https://www.egapelab.com/publicwriting daily 0.75 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/0eacb928-f405-4532-933a-d905774c9561/LATimes+article.webp Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi. “How to bring down gas prices in California (Hint: Pumping oil won’t help).“ Los Angeles Times, Mar 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/410c9594-f612-4793-9b0c-73ff1c6da40c/methane-intensity.png Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi. Oil Production in California and Santa Barbara County. Oct 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/bcee9b18-fe63-411b-bfc6-ce84f6341350/Screen+Shot+2025-09-05+at+1.46.35+PM.png Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi. Analysis of California’s oil refineries amid declining demand. Sep 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/8055d756-bb1e-456e-8bae-fa608e133429/image-from-rawpixel-id-3322890-original.jpg Public writing - Leah C. Stokes and Paasha Mahdavi. “It’s Time to Phase Out Oil in our County.” Santa Barbara Independent, May 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/2c3b0de9-2fa1-455c-ad77-11dfd8d62b8c/50448922997_dbffc56245_b.jpg Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi. “Restarting Sable’s Pipeline Would Harm Our Communities, Environment, and Economy.“ Santa Barbara Independent, April 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/cfc6bf53-5d75-4943-89a4-876b25ea26d9/sablereport.png Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi. Economic analysis of market impacts of resuming oil and gas production from the Santa Ynez Unit. Report submitted to Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors in re: item 25-00144, Feb 25, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/35fe1ed1-8bb1-4bf3-a9e8-205c73300ee4/fig1pm25.png Public writing - Olivia Quinn, Eleanor Thomas, Carrie Fernandes, Leah Stokes, and Paasha Mahdavi. The Economic, Health, and Environmental Benefits of Phasing Out Onshore Oil Development in Santa Barbara County. Feb 21, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/055cce37-0a51-42b0-93ff-34358dfbc2e7/Landing+page+image.png Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi. Collaborative Levers for Methane Abatement in National Oil Companies. Environmental Defense Fund policy report, Dec 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/17376f22-9386-4a71-b393-f28296e07fd4/pexels-timmossholder-3804878.jpg Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi and Andrew Howell. “National Oil Companies and the Global Methane Opportunity. “ Global Policy, 19 Dec 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/d5ac76fe-9036-4899-b441-31a78205ecfe/NOCs%2BTransition%2BPlans%2BReport%2BFront%2BPage.jpg Public writing - Joachim Roth, Romain Poivet, Angela Picciariello, Natalie Jones, and Paasha Mahdavi, with support from Nikki Gwilliam-Beeharee, Lauren Muusse and Cyril Moyo. Assessing National Oil Companies’ transition plans: An essential tool for banks, investors and regulators. The 2035 Initiative, World Benchmarking Alliance, and IISD Policy Briefing, Nov 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/884fb0a1-99e7-4142-acbc-7b7d713c5928/NOCs+Report+Image.jpg Public writing - Angela Picciariello and Paasha Mahdavi, with support from Greg Muttitt and Matto Mildenberger. Opportunity NOCs: How investors can jumpstart energy transitions in national oil companies. The 2035 Initiative and IISD Policy Briefing, Feb 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/0acffffa-cb90-404a-bcd3-d2c68294dded/image_1316669671.jpg Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi. Paving a Credible Investment Pathway to Net Zero for Oil and Gas. OECD Consultation on Investment Treaties and Climate Change, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/1fba872c-5348-4503-8c1d-b7140bd9e3cb/oil-refinery-netherlands.jpeg Public writing Alexandra Gillies, Patrick R.P. Heller, Paasha Mahdavi, David Manley, Valerie Marcel, Lourdes Melgar, Francisco Monaldi, Greg Muttitt, Angela Picciariello, and Joachim Roth. National Oil Companies and Climate Change: Insights for Advocates. IISD and NRGI Policy Briefing, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/1627337326731-QGS767Z9VPGNDODW1XUU/LBm5Dctg.jpeg Public writing - Jessica Green, Jennifer Hadden, Thomas Hale, and Paasha Mahdavi. “Oil companies aren’t actually going green—but some are heading there faster than others.” Washington Post / Monkey Cage, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/1627337437445-VTTKLCUEBKO6QLY6IPIK/FUMKFWRw.jpeg Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi. "Stop Oil Production in Santa Barbara Once and for All." Santa Barbara Independent, Sep 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/1627337513382-H1NF37V5ASTGB9ISZR7X/TTH8SD0A.jpeg Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi. “Power Grabs and Crude Decisions.” Invisible Histories of the Harvard Center for History and Economics, Jun 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/1627337570684-R2YHMZF53NN3MNBWY825/0vXA0xBQ.jpeg Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi and Morgan Bazilian. “New Oil Finds Could Mean a Tripling of Guyana’s GDP.” Foreign Policy, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/1627337605279-BBLCMG6BMD9YPPF47OJX/wx3XO5rA.jpeg Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi. "Recommendations on the Draft Lebanese National Oil Company Bill.” Report prepared in 2018 for the Lebanese Parliamentary Committee on Public Works, Transportation, Energy, and Water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/1627337659143-DXKV2J5ZVU7QFIR3D5B0/f0HD3f8w.png Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi. “Four things to know about nationalizations in the energy industry.” Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP) Blog, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/1627337704537-C8OKRG4LDLJWERBZPB6C/OaKnj_QA.jpeg Public writing - Morgan Bazilian, Paasha Mahdavi, Peri-Khan Aqrawi-Whitcomb, and Cyril Widdershoven. “Oil Conflict and Kurdish Independence.” Global Policy, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/1627337731577-449GOYX5WQOE79UFOT5W/yKS-q6OQ.jpeg Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi. “How to get reelected if you are an Iranian MP.” Washington Post / Monkey Cage, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/1627337760431-F5PDNG8U2B3SWW1VXX1K/F2gS80ig.jpeg Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi. “Will Iran’s parliament block the nuclear deal?” Washington Post / Monkey Cage, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/1627337796545-4O1O4SSQJ9525PTPGZAL/U5rx9g9g.png Public writing - Paasha Mahdavi. “Oil and Politics in Iran’s Majles-e Shura-ye Eslami.” The International Society for Iranian Studies Newsletter, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/1627337833585-CI9GFHX14AAYR6O25CGT/q4e6-zAg.jpeg Public writing - Patrick Heller, Paasha Mahdavi, and Johannes Schreuder. “Reforming National Oil Companies: Nine Recommendations.” Natural Resource Governance Institute Briefing, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/1627337885416-AH62V25RJKAK8QSG0780/RbFeC97w.jpeg Public writing - Aaron Sayne, Patrick Heller, Paasha Mahdavi, and Johannes Schreuder. “The Petroleum Industry Bill and the Future of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).” Revenue Watch Institute Briefing, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/1627337910154-OIWPD5J7ZMNGIFK2PZ2I/bHUyrbYQ.jpeg Public writing - Jonathan Gatto, Byung-oh Kim, Paasha Mahdavi, Hirochika Namekawa, and Hung Tran. “The Future Impact of Climate Change on the California Wine Industry.” Prepared for California State Assembly Member Noreen Evans, 2009. https://www.egapelab.com/people daily 0.75 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/1628013696049-PBYJFQ1J3V9P09Q7CIUD/uddin.jpeg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/ff098464-6cbd-4518-8554-8383d31f3f39/lomov.jpeg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/e077a7af-d689-429b-a2b5-94b181c8bba9/Smith_Headshot.jpeg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/9329786b-ada3-4abb-8e3c-f77eac2f5c5e/tan.jpeg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/530223cc-d894-4dc0-bad4-4f3caa616d1c/khani.jpeg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e06de426582d24ad4e2ab7/21197c8f-f974-4fcc-994e-8be1e2ff6f3d/website+photo+2023+small.jpg People - Paasha Mahdavi Paasha Mahdavi is Director of the EGAPE Lab, Associate Professor of Political Science, Vice Chair of the Political Science Department, affiliated faculty at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, and co-founding member of The 2035 Initiative at UCSB. 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