Common Resources
A blog that offers timely analysis and commentary about pressing environmental and energy issues.
Common Resources Archive
Remembering Cliff Russell
March 10, 2022
Bringing the Future into the Present
Feb. 28, 2022
Modernizing the Electric Grid: RFF’s Policy Leadership Series
Feb. 24, 2022
Consumers in Sweden Will Experience Low Costs When Industry Goes to Zero Emissions
Feb. 16, 2022
Meeting the US Nationally Determined Contribution and Saving Lives
Jan. 31, 2022
Is There a Trade-off Between Equity and Effectiveness for Electric Vehicle Subsidies?
Jan. 21, 2022
Smooth Waters Ahead for Offshore Wind?
Jan. 14, 2022
More Than Just Jobs: Assessing the Public Finance Implications of the Energy Transition
Jan. 13, 2022
The Build Back Better Act Could Speed Deployment of Cleaner Commercial Vehicles
Jan. 11, 2022
Remembering Thomas Lovejoy
Jan. 5, 2022
RFF Commemorates its 70th Anniversary with a Year of Research, Events, and Analysis
Jan. 5, 2022
RFF’s Top Stories of the Past Year
Dec. 20, 2021
Buy Clean: Can the New Executive Order Make a Real Difference?
Dec. 17, 2021
Kathy Sullivan Explores the Courage to Step Out, with Dawn Wright
Dec. 13, 2021
What Happened in Glasgow at COP26?
Nov. 19, 2021
The Build Back Better Act and Green Procurement
Nov. 19, 2021
Breathe Easy: Smartphone Apps Can Reduce Exposure to Air Pollution
Nov. 19, 2021
Effective Incentives for Hydrogen Production, with Long- and Near-Term Climate Benefits
Nov. 15, 2021
The Supreme Court’s New Threat to Climate Policy
Nov. 5, 2021
Accounting for Emissions in Global Trade with a Greenhouse Gas Index
Oct. 21, 2021
Designing Border Carbon Adjustments When Carbon Is Not Explicitly Priced
Oct. 19, 2021
Two Paths to 1.5°C: Will We Take Either One?
Oct. 7, 2021
RFF Celebrates Founders’ Day
Oct. 7, 2021
A Solution to the Competitiveness Risks of Climate Policy: Countervailing Duty Law
Oct. 5, 2021