Sociopolitical impacts of cancelled clean-energy projects

This project examines how the public perceives and responds to clean-energy investments from the Inflation Reduction Act amid recent policy rollbacks. Leveraging variation created by stalled, delayed, and canceled projects, the study will use a geographically targeted longitudinal survey in affected communities to assess how partisanship, local economic impacts, and energy context shape public attitudes. The survey will be complemented by analysis of local economic effects and media coverage. The goal is to understand why policies with broad material benefits remain politically vulnerable and how policy uncertainty influences public support for climate action.

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