Common Resources
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Common Resources Archive
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change After 20 Years: Is There a Better Way Forward?
Feb. 21, 2011
Climate Negotiations and International Finance
Feb. 7, 2011
Flex-Fuel-Vehicles-and-Alternative-Fuel-Infrastructure-A-Chicken-or-Egg-Question
Jan. 24, 2011
Taxation and Regulation of Plastic Shopping Bags in Botswana and South Africa
Jan. 10, 2011
The 2010 Gulf Coast Oil Spill and RFF’s Research
Jan. 1, 2011
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
The Experience of Area Licenses and Cordon Tolling to Date
Nov. 22, 2010
Embracing Green-Growth Diplomacy
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