Michael Greenstone – The Conversation

A farmer in dry Niger. Boureima Hama/AFP/Getty Images

September 25, 2026

Nigeria faces the world’s highest projected death toll from super El Niño heat: what could save lives

Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago and Tamma Carleton, University of California, Berkeley

The super El Niño could cause 31,400 extra heat deaths in Nigeria alone. Heat warnings, cooling centres and worker protections could help save lives.

Obama announces the EPA Clean Power Plan at the White House. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

August 4, 2015

Obama builds legacy on climate change with EPA Clean Power Plan

David Konisky, Indiana University; Mark Templeton, University of Chicago; Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago, and Robert Percival, University of Maryland

A panel of scholars provide analysis of the Obama administration’s EPA Clean Power Plan and its impact on the electricity sector, the climate and politics at home and abroad.

Here’s what’s on the agenda. POOL New/ Reuters

January 21, 2015

The State of the Union 2015 – a closer look at the president’s ‘ambitious agenda’

Stella M Flores, Vanderbilt University; Anupam Joshi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Arnold F. Shober, Lawrence University; Daniel P Lopresti, Lehigh University ; Elizabeth Pearson, University of California, Berkeley; George A Nation III, Lehigh University ; IM 'Mac' Destler, University of Maryland; Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago, and Phillip G Joyce, University of Maryland

Editor’s note: “The state of the union is good,” and the attitude of President Barack Obama in his annual speech to Congress was upbeat. Good economic news and no more election campaigns were the backdrop…

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