Common Resources
A blog that offers timely analysis and commentary about pressing environmental and energy issues.
Common Resources Archive
What Do Prospective Hydrogen-Hub End Users Want? We’ve Summarized Comments They Submitted to the US Department of Energy
Nov. 3, 2022
How Can Hydrogen Producers Show That They Are “Clean”?
Oct. 27, 2022
Reflecting the Protection of Nature in Insurance
Oct. 13, 2022
Promoting Hydrogen: The Plan for Evaluating Hydrogen-Hub Project Proposals
Oct. 12, 2022
Who Puts a Price on Carbon?
Sept. 30, 2022
The Greenhouse Gas Index: A Metric for Greenhouse Gas–Intensive Products
Sept. 28, 2022
Institutional Strategies for State-Level Decarbonization of the Electricity Grid
Sept. 23, 2022
What Do Hydrogen-Hub Proposers Want? We’ve Summarized Their Comments to the Department of Energy
Sept. 14, 2022
What Is an “Energy Community”?
Sept. 7, 2022
Flood Insurance, Resilience, and Recovery from Disasters: The Case of Eastern Kentucky
Aug. 31, 2022
How the Inflation Reduction Act Can Help Hydrogen Hubs Succeed
Aug. 29, 2022
Energy Security and Decarbonization: RFF’s Policy Leadership Series
Aug. 25, 2022
Inflation Reduction Act Can Achieve Emissions Reductions Even with Oil and Gas Provisions
Aug. 15, 2022
Improving Public Data on the Carbon Intensity of the US Electric Grid
Aug. 12, 2022
Inflation Reduction Act: Electric Vehicle Subsidies for Passenger Vehicles
Aug. 11, 2022
California Cap and Trade Explained
Aug. 10, 2022
Climate Policy, Environmental Justice, and the Inflation Reduction Act
Aug. 8, 2022
Inflation Reduction Act: Examining Electric Vehicle Subsidies for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles
Aug. 5, 2022
Considering Another Export Ban on US Crude Oil: What Would Happen to Gasoline Prices?
Aug. 2, 2022
Designing Effective Environmental Policies by Letting Markets for Pollution Allowances Determine the Value and Quantity of Environmental Commodities
July 19, 2022
The Role of Voluntary Carbon Markets in Achieving Net-Zero Goals
July 13, 2022
The Consequences of the Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Ruling for Environmental Regulation
July 6, 2022
Three Insights from the Debate Over Minimum Offer Price Rules in Electricity Markets
July 6, 2022
Hydrogen Hubs: Helping Ensure Their Success
July 1, 2022