Common Resources
A blog that offers timely analysis and commentary about pressing environmental and energy issues.
Common Resources Archive
EPA’s Methane Rule: Should It Stay or Should It Go?
July 6, 2017
A Look at President Trump’s Energy Speech
June 30, 2017
Ocean Optimism 2017: Seeing Opportunities in the Challenges
June 29, 2017
Addressing Uncertainty in Carbon Tax Design
June 23, 2017
Whither CO2? Seeking Science-Based Quantification of Carbon Cycle Uncertainty
June 20, 2017
Do Consumers Benefit from Automobile Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Standards?
June 14, 2017
Newell, Stavins Win Award for “Publication of Enduring Quality”
June 14, 2017
Putting Coal Jobs in Perspective
June 12, 2017
RFF Webinar Series: Community Impacts of Unconventional Gas and Oil Development
June 6, 2017
Statement from RFF President Richard G. Newell
June 1, 2017
Ninety-Six Regulatory Experts Express Concerns about Trump Administration Reforms
May 24, 2017
Respectability Looming for Expert Judgment
May 22, 2017
Local Revenue Volatility and Oil and Gas Development in Texas
May 17, 2017
Three Revisions Not to Overlook in California’s New Cap-and-Trade Proposal, SB 775
May 10, 2017
A Path Forward for the Social Cost of Carbon
May 10, 2017
Reducing the Costs of US Fuel Economy and Emissions Standards
May 4, 2017
Air Quality Regulations Always Have Costs—Are They Worth It?
May 3, 2017
How Much Would You Pay for a Self-Driving Car? A New Podcast with RFF’s Ben Leard
May 2, 2017
National Monument Reviews: All Politics or Fair and Balanced Assessments?
May 1, 2017
On Trump, Paris, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
May 1, 2017
Trump’s Review of National Monument Designation Points to Larger Public Lands Issues
April 24, 2017
Why the U.S. Should Remain in the Paris Climate Agreement
April 24, 2017
An Earth Day Message
April 21, 2017
Trump’s Executive Order on Energy Independence: A Podcast with RFF’s Alan Krupnick
April 20, 2017
