Reposted by Michael L. RossPaasha Mahdavi @paashamahdavi.com · 26/09/2026Tell Governor Newsom to sign #AB1448, the California Coastal Protection Act, and keep oil off our coast. Send a letter in just two minutes!! signab1448now.com 031
Michael L. Ross @profmichaelross.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Most 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 1159
Michael L. Ross @profmichaelross.bsky.social · 18/06/2026This is a remarkable piece of research, executed with extraordinary care and with profound significance for practitioners. I can’t recommend it highly enough. 031
Reposted by Michael L. RossAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 15/03/20261/ 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 191210402
Michael L. Ross @profmichaelross.bsky.social · 01/05/2026My 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 071
Reposted by Michael L. RossJeff Colgan @jeffcolgan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026New: 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.eduiranwarcost.watson.brown.eduIran War Energy Cost TrackerTracks the extra cost paid by U.S. consumers for gasoline and diesel since the Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, compared against a no-war counterfactual baseline. 15425
Reposted by Michael L. RossLiving on Earth @livingonearthradio.bsky.social · 23/03/2026While 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...loe.orgLiving on Earth: A Vision of a Wind-Powered VenezuelaSince 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... 052
Michael L. Ross @profmichaelross.bsky.social · 15/03/2026This is not just a relief from the relentless gloom. I believe it is also correct. 0103
Reposted by Michael L. RossErik Voeten @erikvoeten.bsky.social · 03/03/2026This 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...nytimes.comTrump Bets That ‘Energy Dominance’ Will Make War in Iran Less Costly 121
Michael L. Ross @profmichaelross.bsky.social · 13/01/2026I spoke with Brazil’s Veja a few days ago about the insanity of Trump’s Venezuela strategy veja.abril.com.br/economia/tru...veja.abril.com.br‘Trump não fala sobre restaurar a democracia na Venezuela’, diz o cientista político Michael L. RossPara 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 120
Michael L. Ross @profmichaelross.bsky.social · 13/01/2026This is literally the perfect sound bite, perfectly delivered 040
Reposted by Michael L. RossErik Voeten @erikvoeten.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Six months ago @profmichaelross.bsky.social and I wrote in Foreign Affairs that the US is increasingly behaving like a petrostate. Seems relevant today 075
Reposted by Michael L. RossJeff Colgan @jeffcolgan.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Next 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...politicaleconomy.columbia.eduCall for Papers: Climate Pipeline Project | Columbia Center for Political Economy 054
Michael L. Ross @profmichaelross.bsky.social · 25/08/2025These attacks show that you’re making a difference. Hang in there and keep up the great work. 070
Reposted by Michael L. RossMat Paterson @matpaterson.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Paul 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/ 59138
Reposted by Michael L. RossCarbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 21/06/2025Recommended 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.socialforeignaffairs.comPetrostate AmericaThe downsides of energy independence. 53016
Reposted by Michael L. RossSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 17/06/2025IEA: 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 515172
Michael L. Ross @profmichaelross.bsky.social · 14/06/2025When @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. 181
Reposted by Michael L. RossFederica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 03/06/2025🚨 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: 🧵 48227
Michael L. Ross @profmichaelross.bsky.social · 14/05/2025We’re grateful that @natclimate.nature.com is featuring a project that the three of us worked so hard on and believe in so deeply! 040
Reposted by Michael L. RossIlmi @ilmi.bsky.social · 19/03/2025UCLA political scientist @profmichaelross.bsky.social wrote long ago about how regimes and insurgencies use derivative claims over as-yet uncaptured resources to fund violence: what he dubbed "booty futures." Saddened but unsurprised that the US may wade into these blackwaters. 021
Reposted by Michael L. RossBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 10/03/2025New from me - is it possible we are actually at peak populism? This post is an exercise in working through a scenario - I may very well be wrong. But also, outside of America, I think something is shifting. Because of America. 1/n benansell.substack.com/p/twilight-o...benansell.substack.comTwilight of the Populists?Perhaps it's possible that, despite it all, we have reached peak populism 29972299
Reposted by Michael L. RossMethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 08/03/2025We now have visual evidence of intense pollution from every stage of the #LNG supply chain, from the hole in the ground, to the export terminal, to the regasification import terminal (as bad as it sounds), to the power plant. It's astonishing to see, even for me. narrated youtu.be/eyh4pcpBt7o?...youtu.beThe Methane Emissions of the LNG LifecycleYouTube video by Oilfield Witness 23719
Reposted by Michael L. RossTanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 02/02/2025For a thumbnail of @profmichaelross.bsky.social new @worldpolitics.bsky.social review essay on climate, see 👇🏾 041
Reposted by Michael L. RossWorld Politics @worldpolitics.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Can a cap-and-trade system work in the US? What does a Trump administration really mean for climate politics? @profmichaelross.bsky.social answers these questions and more in @worldpolitics.bsky.social The Storied Teller. wpj.princeton.edu/storied-tell...wpj.princeton.eduTo Tax or Not to TaxIn the January 2025 (Volume 77, Number 1) issue of World Politics, Michael L. Ross, professor in the Department of Political Science and the Institute for the Environment and Sustainability at the Uni... 074
Reposted by Michael L. RossWorld Politics @worldpolitics.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Starting with the final article in the January issue of @worldpolitics.bsky.social, have a read of Michael L. Ross' book review article, "The New Political Economy of Climate Change." @profmichaelross.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... 0147