Environmental Policy & Law

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Stuart Cohen: Ensuring that urban communities that need mobility solutions the most get them

Fellow Stuart Cohen, who recently transitioned to private consulting practice after serving as the Founding Executive Director of TransForm for 21 years, is passionate about ensuring that urban communities that need mobility solutions the most get them.
May 21, 2019
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Colleen Callahan: Accelerating the transition to zero-emission transportation by facilitating targeted policy research

Fellow Colleen Callahan is deputy director of the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, which conducts research and advises civic partners on the design and implementation of policies, plans and programs with a focus on advancing environmental sustainability. Part of Callahan’s job is to make sure the center’s findings get into the hands of the right decision makers.
May 21, 2019
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Xantha Bruso: Developing autonomous vehicle policy strategies to advance safety while enabling innovation

As the policy manager for autonomous vehicle policy at AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah, Fellow Xantha Bruso is developing and implementing AAA’s AV policy strategy to advance AV safety while enabling innovation. She also supports strategic initiatives to accelerate AV deployment and foster mobility solutions.
May 21, 2019
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Derek Lemoine: Predicting future behavior despite a relative scarcity of data

Fellow Derek Lemoine is an Associate Professor of Economics at The University of Arizona, where his research combines economic theory and computational methods to better understand the dynamics of environmental policy and of energy systems.
May 21, 2019
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Garrett Fitzgerald: Helping local governments advance their work in sustainability

Fellow Garrett Fitzgerald is the Strategic Collaboration Director at the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), where he helps the organization’s local government members advance their work in sustainability.
May 21, 2019
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The growing peril of biological invasions

As the Trump Administration prepares to halve the budget for the National Invasive Species Council, a group of invasive species experts led by Fellow Laura Meyerson has issued a warning about the growing peril of biological invasions and the increasing threat they pose to the economy, environment, public health and national security.
May 1, 2019
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Johnson writes op-ed on importance of young voters and voters of color to climate policy

Editor's note: The following opinion piece by Fellow Ayana Johnson first appeared on The Hill's website.
January 10, 2019
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Richter co-author on journal article on varying US drinking water guidelines

In response to the growing problem of drinking water contaminated with per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a new analysis shows that many states are establishing their own guideline levels for two types of PFAS—PFOA and PFOS—that differ from federal guidelines. The new study appears in theJournal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, which is published by Springer Nature.
January 10, 2019
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Hansen wins seat in West Virginia House of Delegates

Fellow Evan Hansen has won a seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing Monongalia County. See election results
December 3, 2018
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Smith quoted in AP article on EPA hearing on rules for methane pollution

Dozens of people who live near oil and gas wells pleaded with the Trump administration Wednesday [Nov 14 2018] not to roll back rules for methane pollution, while industry representatives said the changes should go further. The Environmental Protection Agency held a hearing in Denver on the administration’s plans to loosen regulations imposed by the Obama administration in 2016. The rules require energy companies to step up the detection and elimination of methane leaks at well sites and other oil and gas facilities.
December 3, 2018