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Rabe weighs in on rapidly evolving climate issues

Mar 22, 2024

This week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rolled out final regulations that will accelerate the transition to more climate-friendly vehicles over the next decade. The EPA also continues to finalize plans for the electricity sector and...

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Rabe comments on COP28 climate deal

Dec 14, 2023

At the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, nearly 200 nations approved a global pact that calls for transitioning away from fossil fuels—a first. The deal also calls for tripling the use of renewable energy, doubling energy efficiency and slashing...

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Faculty news, fall 2023

Dec 12, 2023

Axelrod's adventures Robert Axelrod, William D. Hamilton Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, writes about the difficulties and rewards of interdisciplinary collaboration in his new autobiography, A Passion for Cooperation: Adventures...

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Haverkamp comments on COP28 issues

Dec 6, 2023

Negotiators from nearly 200 countries have gathered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the two-week COP28 conference in an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions and avoid the worst ravages of climate change. University of Michigan experts are...

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Rabe details progress and problems in mitigating methane

Jan 6, 2023

Ford School professor Barry Rabe, one of the nation's leading experts on methane emissions, recently outlined the successes and next steps in the methane policy arena in an article for Brookings. "Until recently, methane has remained far less...

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Rabe to Brookings 'Climate Sense' podcast: focus on short-lived climate pollutants

Oct 26, 2022 Brookings

Barry Rabe, Brookings: "If we’re thinking about this long-term century or multi-century issue, that’s a CO2 problem and it’s a huge one. But when we look at these short-lived climate pollutants, the impacts for a molecule or a ton of methane or HFCs...

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Rabe analyzes historic climate bill

Sep 4, 2022

With a historic climate bill being passed by Congress in August, Ford School professor Barry Rabe provided multiple media outlets with his expertise to analyze the bill and its impacts. Here is a compilation of his recent appearances: How Ford,...

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Rabe: Landmark U.S. climate bill addresses methane

Aug 12, 2022

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass the Inflation Reduction Act today, which includes nearly $400 billion for clean energy initiatives. The legislation was approved by the Senate last weekend and, if signed into law, would be the...

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North American Colloquium publishes eight reports on climate policy analysis after a year of collaborative work

Apr 29, 2022

The North American Colloquium (NAC) is a forum that strengthens a wider North American conversation and more fruitful trilateral cooperation between Canada, Mexico and the U.S., led by the International Policy Center at the University of Michigan’s...

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Rabe proposes North American collaboration on methane policy

Apr 16, 2022

North American countries have struggled for decades to come together to fight climate change. In a recent article titled "A possible North American path forward on short-lived climate pollutants," Professor Barry Rabe proposes a solution to one...

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Rabe comments on shift in methane policy

Mar 23, 2022 New Security Beat

A global shift in opinion about implementing effective methane policy is a surprising development for Barry Rabe, J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy, as he recently discussed in a presentation about short-lived climate...

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Rabe addresses impact of methane in climate change

Nov 23, 2021 CGTN

Following the climate talks in Scotland, Barry Rabe, J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy, emphasized the impact that focusing on methane could have in the fight against climate change. "Carbon lasts much longer, but an...

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Rabe reflects on progress at COP26 and Line 5 in Michigan

Nov 19, 2021

Following the conclusion of COP26, Barry Rabe reflected on the outcomes of the summit in Glasgow. “This is the 26th time that this conference of parties and processes has worked. Each time there is lots of drama, high expectations, and usually in...

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An uncertain future for methane, says Rabe in Brookings blog

Nov 16, 2021

In a recent blog post for Brookings, Rabe offered some ideas on how technology can help with implementation, specifically methane regulations. He observed that "North America still lacks a credible measurement system for methane...

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COP26 agreements not enough, says Haverkamp

Nov 11, 2021 Folha de S.Paulo

Jennifer Haverkamp sat down with Brazilian daily Folha de S.Paulo in a lengthy interview to unpack international commitments to climate reform. In an assessment of the COP26, she said, "It's valuable to see how many world leaders went to the...

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Rabe on Biden's climate challenges

Nov 5, 2021

With the international community getting behind climate goals at the COP26 summit this week in Glasgow, Barry Rabe weighed in on what that means in the U.S. context. Appearing on The Heat with Anand Naidoo on CGTN America, Rabe expressed doubts...

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Rabe's Brookings blog addresses methane mitigation policy

Sep 16, 2021 Brookings blog

In a recent Brookings blog, Barry Rabe discusses how the federal government may learn from successful state policies to mitigate methane emissions. "Methane appears to be enjoying its 15 minutes of fame—with even more notoriety likely on the...

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A methane fee could be a first and easier step towards a carbon tax - Rabe

Sep 10, 2021

While the United States has been slow to take action on a carbon tax, there may be another avenue that holds promise to curb the emission of an even more potent climate pollutant— a methane tax. In a new Milken Institute article, “Containing Methane...

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Rabe urges Biden administration to address methane reduction

May 9, 2021

"Methane has contributed one-quarter of of global warming to date," Ford School professor Barry Rabe writes in "Thought from Our Fellows" published by the National Academy of Public Administration. "The Biden Administration has an opportunity to...

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Research into action: Hausman’s research key to new legislation

Dec 15, 2020

Methane is the primary component of natural gas, a greenhouse gas with 34 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. It has been estimated that more than one percent of methane in the U.S. supply chain escapes into the atmosphere, much of...

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Rabe urges Biden administration to prioritize methane in climate policy

Nov 30, 2020 Brookings Institution Planet Policy

"The Biden administration could declare that America is finally ready to lead on methane mitigation. It could design a suite of world-class regulatory and disclosure tools to minimize methane releases for as long as oil and gas continue to be used,"...

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Rabe explores taxing methane emissions

Mar 16, 2020

Representing a new line of research, Ford School professor Barry Rabe explores the politics around taxing methane gas releases. Rabe argues that consensus among economists is “the best way to reduce climate risks linked to carbon dioxide emissions...

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Clearing the Air: Catherine Hausman details methane gas regulatory impacts

Nov 1, 2018

Over the past year energy policy standards have been relaxed by the federal government, justified by supporters in the name of economic opportunity. In a podcast interview with Energy Policy Now Ford School Assistant Professor Catherine Hausman...

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Daniel Raimi in The Conversation, Newsweek on America's growing methane problem

Jan 25, 2016

On January 19, The Conversation US, and subsequently Newsweek, published Daniel Raimi’s “California’s Aliso canyon methane leak: climate disaster or opportunity? ” In the article, Raimi examines the need to address methane emissions from the oil and...

North American Colloquium Climate Series

The 'dark horse' of climate change: Agricultural methane governance in the United States and Canada

April 8, 2022

Trish Fisher

Methane emissions took the spotlight at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. In the run-up to COP26, the United States (US) and European Union (EU) announced the Global Methane Pledge, a...

North American Colloquium Climate Series

The politics of short-lived climate pollutants and North American methane policy

April 8, 2022

Barry Rabe

This paper examines the continued political challenge of developing a robust methane mitigation policy regime in most oil and gas producing jurisdictions in the United States and its North American neighbors. It invokes political scientist Matthew...