Ariel Pakes, Faculty Fellow of HEEP and Thomas Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Harvard University was elected to the National Academic of Sciences (NAS) along with seven other Harvard University faculty. A total of 105 individuals were recognized by the NAS this year. More information is available in the Read more about HEEP Faculty Fellow Named to National Academy of Sciences

Four Harvard Environmental Economics Program Pre-Doctoral Fellows, who graduated in May 2017, have accepted new positions:

• Jonathan Baker will become an Associate at Analysis Group
• Jing Li will become an Assistant Professor at MIT
• Pascal Noel will become an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of

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[The Atlantic ]...Fossil fuels will remain critical to powering America for years. But the balance in the nation’s energy mix has been steadily tilting toward cleaner fuels and greater efficiency. Now, with investments that extend for decades, these big industries must decide whether Trump’s attempt to reverse the shift toward more sustainable energy is itself politically sustainable. It’s more likely Aldy is correct when he calls Trump’s crusade a temporary “aberration” in the world’s long march toward Read more about Is Trump's Climate-Change Agenda Politically Sustainable?

Former HEEP Pre-Doctoral Fellow C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell will be joining the faculty at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University on July 1, 2017 as the Rob Dyson Sesquicentennial Chair of Resource Economics.

Professor Lin Lawell received her bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, in Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard College in 2000 and her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 2006. Her undergraduate thesis was awarded the

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