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Barry G. Rabe

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

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Podcast Episode

What does the Supreme Court’s EPA ruling mean for climate regulation?

Barry G. Rabe and Adrianna Pita

Friday, July 1, 2022

Transcript

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

FixGov

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.

FixGov

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)

FixGov

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

Monday, May 23, 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.

FixGov

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.

TechTank

How technology can help with methane regulation

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Wind energy

FixGov

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.

FixGov

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

FixGov

Climate politics: What congressional Democrats can learn from state legislatures

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

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)

FixGov

Emission reduction remains public’s preferred approach to climate change

Barry G. Rabe and Christopher Borick

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Executive Orders regarding trade lay on the Resolute desk in the Oval Office of the White House March 31, 2017 in Washington, DC. .Photo by Olivier Douliery/ Abaca

FixGov

The limitations of a climate change presidency

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. January 19, 2021. Susan Walsh/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

FixGov

Will the Supreme Court weaken lower-court checks on Biden’s executive power?

Frank J. Thompson

Monday, February 1, 2021

US President Donald J. Trump holds a news briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, ?DC, USA, 10 September 2020. Trump fielded questions regarding comments he made to journalist Bob Woodward, author of the forthcoming book ëRageí, that downplayed the threat of the coronavirus. No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Brown Center Chalkboard

Trump’s administrative presidency and its effort to weaken federal oversight in public education

Kenneth K. Wong

Monday, October 12, 2020