Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas Joshua Busby Director Payne Institute and Professor of Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines Morgan Bazilian Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, San Jose State...
Siting Wind Turbines (K.K. DuVivier, Sturm College of Law, University of Denver)
Professor, Sturm College of Law, University of Denver K.K. DuVivier Interviewer: Sharon Jacobs, Interview date: May 23, 2020 Keywords: Wake Effect, Legal Regimes, Terrestrial Wind “Despite the federal government's efforts to promote wind energy, only about 5 percent...
Social Acceptance & Negative Emissions Technologies (Holly J. Buck, UCLA and University of Buffalo)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Environment & Sustainability, UCLA / Assistant Professor of Environment & Sustainability, University of Buffalo Holly J. Buck Interviewers: David Spence Interview date: May 20, 2020 Keywords: Negative Emissions Technologies,...
Cost Reductions vs. Value Loss in the Renewables Build-Out (Eric Hittinger, Rochester Institute of Technology)
Associate Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology Eric Hittinger Interviewer: David Spence, Interview Date: May 13, 2020 Keywords: Electricity Markets “There's these two effects: one says that as you build more wind and solar they get cheaper; one says...
Energy Infrastructure & Indigenous Communities (Guillermo Garcia Sanchez, Texas A&M University School of Law)
Associate Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law Guillermo Garcia Sanchez Interviewer: James Coleman, Interview date: April 2020 Key Terms: Indigenous Land Rights “On the one hand we have a human rights regime that protects indigenous rights...
Green New Deal Meets Old Green Laws (J.B. Ruhl, Vanderbilt University Law School)
David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School J.B. Ruhl Interviewer: Jim Rossi, Interview date: February 19, 2020 Keywords: Green New Deal, Environmental Law “Green energy isn’t necessarily environmentally neutral. It’s green in that...
Public Attitudes on Energy & Climate (David Konisky, O’Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University)
Professor, Paul H. O'Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University David Konisky Interviewers: Shelley Welton, Interview date: February, 2020 Keywords: Climate Public Opinion “’What we found is that there is a structure [to preferences], ......
Balancing the Local Costs and Wider Benefits of Energy Development (Hannah Wiseman, Florida State College of Law)
Attorneys Title Professor, Florida State University College of Law Hannah Wiseman Interviewers: David Spence Interview date: October 30, 2019 Keywords: Fracking “Many states have preempted local control [over energy permitting of oil and gas development]. When you...
Regulating the Risks of Fracking to Water (Caroline Cecot, George Mason University Scalia Law School)
Assistant Professor of Law, Scalia Law School, George Mason University Caroline Cecot Interviewer: James Coleman Interview date: October 14, 2019 Keywords: Fracking “It's easy to discredit local [anti-fracking] movements as totally speculative or fear-based ... This...
Energy Exactions (Jim Rossi & Christopher Serkin, Vanderbilt University School of Law)
Judge D.L. Lansden Chair in Law, Vanderbilt University Law School Jim Rossi Elisabeth H. & Granville S. Ridley Chair in Law, Vanderbilt University Law School Christopher Serkin Interviewer: David Spence Date: August 29, 2019 Keywords: Marginal Cost ...
Private Energy: Private Law and Green Transition (Yael Lifshitz, Kings College London School of Law)
Lecturer in Law, Kings College London Yael Lifshitz Interviewer: James Coleman Interview date:August 7, 2019 Keywords: Distributed Energy “When you think about the transition [toward] distributed energy, if you understand private law as a category that governs...
Deep Decarbonization: Legal Impediments to a Massive Renewables Build Out (Mike Gerrard, Sabin Center on Climate Change, Columbia Law School)
Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School Michael Gerrard Interviewer: Shelley Welton Interview Date: July, 2019 Keywords: NEPA “We are facing an existential environmental threat. One element of addressing that threat is a massive increase...
Social License and Fossil Fuels (Kristen van de Biezenbos, University of Calgary Faculty of Law and Haskayne School of Business)
Assistant Professor, University of Calgary Faculty of Law & Haskayne School of Business Kristen van de Biezenbos Interviewer: James ColemanInterview Date: July, 2019Keywords: Social License, NIMBY“The term 'social license' is used to mean so many things that it...
The Politics of Technology Transitions (Leah Stokes, University of California at Santa Barbara)
Assistant Professor, in the Department of Political Science, the Environmental Studies Department and the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara Leah Stokes Interviewer: David Spence, Interview Date: June 4,...
Fossil Fuels and the Risk Profile of Fracking (Daniel Raimi, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan)
Senior Research Associate, Resources for the Future & Lecturer, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan Daniel Raimi Interviewer: David Spence, Interview Date: May 22, 2019 Keywords: Fracking, Methane Migration, Induced Earthquakes, Shale...
Studying Intensive Energy Development (Oil & Gas, Wind and Solar) in West Texas (Melinda Taylor, University of Texas School of Law)
Senior Lecturer, University of Texas School of Law Melinda Taylor Interviewer: David Spence, Interview date: April 29, 2019 "Everyone is familiar with the boom of energy expansion in west Texas -- fracking and wind and solar investment. The project we are...
The Politics of Siting Energy Infrastructure (David Spence, University of Texas School of Law and McCombs School of Business)
Baker BOtts Chair in law, university of texas school of law Professor of business, government & society, mccombs school of business David Spence Interviewer: Shelley Welton; Interview date: April 10, 2019"In a green transition we are going to build a lot of...
The Best Route to Net-Zero Emissions (Jesse Jenkins, Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Harvard University Center for the Environment)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Fellow, Harvard University Center for the Environment Jesse Jenkins Interviewer: David Spence, Interview date: 2/21/19 Keywords: Cost of Energy, Decarbonization, Resource Adequacy, Resource Planning Model...
Network Infrastructure: Permitting & Eminent Domain (Alexandra Klass, University of Minnesota School of Law)
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota School of Law Alexandra Klass Interviewers: David Spence, Interview date: December 14, 2018 “In these times of uncertainty and change, how do we decide what to build? Pipelines and transmission...
The Difficulty of Siting Pipelines and Transmission Lines (James Coleman, SMU Dedman School of Law)
Associate professor of law, smu dedman school of law James Coleman Interviewer: David Spence, Interview date: 11/7/18 “Right now we are wasting natural gas and wind power because we haven’t build the pipelines and power lines to bring those products to market....