Michael L. Ross

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

Really a historic moment

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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.

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

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.

🚨 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!

UCLA 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.

We 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?...

For a thumbnail of @profmichaelross.bsky.social new @worldpolitics.bsky.social review essay on climate, see 👇🏾

Can 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...

Starting 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...