Common Resources
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Common Resources Archive
A Matter of Semantics: Hard vs. Soft Price Collars
April 9, 2010
What Behavioral Science Has to Say About Energy Conservation
April 9, 2010
New CAFE Standards Are Good — But Hardly the Best Climate Policy
April 8, 2010
The Unintended Consequences of Expanded Offshore Drilling
April 6, 2010
The Benefits of Genetically Modified Crops—and the Costs of Inefficient Regulation
April 2, 2010
How Much Will New Vehicle Efficiency Standards Really Help Climate (or Consumers)?
April 1, 2010
Plan B for Climate Policy?
April 1, 2010
EPA Calls for Corporate Identifiers on GHG Disclosure
March 26, 2010
Abundant Natural Gas Could Bring Big Changes
March 26, 2010
Valuing “Windows on the World”
March 26, 2010
Will Waning Environmental Interest Hamper Climate Change Action?
March 23, 2010
Avoiding the Unnecessary Costs of Hospital-Acquired Infections
March 19, 2010
Why CAIR Matters for GHGs
March 16, 2010
Balancing Conservation and Development
March 16, 2010
U.S. Climate Policy and the Shape of International Agreements, Part 4
March 15, 2010
Collaring Price Volatility in a Carbon Offset Market
March 15, 2010
Picking Policies to Promote Green Power
March 11, 2010
U.S. Climate Policy and the Shape of International Agreements, Part 3
March 10, 2010
International Climate Progress May Require Modified Focus
March 9, 2010
Keeping Climate Policy Costs in Check
March 8, 2010
The EPA and GHGs: Sometimes the Little Things Matter Most
March 8, 2010
Reducing Emissions While Promoting Green Power: A Look at the Options
March 5, 2010
U.S. Climate Policy and the Shape of International Agreements, Part 2
March 4, 2010
Some Quick Thoughts on the Rockefeller Proposal
March 4, 2010