Native Nations in the Energy Transition
Monika Ehrman is principal investigator of a multi-institutional team recently awarded over $450,000 by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to study the effects of a clean energy transition on certain petroleum-producing Native American communities and community members.
The Sloan Foundation is a not-for-profit, mission-driven grantmaking institution dedicated to improving the welfare of all through the advancement of scientific knowledge.
The three-year grant will support direct engagement with partner tribes to understand their concerns and challenges, quantitative modeling, and geospatial analyses using various policy scenarios and legal analysis to determine how a lack of sovereignty affects tribal energy decision-making and the provision of environmental justice.
The grant research focuses on historically-marginalized Native American tribes, which are currently addressing important issues such as climate change and energy poverty.
The grant team
Monika Ehrman
principal investigator & law and policy lead
Charles J. and Inez Wright Murray Distinguished Visiting Professor
Professor of Law (incoming Fall 2023)
SMU
Daniel Raimi
co-principal investigator & quantitative lead
Fellow & Director of the Equity in the Energy Transition Initiative
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Lecturer, University of Michigan
Andrew Curley
co-principal investigator & qualitative lead
Assistant Professor
College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
University of Arizona
Catherine Hausman
collaborator, quantitative team
Associate Professor
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan
Monte Mills
collaborator, law and policy team
Charles I. Stone Professor of Law
Director, Native American Law Center, School of Law
University of Washington
Angela Parker
collaborator, qualitative team
Assistant Professor
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
University of Denver
Brian Prest
collaborator, quantitative team
Fellow & Director of the Social Cost of Carbon Initiative Resources for the Future
Pilar Thomas
collaborator, law and policy team
Faculty Associate
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Arizona State University
Partner
Quarles & Brady LLP
Alexandra Thompson
collaborator, quantitative team
Senior Research Associate & GIS Research Coordinator
Resources for the Future
Margaret Walls
collaborator, quantitative team
Senior Fellow & Director
Climate Risks and Impacts Program
Adaptation and Resilience Program & Environmental Justice Initiative
Resources for the Future