Published since 1959 by Resources for the Future

Common Resources

A blog that offers timely analysis and commentary about pressing environmental and energy issues.

Common Resources Archive

Managing fish portfolios

Managing fish portfolios

James Sanchirico, Martin Smith, and Douglas Lipton

Jan. 1, 2007

Getting off Oil

Getting off Oil

Heather L. Ross

Jan. 1, 2007

Siting Difficulty and Renewable Energy Development

Siting Difficulty and Renewable Energy Development

Shalini Vajjhala

Jan. 1, 2007

Should we Abandon Cap-and-Trade?

Should we Abandon Cap-and-Trade?

Ian Parry

Jan. 1, 2007

Forest sunset@0,5x.jpg

Are Forests Making a Comeback?

Roger A. Sedjo, Pekka Kauppi, and Jesse Ausubel

Jan. 1, 2007

How Well Do Voluntary Environmental Programs Really Work?

How Well Do Voluntary Environmental Programs Really Work?

Richard D. Morgenstern and William Pizer

Jan. 1, 2007

Replacing Oil

Replacing Oil

Raymond J. Kopp

Nov. 2, 2006

How We Can Get Oil Policy Right

How We Can Get Oil Policy Right

Richard G. Newell

Nov. 1, 2006

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: A Short-Term Response

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: A Short-Term Response

Joseph E. Aldy

Nov. 1, 2006

Pay By the Barrel Oil Tax

Pay By the Barrel Oil Tax

Ian Parry

Oct. 1, 2006

The Role of Forest Sinks in a Post-Kyoto World

The Role of Forest Sinks in a Post-Kyoto World

Roger A. Sedjo and Masahiro Amano

July 1, 2006

Swimming Upstream: The Challenge of Managing the World’s Fisheries

Swimming Upstream: The Challenge of Managing the World’s Fisheries

James Sanchirico

June 1, 2006

Expanding Oil Supplies

Expanding Oil Supplies

Joel Darmstadter and Robert Weiner

June 1, 2006

Using Participatory Mapmaking to Connect Citizens, Decision Makers

Using Participatory Mapmaking to Connect Citizens, Decision Makers

Shalini Vajjhala

June 1, 2006

Economic Incentives to Control Water Pollution in Developing Countries

Economic Incentives to Control Water Pollution in Developing Countries

Allen Blackman

June 1, 2006

Scholars Testify Reforms Could Address Long-Term Oil Consumption

Scholars Testify Reforms Could Address Long-Term Oil Consumption

RFF Staff

May 3, 2006

Where do we put all those windmills?

Where do we put all those windmills?

Shalini Vajjhala

April 3, 2006

CO2 Emissions Labels for New Motor Vehicles

CO2 Emissions Labels for New Motor Vehicles

Katherine Probst

April 1, 2006

Regulators not Prepared for Developments in Nanotechnology

Regulators not Prepared for Developments in Nanotechnology

J. Clarence (Terry) Davies

April 1, 2006

Will Nations Compete to Be Green?

Will Nations Compete to Be Green?

and James Boyd

April 1, 2006

Natural Resources in Village India: Both Poor and Rich Depend on Natural Resources in Indian Villages

Natural Resources in Village India: Both Poor and Rich Depend on Natural Resources in Indian Villages

Urvashi Narain

April 1, 2006

Explaining Sprawl

Explaining Sprawl

Virginia McConnell, Margaret A. Walls, and Elizabeth Kopits

April 1, 2006

Combating Global Warming One Car at a Time

Combating Global Warming One Car at a Time

Katherine Probst

March 1, 2006

Public Treatment of Private Waste: Industrial Use of Municipal Wastewater Treatment

Public Treatment of Private Waste: Industrial Use of Municipal Wastewater Treatment

Winston Harrington and Peter Nelson

Feb. 1, 2006