Press Archive

Surprise, You’re Governor! How Will You Fix Climate Change?

EI’s Hal Harvey talks about bipartisan climate change solutions that can reduce emissions and generate economic growth in a Q+A on our new book.

We Have A Decade To Prevent Dangerous Climate Change: These 10 Policies Can Limit Warming To 2°C

Scientists say we have a decade to prevent dangerous climate change. It’s a daunting challenge, but 10 policies applied in 20 countries can reach the goal.

Commentary: RGGI Carbon Pricing Generates Array Of Economic Benefits

An excerpt from EI’s book Designing Climate Solutions outlines how carbon pricing generates economic benefits, illustrated by the RGGI carbon market.

Electric Vehicles Are Going To Render The Fight Over Fuel Economy Standards Moot

EI’s electric vehicle deployment forecasts are featured in an article discussing how EVs will render moot the fuel economy standard fight.

Making Policy

EI’s Hal Harvey outlines how policy can limit climate change impacts and his new book Designing Climate Solutions on the Sustainable Futures Report podcast.

Becoming Bankable: How Renewable Energy Startups Can Deploy Equipment At Scale

EI’s Hunter Connell says renewable energy equipment startup suppliers can become “bankable” with an incremental, stakeholder-specific framework that mitigates perceived risks.

Can California Be The U.S. Auto Industry’s New Best Friend?

Former EPA official Margo Oge says that economic uncertainties from Trump’s clean cars rollback mean California can be the U.S. auto industry’s best friend.

Strategic Philanthropy: Podcast with Paul Brest and Hal Harvey

EI’s Hal Harvey discusses the future of strategic philanthropy and his new philanthropic book Money Well Spent in a podcast interview.

Trump Administration To Drop Its Emergency Coal, Nuclear Bailout Plan

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted in an article discussing the Trump Administration shelving its coal and nuclear bailout proposal.

Grid Mod: Transactive And Distributed Tech Demand A New Approach

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal is quoted in an article discussing what grid modernization trends and technologies mean for utilities and their regulators.

Business models: What Utilities Can Learn From Amazon And Netflix About The Future Of Ratemaking

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal is quoted in an article discussing what companies like Amazon and Netflix can teach utilities about future business model regulations.

Up All Night with Rhod Sharp

EI’s Hal Harvey discusses the IPCC climate change report and climate policies that can slow global warming on BBC radio, starting at the show’s 1:34 mark.

Finding (Politically Viable) Climate Solutions As The Stakes Rise

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal outlines climate solutions to reduce emissions and slow global warming despite political gridlock in Congress and across the U.S.

Climate Solutions With Hal Harvey

EI’s Hal Harvey outlines what the new UN climate change report means for California and how to slow climate change through policy solutions.

PJM Doubling Down On The Wrong Capacity Solution

EI’s Eric Gimon outlines reasons why PJM’s capacity market reform efforts are doubling down on the wrong solution and urges a different approach.

Money Well Spent 2nd Edition Forum: Paul Brest And Hal Harvey Respond

EI’s Hal Harvey responds to various editorials discussing Money Well Spent, his new book exploring approaches to strategic philanthropy.

Beneficial Electrification: How to Make it Work

EI’s Mike O’Boyle outlines how widespread beneficial electrification requires anticipating and removing technical and institutional barriers to take full advantage of technological trends.

Trump’s DOE Claims To Protect The Grid; It’s Really Protecting Coal And Nuclear

EI’s research on the economic costs of a Trump Administration subsidy to bail out uneconomic coal and nuclear plants is cited in an editorial opposing the proposal.

Shifting Debates: Awards Spotlight Environmental Research With Impact

EI’s Hal Harvey is mentioned in an article discussing the impacts of environmental research by recent Heinz Award winners.

Global Climate Action Summit: Innovation at the Nexus of Energy + Transportation

EI’s Hal Harvey moderated a panel of several U.S. governors discussing clean energy and transportation during the recent Global Climate Action Summit.