Most enviros know that fossil fuel subsidies are bad. What’s insanely bad is their persistance. We found reforms fail over 90% of the time. High fuel costs hurt. But subsidies are the worst solution

Paasha Mahdavi@paashamahdavi.com · last wk.

👉 Wanna know what the worst energy policy in the world is? In an op-ed for @science.org, @profmichaelross.bsky.social and I talk about the dangers of fossil fuel subsidies during a once-in-a-generation opportunity to accelerate the transition away from oil and gas. www.science.org/eprint/8VEX5...

This is a remarkable piece of research, executed with extraordinary care and with profound significance for practitioners. I can’t recommend it highly enough.

Pia Raffler@piaraffler.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Publishing null results *is* hard. Thrilled to finally see this paper with @danielnposner.bsky.social and @dougparkerson.bsky.social investigating the impact of bottom-up accountability on healthcare outcomes in print in the JOP. Thread 👇 doi.org/10.1086/736577

1/ Disruptions mean countries will rush to exit US-led oil order Worst case scenario for oil companies (best for rest of us) is that people permanently shift...what they call “demand destruction“ i.e short term pain but Long: Iran war will accelerate ongoing STRUCTURAL shift to solar+EVs+batteries

My new essay, with Rabah Arezki and Rick van der Ploeg, in @foreignaffairs.com. For all the benefits of the energy transition, the world isn't ready to rely on critical minerals

Foreign Affairs@foreignaffairs.com · 4mo ago

“Without strong governance, mineral booms will not only replicate the familiar symptoms of the resource curse but also generate entirely new forms of volatility,” warn Rabah Arezki, Frederick van der Ploeg, and Michael Ross.

New: the Iran war's price increases on just two products, gasoline and diesel, has already cost American households $130 each (on avg), a total of $17 billion -- and it's rising fast. We have an Iran War Energy Cost Tracker @climatesollab.bsky.social. Check it out: iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu

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While Venezuela has recently made headlines for its oil reserves, it’s also uniquely positioned to generate renewable energy - enough to meet 10x its electricity needs. @paashamahdavi.com explains how offshore wind can help power a greener future. www.loe.org/shows/segmen...

Living on Earth: A Vision of a Wind-Powered Venezuela

Since the US capture of President Nicolás Maduro in early January, there has been a lot of discussion about Venezuela’s massive oil reserves. But it also turns out that Venezuela is ideally positioned...

loe.org

This is not just a relief from the relentless gloom. I believe it is also correct.

Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

1/ Disruptions mean countries will rush to exit US-led oil order Worst case scenario for oil companies (best for rest of us) is that people permanently shift...what they call “demand destruction“ i.e short term pain but Long: Iran war will accelerate ongoing STRUCTURAL shift to solar+EVs+batteries

This is a good example of the argument @profmichaelross.bsky.social and I made in Foreign Affairs last year about how the US becoming the world's largest oil and gas producer facilitates the aggressive behavior of the Trump administration www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/c...

Trump Bets That ‘Energy Dominance’ Will Make War in Iran Less Costly

nytimes.com

I spoke with Brazil’s Veja a few days ago about the insanity of Trump’s Venezuela strategy veja.abril.com.br/economia/tru...

‘Trump não fala sobre restaurar a democracia na Venezuela’, diz o cientista político Michael L. Ross

Para o autor do livro "A Maldição do Petróleo", a ação dos EUA revela uma intervenção guiada por interesses energéticos e propensa a perpetuar o autoritarismo

veja.abril.com.br

This is literally the perfect sound bite, perfectly delivered

Six months ago @profmichaelross.bsky.social and I wrote in Foreign Affairs that the US is increasingly behaving like a petrostate. Seems relevant today

Erik Voeten@erikvoeten.bsky.social · last yr.

I have a new short piece in Foreign Affairs with @profmichaelross.bsky.social arguing that "the United States’ emergence as the world’s leading oil and gas producer is a critical and often neglected element of today’s global disorder." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Next year's Climate Pipeline Project is at Columbia University. Great for junior scholars in PS, across fields. Application deadline is tomorrow! Ht @nilskupzok.bsky.social politicaleconomy.columbia.edu/news/call-pa...

These attacks show that you’re making a difference. Hang in there and keep up the great work.

Timmons Roberts@timmonsroberts.bsky.social · last yr.

My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

Paul Tobin, @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce our new, open access, edited book ‘Stability and politicization in climate governance’. bit.ly/45Gb6RM. It is packed full of fantastic chapters about different aspects of climate politics. Here’s a short thread. 1/

Recommended read: A @ForeignAffairs essay by two US professors argued that, as the US’s energy exports have grown, it has “begun to behave more like a classic petrostate”. 📝 @profmichaelross.bsky.social‬ and @‪erikvoeten.bsky.social‬

Petrostate America

The downsides of energy independence.

foreignaffairs.com

IEA: Oil still on track to peak by 2030; oil for fuel to peak in 2027 "annual growth slows…to just a trickle over the next several years, with a small decline expected in 2030, based on today’s policy settings and market trends" Here are some of the most striking charts 🧵 1/8

When @erikvoeten.bsky.social and I first wrote in 2016 about "petrostates," we thought of places like Venezuela, Iran, Russia, Libya, and Iraq that "actively defy global norms, invade neighboring countries, (and) flout human rights." I never imagined the US would join this list.

Erik Voeten@erikvoeten.bsky.social · last yr.

I have a new short piece in Foreign Affairs with @profmichaelross.bsky.social arguing that "the United States’ emergence as the world’s leading oil and gas producer is a critical and often neglected element of today’s global disorder." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

🚨 WP w/ @acalacino.bsky.social & @hayleypring.bsky.social It’s been a turbulent decade of globalization backlash. Populist projects wanna take back control everywhere. Focusing on the case of oil and Brexit, we offer a story of the danger of this narrative and concrete merits of multilateralism: 🧵

We’re grateful that @natclimate.nature.com is featuring a project that the three of us worked so hard on and believe in so deeply!