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70 Kleinman Center for Energy Policy 2018–2019 Annual ReportVISITING SCHOLARSDALLAS BURTRAWDarius Gaskins Senior Fellow, Resources for the FutureDallas Burtraw has worked to promote efficient control of air pollution and written extensively on electricity industry regulationand environmental outcomes. Burtraw’s current research includes analysis of the distributional and regional consequencesof climate policy, the evolution of electricity markets including renewable integration, and the interaction of climate policy withelectricity markets. He has provided technical support in the design of carbon dioxide emissions trading programs in theNortheast states, California, and the European Union. He also has studied regulation of nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxideunder the Clean Air Act and conducted integrated assessment of costs, and modeled health and ecosystem effects andvaluation, including ecosystem improvement in the Adirondack Park and the southern Appalachian region. Burtraw currentlyserves as the chair of California’s Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee.Burtraw holds a Ph.D. in economics and a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’sdegree from the University of California, Davis.HIGHLIGHTSPUBLIC LECTURERobust Carbon Markets:Rethinking Quantities and PricesPODCASTGetting to the Right Carbon PriceOLIVER GEDENHead of Research Division EU/Europe, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)Oliver Geden is head of the EU/Europe Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs(SWP) in Berlin, which advises both the German Parliament and the German Federal Government. His work focuses on theEuropean Union’s climate and energy policy, climate engineering, and the quality of scientific policy advice. He has been avisiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich. Duringhis time at SWP, he has been seconded to the Federal Foreign Office’s (AA) policy planning unit, and to the policy planningdivision of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).Geden studied anthropology, gender studies, and political science, and received a Ph.D. in social and cultural anthropologyat Humboldt University Berlin.HIGHLIGHTSPOLICY DIGESTTargeting Net Zero Emissions:A New Focus for a More Effective ClimatePUBLIC LECTUREEffective Climate Action:The Case for Greenhouse Gas NeutralityPODCASTWhat IPCC 1.5 Degree ReportMeans for Global Climate ActionFar Left: “Chalkboard thinking doesn’talways carry over into the realworld… Every pricing policy hasbeen preceded by others,” saidDallas Burtraw in his KleinmanCenter lecture.Left: “Real-world policymaking is notprimarily concerned about solvingproblems but dealing with problems,”said Oliver Geden.
kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu 71CATHERINE HAUSMANAssistant Professor, Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, University of MichiganCatherine H. Hausman is an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and a faculty researchfellow at the National Bureau of Economics Research. Her work focuses on environmental and energy economics. Her researchhas appeared in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, and theBrookings Papers on Economic Activity. Recent projects have looked at the economic and environmental impacts of shale gas;the market impacts of nuclear power plant closures; and the effects of electricity market deregulation on nuclear power safety.Prior to her graduate studies, Hausman studied in Peru under a Fulbright grant. She has taught statistics, a policy seminar onenergy and the environment, and a course on government regulation of industry and the environment.She holds a B.A. from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics from the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley.HIGHLIGHTSPOLICY DIGESTPUBLIC LECTUREPODCASTSEMINAR SESSIONPlugging the Leaks: Why Existing FinancialIncentives Aren’t Enough to Reduce MethaneReducing Methane Leaks:Actions and ChallengesThe Battle Over Methane LeaksEnergy Economics& Finance SeminarMARK TEMPLETONClinical Professor of Law, Director of the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic, University of ChicagoMark N. Templeton is a clinical professor of Law, director of the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic at the University of ChicagoLaw School, and research affiliate of the Energy Policy Institute at Chicago.Previously, Templeton was a trustee and executive director of the Office of Independent Trustees for the $20 billion DeepwaterHorizon Oil Spill Trust. He served as the cabinet-level director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, leading thestate’s efforts in energy, environmental protectionFrom 2005 to 2009, Templeton served as associate dean and COO at Yale Law School. From 2001 to 2005, he developedenvironmental and sustainability strategies at McKinsey & Company, among other projects. Prior to joining McKinsey, Templetonwas special assistant and senior adviser to the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor andan adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights. He was a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs from1994 to 1996.Templeton earned an A.B., magna cum laude, in social studies from Harvard College and a J.D. from Yale Law School.HIGHLIGHTSLECTUREEnvironmental Management, Law, and PolicyRight: “Methane contributes about16 percent of greenhouse gasemissions,” explained CatherineHausman to an audience of studentsand faculty, “and is substantiallymore potent than CO 2.”Far Right: Mark Templeton withSarah Light, associate professorof legal studies and business ethics.
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