Energy & Environment News

Politico, E&E News, the Brookings Institution, and The Guardian have recently quoted the Ford School’s Barry Rabe's insights on the 2024 election campaigns regarding climate policy and the impacts on swing states like Michigan. Focusing on...

Political scientist Devin Judge-Lord focuses on how public pressure campaigns affect agency rulemaking, especially those concerning climate and environmental justice issues. He also researches legislator behavior and capacity, the role of money in...

Who would pay if we stop using natural gas? New research co-authored by economist Catherine Hausman considers the equity impacts of transitioning from natural gas to other energy sources. According to the U.S. Energy Information...

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...

Supply shortages, funding roadblocks, and a slow fleet turnover has delayed the Biden Administration's goal to transition the entire federal fleet to electric vehicles. Barry Rabe spoke with E&E Climate Wire: “When you have a very welcomed buyer...

"States are absolutely desperate for revenue and have deep concerns about their ability to sustain themselves. There are growing questions of how states are going to reinvent themselves," Rabe said. "Every state is going to be coming to Washington...

"There are lots of things for a president to talk to a world leader about in that initial call. And I think what is said could be indicative of what's on the top of a president's list," Rabe said. "The very fact that he would raise [climate] in call...

“If you could flip both the House and the Senate, it could be a big deal for Pennsylvania energy policy,” said Barry Rabe. “It could be one of the most major state shifts anywhere in the United States.” Read the E & E news...

"We've had every combination of partisan control you can have: all Democrat, all Republican ... the outcome is no new environmental legislation of major consequence," Rabe said. "That creates a vacuum." The legislative void is not the only reason...

"Legislation can breathe and adjust and be reinterpreted, but at some point, you probably have to go back to the legislative drawing board," said Ford School professor Barry Rabe, "especially if you're thinking of taking on a massive issue like...