Energy and environment

Greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy use are the leading cause of global climate change, and they are growing.

Climate change often feels like a problem that our brains have been hardwired to ignore. Climate change is abstract and complex, making it hard for non-scientists (including policy-makers) to understand.

Cities are leading the fight against climate change.  Around the world they are experiencing the devastating effects as hurricanes intensify, sea levels rise, heat islands multiply and storm water systems are overwhelmed, along with city budgets.

Climate change often feels like a problem that our brains have been hardwired to ignore. Climate change is abstract and complex, making it hard for non-scientists (including policy-makers) to understand.

This course introduces students to the adoption and implementation of environmental policy, with primary emphasis on the United States.

As national concern for addressing global warming grows, more and more Americans are looking for governmental action to speed a transition to low-carbon energy sources.

This course provides an introduction to public policy design and analysis using "systematic thinking" from the social sciences and humanities, with the application of scientific methods and knowledge more generally.

PUBPOL 495 (Policy Seminar) is for students currently enrolled in the Public Policy Undergraduate Program only, no exceptions. Enrollment is by permission only.

This course will consider the capacity of North American political institutions to shape effective environmental protection policies, devoting primary emphasis to the United States but also examining Canada and Mexico.

This 1.5 credit module will introduce students to the roles that governmental agencies play in environmental protection at the federal and state levels in the United States.

This course examines environmental and energy policies. We discuss the sources of environmental problems and what regulations are available to remedy these problems. We also cover energy markets, including fossil fuel extraction and electricity.

Science and technology intersect with many areas of public policy.

This course examines environmental and energy policies. We discuss the sources of environmental problems and what regulations are available to remedy these problems. We also cover energy markets, including fossil fuel extraction and electricity.

Greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy use are the leading cause of global climate change, and they are growing.

Instructor: Dr. Greg Keoleian, Peter M. Wege Endowed Professor of Sustainable Systems; Director, Center for Sustainable Systems

This course introduces students to the adoption and implementation of environmental policy, with primary emphasis on the United States.

This course considers the range of state and local policies that impact renewable energy development, understanding how these policies interact, and understanding the politics at play behind their adoption.  It covers not just on policies traditio

Hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have made the United States the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas. What does that mean for the domestic economy, energy prices, foreign policy, climate change, and local environments?

PUBPOL 495 is open to students in the Public Policy BA program, by permission only.

This course is an advanced offering on environmental politics and the environmental policy-making process.

This course focuses on the economics of energy and environmental regulations in the United States.  It is designed to give students practical experience in making connections between intermediate microeconomic concepts and real-world regulatory po

The aim of this course is to introduce students to topical issues in science and technology policy. The course will meet weekly for a formal seminar.