Common Resources
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Common Resources Archive

Fixing Chesapeake Bay: Getting the Strategy Right
Dec. 27, 2010

Hindsight And Foresight: Looking Back On Cancun And Forward To Durban
Dec. 15, 2010

Getting Serious about Deficits and Climate at the Same Time
Dec. 13, 2010

Real Energy Security: Drill, Baby, Drill—But Not Now
Dec. 6, 2010

Embracing Green-Growth Diplomacy
Nov. 22, 2010

The Experience of Area Licenses and Cordon Tolling to Date
Nov. 22, 2010

Improving Air Quality by Reformulating Gasoline: Stricter Is Better
Nov. 15, 2010

Estimating the “Social Cost of Carbon” for Regulatory Impact Analysis
Nov. 8, 2010

Building Codes and Energy Policy
Nov. 1, 2010

The Economics of Endangered Species
Oct. 25, 2010

Forest Concerns in the United States: Then and Now
Oct. 18, 2010

Petroleum Subsidies: Costly, Inequitable, and Rising
Oct. 4, 2010

Superior Salmon and More
Sept. 27, 2010

One Economist’s Thoughts about Moral Concerns over Cap-and-Trade
Sept. 20, 2010

Forty Years after the Clean Air Act: Implications for Future Climate Policy?
Sept. 15, 2010

Transitioning Away from Oil: What Role for Electrics and Plug-Ins?
Sept. 3, 2010

Valuing the Oil Spill’s Effects on Nature
Aug. 20, 2010

Connecting Americans to the Great Outdoors -- RFF Feature -- August 11, 2010
Aug. 11, 2010

The Environmental Movement: Good Cops and Bad Cops
Aug. 6, 2010

Greenhouse Gases and the Clean Air Act: A Useful Option for the Short Term
July 23, 2010

What’s the Optimal Tax on Mining?
July 9, 2010

FEEM 20th Anniversary Prize in Environmental Economics
June 30, 2010

The Role of Green Technology Transfer in Climate Policy
June 28, 2010

Fuel versus Food
June 18, 2010