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The Meatpacking Industry Needs Stronger Worker Protections and Enhanced Oversight

India Luxton and Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern
This brief summarizes findings from a study that used data from 39 interviews with local, state, and federal officials and bureaucrats, worker advocates, and workers to analyze meatpacking policymaking and oversight during COVID-19. 
December 10, 2024

How Does the Reauthorization of the Farm Bill Impact SNAP?

Colleen Heflin and Camille Barbin
Negotiations on a new Farm Bill have included SNAP proposals to limit state discretion on work requirements during periods of low job availability, indefinitely freeze the cost of the Thrifty Food Plan, and lift the ban on prepared meals. This brief describes how these proposals could increase food insecurity and suggests way the new Farm Bill could better serve the nutritional needs of low-income households.
October 16, 2024

Machine Learning (ML) Platforms Can Contradict Dairy Scientists and Feed Firm Websites Regarding Dairy Cattle Performance from Feeding Seaweed Supplements

Siobhan O'Keefe, Rick Welsh, Mercy Oppong, Ryan Fitzgerald, David Conner, Michelle Tynan, Nichole Price, Charlotte Quigle

“Machine Learning (ML) Platforms Can Contradict Dairy Scientists and Feed Firm Websites Regarding Dairy Cattle Performance from Feeding Seaweed Supplements,” co-authored by Professor of Sociology Rick Welsh, was published in Choices.

September 3, 2024

Institutional fit and policy design in water governance: Nebraska's Natural Resources Districts

Tomás Olivier, Sechindra Vallury
"Institutional fit and policy design in water governance: Nebraska's Natural Resources Districts," co-authored by Tomás Olivier, Senior Research Associate at the Center for Policy Design and Governance and the Center for Policy Research, and Sechindra Vallury, was published in Policy Studies Journal.
August 19, 2024

Evaluating conflict in collaborative environmental governance: A study of environmental justice councils

Graham Ambrose, Jangmin Kim, Saba Siddiki
"Evaluating conflict in collaborative environmental governance: A study of environmental justice councils," co-authored by Graham Ambrose, Graduate Research Associate for the Center for Policy Design and Governance and the Center for Policy Research, and Saba Siddiki, director of the Center for Policy Design and Governance, was published in the Review of Policy Research.
June 6, 2024

See related: Environment, United States

Understanding policy evolution using institutional grammar: net metering policies in the United States

Graham Ambrose, Myriam Gregoire-Zawilski, Saba Siddiki, Nicholas Oesterling
"Understanding policy evolution using institutional grammar: net metering policies in the United States," co-authored by Graham Ambrose, Graduate Research Associate for the Center for Policy Design and Governance and the Center for Policy Research, Myriam Gregoire-Zawilski, Graduate Research Associate for the Center for Policy Research, Saba Siddiki, director of the Center for Policy Design and Governance, and Nicholas Oesterling, Graduate Research Associate for the Center for Policy Design and Governance and the Center for Policy Research, was published in Policy Design and Practice.
June 6, 2024

See related: Energy, United States

A policy design perspective on electricity rates

Nicholas Oesterling
"A policy design perspective on electricity rates," authored by Nicholas Oesterling, Graduate Research Associate for the Center for Policy Design and Governance and the Center for Policy Research, was published in Policy Design and Practice.
June 6, 2024

See related: Energy, United States

The Next Wave of Energy Innovation: Which Technologies? Which Skills?

David Popp, Francesco Vona, Myriam Grégoire-Zawilski, Giovanni Marin

"The Next Wave of Energy Innovation: Which Technologies? Which Skills?," co-authored by David Popp, professor of public administration and international affairs, was published in Review of Environmental Economics and Policy.

February 15, 2024

Stronger Regulations on Air Pollution Could Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Rates

Yue Sun
Cutting air pollution to match the World Health Organization’s proposed standards could have prevented over 300,000 cardiovascular disease deaths in 2016-18. 
December 6, 2023

Exploring Factors Shaping Transportation Electrification in American Cities

Derek Ehrnschwender, Saba Siddiki, Sanya Carley, Sean Nicholson-Crotty

"Exploring factors shaping transportation electrification in American cities," co-authored by Saba Siddiki, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, was published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition.

March 24, 2023

Powering the Next Wave of Green Energy Innovation

David Popp, Myriam Grégoire-Zawilski

"Powering the next wave of green energy innovation," co-authored by David Popp, professor of public administration and international affairs, was published in PLOS Climate.

January 17, 2023

The role of venture capital and governments in clean energy: Lessons from the first cleantech bubble

David Popp, Matthias van den Heuvel

"The role of venture capital and governments in clean energy: Lessons from the first cleantech bubble," co-authored by Professor David Popp, was published by The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).

September 12, 2022

See related: Climate Change, Energy

Evaluating Change in Representation and Coordination in Collaborative Governance Over Time: A Study of Environmental Justice Councils

Saba Siddiki, Graham Ambrose

"Evaluating Change in Representation and Coordination in Collaborative Governance Over Time: A Study of Environmental Justice Councils," co-authored by Associate Professor Saba Siddiki and Ph.D. student Graham Ambrose, was published in Environmental Management.

August 4, 2022

The Employment Impact of Green Fiscal Push: Evidence from the American Recovery Act

David Popp, Francesco Vona, Giovanni Marin, Ziqiao Chen
June 27, 2022

Encouraging Innovation that Protects Environmental Systems: Five Policy Proposals

Cameron Hepburn, Jacquelyn Pless & David Popp
April 6, 2018

Should We Give Up after Solyndra? Optimal Technology R&D Portfolios under Uncertainty

Mort Webster, Karen Fisher-Vanden, David Popp & Nidhi Santen
October 2, 2017

See related: Climate Change

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