Our findings shed new light on the political challenges of achieving decarbonization, where local governments must balance national goals with local resistance.

Come to "The Comparative Politics of Clean-Energy Siting," Friday, 2 pm, VCC East Ballroom.

“Many seek results, too few seek understanding.”

You told me that last time we hung out. It stuck with me.

Nature article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Open to feedback! Thank you @jpublicpolicy.bsky.social for making our article open-access (cup.org/3BT7jVS). 11/11

My other work on compensation & housing:

Construction & benefits via entitlement process (shorturl.at/K7SPV)

The Good and the Bad of Community Benefits Agreements (shorturl.at/9voyW)

Ultimately, compensating those who bear a policy’s concentrated costs may be an advance in equity compared to 20th c. top-down planning, where communities affected lacked voice. Yet the (over)use of compensation risks inefficiencies in the use of financial resources. 10/11

For policy, including affordable housing can increase support. But once doing so, compensation is unlikely to prove useful in expanding a coalition. In fact, additional compensation may only hurt the financial viability of a project, with little payoff in public support. 9/11