Barry G. Rabe

FILE PHOTO: The Rocky Mountains are pictured as a layer of air pollution hangs over Denver, Colorado, U.S. January 21, 2020. Picture taken January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo

Methane comes front and center in climate change policy

Friday, January 6, 2023

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Pivoting from global climate laggard to leader: Kigali and American HFC policy

Friday, September 23, 2022

The sun is seen over a house wall in Munich April 7, 2011. In the past few weeks, exceptional weather conditions have led to unprecedented ozone depletion over the Arctic. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY - Tags: SPORT ENVIRONMENT)

Ratifying Kigali: Can the U.S. go the distance on a global climate treaty?

Monday, May 23, 2022

The American Electric Power Company's cooling tower at their Mountaineer plant is shown in New Haven, West Virginia October 27, 2009. A looming government clampdown on CO2 emissions is about to confront an already embattled U.S. coal power industry with two stark options: capture carbon or die. Legislation from Congress or tough new regulatory demands could make it costly to spew greenhouse gases, posing a serious threat to the nation's coal-fired power plants. Picture taken October 27, 2009. To match feature USA-CARBON/COAL REUTERS/Ayesha Rascoe (UNITED STATES ENERGY POLITICS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS)

Emission reduction remains public’s preferred approach to climate change

Barry G. Rabe and Christopher Borick

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

--FILE--Heavy smoke is discharged from chimneys at an ethylene plant of PetroChina in Jilin city, northeast China's Jilin province, 18 February 2012.When the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit ended without reaching a legally binding deal to limit greenhouse gas emissions, China was demonised for wrecking the negotiations. Six years later, the world's largest carbon emitter has become an unlikely leader in the international dialogue. China is now praised for its plans to tackle climate change ¨C by peaking its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, reducing its dependence on fossil fuels, and helping poor countries adapt to global warming. The changes, made possible by economic restructuring and public pressure to tackle pollution, come as the country ¨C now the world's second-largest economy ¨C straddles the division between developing and developed nations.No Use China. No Use France.

A possible North American path forward on short-lived climate pollutants

Monday, April 11, 2022

(L-R) Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Barack Obama pose for family photo at the North American Leaders' Summit in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 29, 2016.

How technology can help with methane regulation

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Wind energy

Addressing methane: Learning from Colorado

Thursday, September 16, 2021

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 6, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. More than a million people world wide have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, and in the U.S. more than 300,000 people have tested positive as the Trump administration struggles to get a handle on the outbreak. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

When climate policy works: HFCs and the case of short-lived climate pollutants

Thursday, June 24, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Steam rises out of chimneys at the Big Bend Power Station owned and operated by Tech Energy in Apollo Beach, Florida U.S., August 14, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

Climate politics: What congressional Democrats can learn from state legislatures

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A wind farm shares space with corn fields the day before the Iowa caucuses, where agriculture and clean energy are key issues, in Latimer, Iowa, U.S. February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Around the halls: What should the Biden administration prioritize in its climate policy?

Samantha Gross, David G. Victor, Sadie Frank, Addisu Lashitew, Nathan Hultman, Jenny Schuetz, Adie Tomer, Joseph W. Kane, Christina Kwauk, Barry G. Rabe, Amar Bhattacharya, and Sanjay Patnaik

Monday, November 23, 2020