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Common Resources Archive

Geeking Out on Geography: Mapping Policy Scenarios for the Energy Transition
Nov. 16, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency Introduces a New Social Cost of Carbon for Public Comment
Nov. 15, 2022

Remembering Robert C. Mitchell
Nov. 11, 2022

What Do Prospective Hydrogen-Hub End Users Want? We’ve Summarized Comments They Submitted to the US Department of Energy
Nov. 3, 2022

How Can Hydrogen Producers Show That They Are “Clean”?
Oct. 27, 2022

Reflecting the Protection of Nature in Insurance
Oct. 13, 2022

Promoting Hydrogen: The Plan for Evaluating Hydrogen-Hub Project Proposals
Oct. 12, 2022

Who Puts a Price on Carbon?
Sept. 30, 2022

The Greenhouse Gas Index: A Metric for Greenhouse Gas–Intensive Products
Sept. 28, 2022

Institutional Strategies for State-Level Decarbonization of the Electricity Grid
Sept. 23, 2022

What Do Hydrogen-Hub Proposers Want? We’ve Summarized Their Comments to the Department of Energy
Sept. 14, 2022

What Is an “Energy Community”?
Sept. 7, 2022

Flood Insurance, Resilience, and Recovery from Disasters: The Case of Eastern Kentucky
Aug. 31, 2022

How the Inflation Reduction Act Can Help Hydrogen Hubs Succeed
Aug. 29, 2022

Energy Security and Decarbonization: RFF’s Policy Leadership Series
Aug. 25, 2022

Inflation Reduction Act Can Achieve Emissions Reductions Even with Oil and Gas Provisions
Aug. 15, 2022

Improving Public Data on the Carbon Intensity of the US Electric Grid
Aug. 12, 2022

Inflation Reduction Act: Electric Vehicle Subsidies for Passenger Vehicles
Aug. 11, 2022

California Cap and Trade Explained
Aug. 10, 2022

Climate Policy, Environmental Justice, and the Inflation Reduction Act
Aug. 8, 2022

Inflation Reduction Act: Examining Electric Vehicle Subsidies for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles
Aug. 5, 2022

Considering Another Export Ban on US Crude Oil: What Would Happen to Gasoline Prices?
Aug. 2, 2022

Designing Effective Environmental Policies by Letting Markets for Pollution Allowances Determine the Value and Quantity of Environmental Commodities
July 19, 2022

The Role of Voluntary Carbon Markets in Achieving Net-Zero Goals
July 13, 2022