Matto Mildenberger
@mmildenberger
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Associate Prof Political Science UCSB. Studies climate and energy politics.
Santa Barbara, CA
Joined December 2008
New research in @NatureClimate w/ @erickUdeM, @ProfKHarrison and I. Stadelmann-Steffen. Two countries have set up carbon tax + rebates: Canada + Switzerland. Have these rebates increased public carbon pricing support, as advocates hope? Not really. 1/🧵 https://t.co/iApImia8Yz
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disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 3/3
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A reasonable estimate for this position is $72,000-$88,000. The UC is an EEO/AA Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ... 2/3
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The 2035 Initiative at UCSB is a "think and do tank" aimed at confronting the climate crisis. We are hiring a Deputy Director to work closely with 2035 faculty on a wide range of policy, research, and management activities across the Initiative. 1/3 https://t.co/v61xEIjL4w
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2023 was a beautiful year until it was a horrible year. I tried to capture it in this piece for @nytopinion, about caregiving, community, and creating create the society we want to live in. Another world is possible!
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This year is a critical moment to make home care accessible to all Americans who need it.
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The @BrenUCSB is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor (Tenure Track) in Environmental Communication. https://t.co/bAEx6XFXcH UCSB is an EOE, including disability/vets. Come join us here!
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Our 250th episode is here! 🎉 Hear @mmildenberger, Soumitra Bhuyan & @V_Williamson break down the #InflationReductionAct and its major provisions including #CleanEnergy investments, prescription drug pricing, and funding for the #IRS. Listen now: https://t.co/CVlKKdWYKu
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Excited that my @CambridgeUP book with @dustintingley, Uncertain Futures, is now shipping. We explain why the climate impasse is hard to break. Credibility challenges stand in the way, but we identify solutions to unlock support. More ⬇️ Please RT! https://t.co/Tpf35MeJc4
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BIG NEWS! I'm moving to California to join the wonderful people @UCSBPoliSci July 1st. I'm especially excited about bringing my research lab ( https://t.co/zoiixdUL2c) into UCSB's https://t.co/Dlt6ZADYb1 focusing on Climate Adaptation, particularly in response to conflict.
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The 2035 Initiative is a collaboration between world-leading environmental policy and politics research labs at the University of California Santa Barbara. We develop policy roadmaps informed by...
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Hot off the press, with @raul_climate – a meta-review of the scholarly literature on net zero now online with @Climate_Policy. What do we know about how to get to net zero – not as much as we need to (no surprise there) THREAD https://t.co/7ExC4PHxcq
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Net zero has become the new organizing principle of climate politics. Though the adoption of net zero targets has created optimism in the climate regime, there remain significant concerns that it i...
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At @EPWCmte hearing on permitting, the @USChamber 's top energy official says the business group opposes the House GOP debt ceiling bill repealing Inflation Reduction Act clean energy tax credits.
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This goes beyond ethanol to a whole panoply of tax credits including direct pay for tax-exempt entities on energy tax credits. Informative for imagining IRA durability in a post-2025 Republican trifecta world. IRA provides big benefits for red districts, making repeal tricky.
here we go @derrickvanorden (R-Wis), one member worried about ethanol, will propose an amendment “strike sections…that repeal tax credits for carbon oxide sequestration, nuclear power, biodiesel, renewable diesel, + alternative fuels… ethanol, + sustainable aviation fuel.”
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Really important research note by my colleague here at @UCSBPoliSci. @DTRMasterson - shows just how severely UC PhD students are underpaid relative to the cost of living. Hopefully, student action as part of the current strike will help remedy this gap.
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Important victory by a climate advocate who ran vocally on climate change in AZ.
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I have become desensitived to the millenials-destroying-society-genre of news article, but this CNN piece breaks new ground. Why growing indoor plants (!!) is the real environmental problem, a function of - evidently - millenials being obsessed with Pinterest. 🤣
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Critical reporting on Biden climate strategy - admin used imminent climate emergency declaration as stick to bring Manchin back to the table. It worked! We got climate legislation that will transform and decarbonize in a way executive action simply can't.
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California is poised to spend another $5.1 billion on school infrastructure. We must use this moment to electrify schools. Read our report with @rewiringamerica and @LeahStokes on electrification's benefits to students and school staff. https://t.co/mTpz4LYPHS
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Great title by title breakdown of the IRA. Gives a sense of the scale of climate investments here.
I read through 700+ pages of the July version of the Inflation Reduction Act so that you don't have to. Long thread 🧵
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I am so proud of the climate movement. They organized. They advocated. They fought. And we didn’t get all that we wanted, we got a win. And we get to fight again. And I can’t wait to do it.
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Alright y’all let’s do this! No sleep till we’re done. #InflationReductionAct
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