2021

Author: Doug Gavel CAMBRIDGE MA. – John Graham , dean emeritus and professor at the Paul O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University and former administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the US...

A recently written paper by Steve Cicala, Tufts University, former HEEP Pre-Doctoral Fellow and current HEEP Associate Scholar, highlights the inequities in utility disconnections occurring in Illinois, resulting in executive orders signed by the governor...

Author: Doug Gavel The Biden Administration is showing a renewed commitment to addressing climate change, but there is still a long road ahead for the development of substantive domestic policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). That was one of...

Shweta Bhogale, Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy and HEEP Pre-Doctoral Fellow, will share $1M award provided by the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) for her work, “A Study of the Implications of Geographic and Administrative Boundaries on Groundwater...

An analysis of the costs of climate change caused by adding one tonne of methane to the atmosphere finds that high-income regions of the world should spend much more on efforts to lower such emissions than should low-income regions.Which efforts should we...

CAMBRIDGE MA. – Jody Freeman , the Archibald Cox Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and founder of the School’s Environmental and Energy Law Program, offered both a sharp rebuke of the Trump Administration’s climate policies and a hopeful outlook for...

The Harvard Project on Climate Agreements and the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE) at Sciences Po Paris co-sponsored a workshop on March 16, 2021: “Prospects for Carbon Pricing in Europe and the United States.” U.S. participants...

Author: Doug Gavel CAMBRIDGE MA. – William Hogan, the Raymond Plank Research Professor of Global Energy Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and director of the Harvard Electricity Policy Group, outlined the causes and consequences of the recent Texas energy...

Rohit Chandra, former HEEP Pre-Doctoral Fellow, is the guest on Episode 2 ("King Coal: Its Journey and the Endgame") of The India Energy Podcast. This is a new podcast from 101 Reporters. In this podcast, Professor Chandra discusses his research stemming...

Author: Doug Gavel CAMBRIDGE MA. – Daniel Esty , the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale University and author of the new book, “ Values at Work: Sustainable Investing and ESG Reporting ,” expressed his optimism for the prospects...