In the News: Matthew T. Huber
Huber Weighs In on Biden’s Absence at the COP28 Climate Change Conference in RM.id Article
"President Biden promised a 'whole of government' approach to the climate crisis after taking office. But his absence at the COP28 meeting signals a lack of interest in the dangers of the ongoing climate crisis. Given that the United States is the world's largest emitter, this should be an international scandal," says Matthew Huber, professor of geography and the environment.
See related: China, Climate Change, Government, United States
Huber Discusses the Build Public Renewables Act in Public Power Review Articles
In his two-part essay on the Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA), Professor of Geography and the Environment Matthew Huber examines the labor question and assesses dubious campaign claims that BPRA is a climate victory.
See related: Climate Change, Energy, Labor, New York State, State & Local
Huber Weighs In on the Latest Victory in the United Auto Workers Strike in El País Article
Matthew Huber, professor of geography and the environment, calls the outcome of the strike a huge victory for the United Auto Workers and its workers. “It shows that when workers harness their collective power through strikes, they can force employers to give in to workers’ ambitious demands,” he says.
See related: Income, Labor, United States
Huber Discusses the Climate Class War in UnHerd Article
"Rather than tackling the problem of who owns and controls fossil-fuel based production (a relative minority of society), carbon behaviouralism aims its sights on the “irresponsible” choices of millions of consumers of all classes," writes Matt Huber, professor of geography and the environment.
See related: Climate Change, Europe, Political Parties, United States
Huber Weighs In on United Auto Workers Strike in The Hill
“The UAW…strike action is ultimately trying to realize one of the Biden Administration’s core policy goals and political selling points: you can have good, family-sustaining union jobs alongside climate action. The problem is the automakers see EV production as a way to trim labor costs and shift production to non-union plants,” says Matt Huber, professor of geography and the environment.
See related: Energy, Environment, Income, Labor, United States
Huber Weighs In on Tennessee Valley Authority’s Small Nuclear Reactor Program in Canary Media Piece
“This is a perfect sweet spot for a public power entity to take on some of that risk, to try to really get a technology that we need off the ground,” Matt Huber, professor of geography and the environment, says of TVA’s small modular reactor program. “They have the resources and the social mission to do that, where private capital wouldn’t.”
See related: Climate Change, Energy, United States
Huber Discusses His Book, “Climate Change as Class War” on Future Histories Podcast
"So if we can pair climate decarbonization with more increased secure access to people's basic material needs, you could start to build a much broader popular base," says Matthew Huber, professor of geography and the environment.
See related: Climate Change, United States
Huber Weighs in on NY Using Nuclear Power to Reach Its Climate Goals in City & State Article
“It’s a generational thing,” says Matt Huber, professor of geography and the environment. “A lot of younger generations are really fixated on climate and understand that nuclear is one our best options to deal with climate, so we gotta keep it on the table.”
See related: Climate Change, Energy, New York State
Huber Talks to Real Change News About Carbon Pricing Programs
The fact that the costs of compliance are typically borne by workers and consumers is a fundamental flaw of carbon pricing programs, says Matthew Huber, professor of geography and the environment. It’s one that, he suggests, has led to the Biden administration’s relatively skeptical stance on cap-and-trade programs.
See related: Climate Change, State & Local, United States
Huber Weighs in on the Effectiveness of the International Climate Summit (COP) in the Toronto Star
“I don’t think they’ve proven to be effective in actually coming up with a kind of international agreement with binding limits on countries that would penalize them if they were not to abide by the pledges,” Matt Huber, professor of geography and the environment, tells the Toronto Star.
See related: Climate Change
Huber’s “Climate Change as Class War” Reviewed by Real Change News
"Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet," written by Professor Matthew Huber, was reviewed by Real Change News.
See related: Climate Change
Huber Discusses His New Book, “Climate Change as Class War,” in The Nation
Matther Huber, professor of geography and the environment, discussed his new book, "Climate Change as Class War," in The Nation article, "The Green Transition Must Be Union-Powered."
See related: Climate Change, United States
Huber Explores the Climate Change Crisis as a Class Problem in New Book
Huber, professor of geography and the environment, focuses on the everyday material struggle of the working-class over access to energy, food, housing and transportation. Huber argues that these necessities are core industries that need to be decarbonized.
See related: Climate Change
Excerpt From Huber's New Book on Climate Change Published in Jacobin
Professor Matthew Huber's newly published book, "Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet," was featured in the Jacobin article, "'Awareness' Will Not Save Us From Climate Disaster."
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Huber Piece on the Politics of Big Public Power Published in Jacobin
"In Defense of the Tennessee Valley Authority," co-authored by Professor Matt Huber, was published in Jacobin.
See related: Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability, United States
Maxwell School Announces 2021 Faculty Promotions
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Public Affairs and the Multifront Attack on Climate Change
See related: Climate Change, Economic Policy, Natural Disasters, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Wildfires
Huber quoted in Motherboard article on tech advances, climate change
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Huber speaks to Motherboard about the Yellow Vest protests in France
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Huber speaks with VICE about the Green New Deal
"History shows that, especially with our country being the richest and having the most wealth and resources to deploy, we can do massive transformational things," says Matt Huber, associate professor of geography, about the Green New Deal.
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