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Kaitlin Raimi reviews the negative policy spillovers of energy saving behavior

Aug 3, 2017

Katilin Raimi penned a News and Views commentary on “Energy-saving behavior: Negative spillover to policy” for the July 2017 edition of Nature Climate Change. Introduction Recycle! Eat less meat! Turn off the lights! Countless media,...

Internship field report, Timothy Trollope @ the World Bank climate change group

Aug 1, 2017

Timothy Trollope (MPP '18) is submitting this field report from his summer 2017 internship at the World Bank, where he worked in the Climate Change Group. How climate change, disaster risk, poverty, and resilience connect to each other felt...

Raimi in the journal of Environment and Behavior: Testing pro-environmental spillover

Jun 30, 2017

A new article by Amanda R. Carrico, Kaitlin T. Raimi, Heather Barnes Truelove, and Brianne Eby - “Putting your money where your mouth is: an experimental test of pro-environmental spillover from reducing meat consumption to monetary donations” -...

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Raimi asks if "energy dominance," an emerging catchphrase, is the right goal for U.S. policy

Jun 28, 2017

In a new Conversation piece, “Is ‘energy dominance’ the right goal for U.S. policy?,” Daniel Raimi explores a catchphrase that has recently made its way from DC to a number of states across the nation: “American energy dominance.” Raimi describes...

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Raimi explores psychology and environmental action in Coursera "Act on Climate" interview

Jun 26, 2017

Kaitlin Raimi was interviewed as a featured expert for the Coursera open enrollment course, Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action, taught by U-M Professor Michaela Zint. The course focuses on 'how to translate learning...

Rabe and Mills for Brookings, "Americans want states to pick up federal climate slack"

Jun 21, 2017

In “Americans want states to pick up federal climate policy slack,” published by the Brookings Institution’s Fixgov blog, Barry Rabe, Sarah Mills, and Christopher Borick share new data from the National Surveys on Energy and Environment (NSEE),...

Michigan News release: In climate policy, Americans want states to pick up federal slack

Jun 9, 2017

A majority of Americans across the political spectrum believe states are responsible for addressing climate change in the absence of federal policy, according to a new survey by University of Michigan researchers.The National Surveys on Energy and...

Rabe’s influential book on climate change policy to receive prestigious APSA award

May 31, 2017

Barry Rabe’s influential book about the politics behind U.S. climate change policy, Statehouse and Greenhouse: The Emerging Politics of American Climate Change Policy (Brookings 2004), will be honored with the American Political Science...

Rabe examines Pennsylvania's unorthodox resistance to energy taxes in new journal article

May 31, 2017

A new publication by Rachel Hampton and Barry Rabe, titled "Leaving money on the table: Pennsylvania exceptionalism in resisting energy severance taxes," was published in Commonwealth this month. In it, Hampton and Rabe reflect on Pennsylvania's...

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Ford School alumna Annie Maxwell to receive U-M Bicentennial Alumni Award

Mar 28, 2017

During spring commencement, the University of Michigan will forego its traditional honorary degrees to recognize ten young alumni with a special Bicentennial Alumni Award. Among the bicentennial honorees is Ford School alumna Annie Maxwell (AB...

Annie Maxwell: A lifetime of engagement image

Rabe in Scientific American: draconian budget cuts to environmental programs

Mar 24, 2017

"Trump Wants Deep Cuts in Environmental Monitoring," an article published by Scientific American on March 24, 2017, takes reactions from environmental policy experts, including Barry Rabe of the Ford School of Public Policy, to the Trump...

Americans warming up to the idea of a carbon tax in latest energy and environment survey

Mar 24, 2017

According to "Moving the needle on American support for a carbon tax," a Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) report by Daniel Puskin (American University) and Sarah Mills (Ford School), Americans are 'increasingly warming' to the idea...

Rabe weighs in on President Trump’s budget plan and Great Lakes impact

Mar 22, 2017

An article published by The Detroit News on March 16, titled “Trump’s budget plan hurts Michigan, Great Lakes cleanup” discusses President Trump’s budget blueprint, which was revealed earlier this month. The budget plan proposes to eliminate a...

Rabe in MLive on Trump's plan to review auto industry fuel economy targets

Mar 17, 2017

An MLive article published on March 15, “University of Michigan professors discuss Trump’s fuel economy review,” discusses President Trump’s plan to challenge the current Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) emissions targets that were central to...

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U.S. News and World Report posts previously-released grad school rankings

Mar 14, 2017

In rankings originally published in March 2016, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan is recognized in the top ten of America’s “public affairs” programs. According to the re-released U.S. News and World...

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Michigan News release: Hausman on anticipated electric cost surges in warming world

Feb 7, 2017

Climate change is likely to increase U.S. electricity costs over the next century by billions of dollars more than economists previously forecast, according to a new study involving a University of Michigan researcher. The study shows how higher...

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Hausman in PNAS: Climate change to severely impact peak electricity demand in U.S.

Feb 7, 2017

An article by Maximilian Auffhammer (University of California, Berkeley), Patrick Baylis (Stanford University), and Catherine Hausman, "Climate change is projected to have severe impacts on the frequency and intensity of peak electricity demand...

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Raimi examines how analogies might be used to educate the public about climate change

Jan 30, 2017

An article by Kaitlin Raimi, Paul Stern (National Research Council), and Alexander Maki (Vanderbilt University), "The Promise and Limitations of Using Analogies to Improve Decision-Relevant Understanding of Climate Change," has been published in...

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Hausman, with support from RFF, researches natural gas regulation, leaks, and abatement

Jan 26, 2017

Assistant Professor Catherine Hausman is the 2016 - 2017 recipient of the John V. Krutilla Research Stipend Award from Resources for the Future (RFF), an organization that conducts economic research and analysis "to help leaders make better...

Raimi publishes in Journal of Environmental Psychology on “Environmental peer persuasion”

Jan 16, 2017

An article by Kaitlin Raimi and Alexander Maki (Vanderbilt University), "Environmental peer persuasion: How moral exporting and belief superiority relate to efforts to influence others," was published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology on...

Raimi and Newell publish paper on US government revenues from oil and gas production

Jan 16, 2017

A discussion paper by Daniel Raimi and Richard G. Newell on "US State and Local Oil and Gas Revenues" was published in November 2016 by Resources for the Future. Abstract: US state and local governments generate revenues from oil and gas...

National Academy of Public Administration taps Barry Rabe for energy, environmental reviews

Jan 10, 2017

The National Academy of Public Administration has appointed Barry Rabe to a three-person Expert Advisory Group that is charged with conducting a performance review of the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Safety and Environmental...

Five Ford School students honored with 2017 Dow Sustainability Fellowships

Dec 19, 2016

Five Ford School students have been awarded 2017 Dow Sustainability Fellowships, out of 40 selected students from 12 U-M schools and colleges.The Dow Sustainability Fellowship supports graduate students who are "committed to finding...

In Brookings, Rabe asks “What will Scott Pruitt do if he cannot sue EPA?”

Dec 14, 2016

While we know a great deal about President-elect Trump’s EPA nominee, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, Barry Rabe writes for the Brookings Institution that it is highly unclear "just what he will do in his role.” The article, titled “What...

Daniel Raimi authors new working paper on state and local oil and gas revenues

Nov 30, 2016

Resources for the Future, an independent, nonpartisan research organization, released on November 23rd a new discussion paper by Daniel Raimi and coauthor Richard G. Newell titled: “U.S. State and Local Oil and Gas Revenues.” Abstract U.S....

Rabe in E&E News, "Can Trump deliver on immense energy, climate promises?"

Nov 30, 2016

Ford School Professor Barry Rabe was quoted in a recent E&E News article titled “Can Trump deliver on immense energy, climate promises?” Throughout the campaign, President-elect Trump promised to repeal or replace many of President Obama’s...

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Michigan local leaders assess drinking water issues in latest Michigan Public Policy Survey

Nov 29, 2016

Over a quarter of local officials from Michigan jurisdictions that provide shared water infrastructure believe funding levels are not sufficient to maintain those systems, according to the latest Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS), "Local...

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Catherine Hausman: Nuclear closures magnify U.S. climate challenge for Trump

Nov 18, 2016

Peter Behr, E&E News Reporter, quoted Catherine Hausman in his November 17 article, "Nuclear closures magnify U.S. climate challenge for Trump." Behr reports that up to 15 percent of U.S. nuclear reactors may shut down over the next ten years...

Mills surveys Michigan farmers, finds wind turbines have positive impact on landowners

Nov 17, 2016

Sarah Mills of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy surveyed more than 1,200 farm landowners throughout 14 townships in Michigan to find out how farmers are impacted by wind energy turbines on their land. Mills found landowners with wind...

In memoriam: Eunice Burns (MPA ’70), civil servant, community leader, environmental advocate

Oct 24, 2016

We are deeply saddened to report that Eunice Burns (MPA ’70)—an Ann Arbor civil servant, a long-standing community and environmental leader, and a beloved alumna of the Ford School—passed away on October 20, 2016 at the age of 93.Burns, a mother of...