Nov. 28, 2018

Buyer Beware: An Analysis of the Latest Flawed Carbon Tax Report
Nov. 28, 2018

Baby Steps for Conservation in Georgia
Nov. 16, 2018

Conflicting Measurements Reduce Uncertainty in Climate Science? We Can Work It Out
Nov. 8, 2018

Quick Takes on Climate and Energy after the 2018 US Midterm Elections
Nov. 7, 2018

Can US Capacity Markets Keep Up with an Evolving Electric Grid?
Nov. 6, 2018

PJM and ISO-NE Tackle Capacity Market Reform: Did They Succeed?
Nov. 5, 2018

Washington State’s I-1631 Isn’t (Primarily) a Carbon Tax Initiative
Nov. 5, 2018

Will Voters Set Back Oil and Gas Development in Colorado?
Nov. 2, 2018

Agencies Should Account for Credit Trading in Estimating Costs of CAFE Compliance
Nov. 1, 2018

Determining WTO-Compliant Border Tax Adjustments for 35 Energy-Intense, Trade-Exposed Industries
Oct. 30, 2018

RFF Comments on NHTSA and EPA Fuel Economy and GHG Standards
Oct. 26, 2018

Missing Fuel Cost Savings: Some Clues Emerge
Oct. 9, 2018

RFF President Richard Newell Receives the USAEE Adelman-Frankel Award
Sept. 28, 2018

Marking a Decade of Climate Cap and Trade Policy Leadership
Sept. 25, 2018

The Outdoor Recreation Economy and Public Lands
Sept. 25, 2018

The Case of the Disappearing Fuel Cost Savings
Sept. 24, 2018

Relaxing EPA’s Methane Rule: Should It Stay or Should It Go?
Sept. 20, 2018

Recovering from Disasters: Evaluating FEMA’s Housing Assistance Program in the 2017 Hurricane Season
Sept. 19, 2018