Common Resources
A blog that offers timely analysis and commentary about pressing environmental and energy issues.
Common Resources Archive
The Oil Security Problem: ‘Deja Vu All Over Again’
March 24, 2008
Building Better Housing Policies for the Developing World’s Poor
March 17, 2008
Why International Natural Gas Markets Matter Today
March 10, 2008
The Effectiveness of Voluntary Environmental Programs
March 3, 2008
Addressing Biodiversity, Global Warming by Preserving Forests
Feb. 25, 2008
MRSA by the Numbers
Feb. 18, 2008
Inducing Innovation for Climate Change Mitigation
Feb. 11, 2008
Evaluating Europe’s Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gases
Feb. 4, 2008
Enhancing Productivity While Safeguarding Environmental Quality
Jan. 28, 2008
How to Burn Coal, Maybe, Without Contributing to Climate Change
Jan. 21, 2008
How Smoking-Cessation Product Ads Can Help Meet Public Health Goals
Jan. 14, 2008
Why We Need to Focus on Global Public Goods
Jan. 7, 2008
Which is Best: Emissions Taxes or Emissions Trading?
Dec. 24, 2007
What do the Damages Caused by U.S. Air Pollution Cost?
Dec. 17, 2007
Using the Price System to Reduce Airport Congestion
Dec. 10, 2007
Controlling Automobile Air Pollution
Dec. 3, 2007
Trash Talk
Dec. 3, 2007
Congestion Pricing: Lessons from London
Nov. 26, 2007
A New Chapter in the History of Malaria Control
Nov. 19, 2007
How People Feel, Here and in China, about Reducing Mortality Risks
Nov. 12, 2007
The Cost of Protecting Oil in the Persian Gulf
Nov. 5, 2007
Does the Federal Government Spend too Much for Highways?
Oct. 29, 2007
The Political Economy of Addressing Overfishing in U.S. Waters
Oct. 22, 2007
What Can Policymakers Learn from Experimental Economics?
Oct. 15, 2007