Date: 11 April 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Jacquelyn Pless
Topic: Improving Infrastructure Service Management and Quality with Smart Technology: Evidence from the Electricity Sector
Abstract: Electricity outages are on the rise in the U.S. due to climate change and an aging infrastructure, …
Date: 6 April 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: David Keith
Topic: Solar geoengineering versus carbon removal
Abstract: Reducing temperatures in the next few centuries requires use of carbon removal (CDR) or solar geoengineering (SRM) or both. Emissions cuts should be the overwhelming focus …
Date: 30 March 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Joshuah Stolaroff
Topic: Carbon-Negative Hydrogen from Waste Biomass
Abstract: Mote, Inc. has a process to convert woody waste biomass into hydrogen for transportation and CO2 for storage. By selecting biomass that would otherwise decompose or …
Date: 23 March 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: David Bresch
Topic: Quantification of drivers of natural catastrophe risk and appraisal of adaptation options to strengthen societal resilience
Abstract: Improving the resilience of our societies in the face of volatile weather and climate change is an urgent priority …
Date: 21 March 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Shanti Gamper-Rabindran
Topic: Vulnerabilities in the Regulatory Process: Science, Economics and Legal Analyses in Selected EPA Rulemaking in 2017-2020
Abstract: Federal agencies serve as institutions of governance. They use science and economic analysis, within legal powers …
Date: 16 March 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Barbara Tyran
Topic: The Macro Grid Initiative
Abstract: The Macro Grid Initiative, a joint effort of ACORE and Americans for a Clean Energy Grid, seeks to expand and upgrade the nation’s transmission network to deliver …
Date: 28 February 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Alison Silverstein
Topic: Reliability, resilience, markets and equity
Abstract: Extreme weather conditions and events, driven by climate change, are making it difficult for the electric industry to continue delivering reliability and resilient service. Changing electric …
Date: 9 February 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Dr. Danny Cullenward
Topic: Carbon Offsets and Net-Zero Climate Targets
Abstract: Carbon offsets are experiencing a renaissance as governments and companies around the world pledge net-zero climate targets. But what, if anything, has changed since …
Date: 6 December 2021
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Dr. Karen Palmer
Topic: Realizing Biden’s Electricity Decarbonization Goals: Policy Options, Potential Outcomes and Political and Legal Challenges
Abstract: The Biden Administration has a goal of net-zero electricity by 2035 and has re-entered the Paris …
Date: 17 November 2021
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Dr. Dallas Burtraw
Topic: Quantities with Prices: Price-Responsive Supply of Emissions Allowances in Cap-and-Trade Programs
Abstract: Environmental policy with uncertainty is often posed as a choice between price and quantity instruments. Paradoxically, this economic advice …
