Common Resources
A blog that offers timely analysis and commentary about pressing environmental and energy issues.
Common Resources Archive

Disclosing Wildfire Risks in Home Sales
June 1, 2023

Presenting RFF Data Commons: A Way to Tell Accessible Stories with Data
May 10, 2023

Looking Back to Assess How Well Environmental Regulations Work
May 10, 2023

Climate-Smart Economies: Coordinating Economic Development with Resilience Planning
May 4, 2023

Why Are Electric Truck Prices So High?
May 3, 2023

The Climate Challenge Demands a Shift to Electric Vehicles—But How Will We Fund Road Infrastructure?
April 13, 2023

Takeaways from the New Federal Guidance on the Tax Credit for Energy Communities
April 7, 2023

Can State-Level Regulations Help Reduce National Emissions from Passenger Vehicles?
April 4, 2023

Insights Gained from the Past Decade of Federal Standards for Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
March 30, 2023

Looking at Environmental and Natural Resource Economics through the Lens of Racial Equity
March 29, 2023

Policies in Play for the Decarbonization of the Intermountain West Region of the United States
March 22, 2023

The Trade-Off between Costs and Emissions for the Hydrogen Tax Credit
March 21, 2023

How Do Wildfires Affect Local Economies?
March 16, 2023

New from Resources for the Future: The Carbon Scoring Project
March 16, 2023

Remembering Milton Russell
March 13, 2023

Targeted Regulation Can Reduce the Frequency of High-Ozone Events
March 6, 2023

Flood Bubble: How Housing Markets Underestimate Climate Change
Feb. 16, 2023

Hydrogen Hubs: How Is the US Department of Energy Picking Winners (and Losers)?
Feb. 9, 2023

Hydrogen Hubs: Get to Know the Encouraged Applicants
Feb. 7, 2023

Climate Policy in the Courts
Jan. 30, 2023

What Forces Will Shape Energy and the Environment in 2023?
Jan. 20, 2023

What Are the Benefits of Electric Vehicles for Climate, Air Pollution, and Health?
Jan. 3, 2023

RFF’s Top Stories of 2022
Dec. 21, 2022

RFF at 70: From Resource Economics to a Net-Zero Economy
Dec. 15, 2022