Policy Work
Much of my work is applied — oriented towards changing policy.
Below are a few of the efforts I've contributed to that are aimed at a policy audience.
Below are a few of the efforts I've contributed to that are aimed at a policy audience.
Carbon Management Policy
I've worked for the federal government twice — once for the Department of State's Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, during the Obama administration, and later for the Department of Energy's Office of Carbon Management during the Biden administration. This was focused on public engagement with carbon management, including policy to ensure benefit and minimize harms from carbon capture and carbon removal projects.
Because engagement and community benefits are no longer a focus of the US government, and it is likely the things we learned will be lost, I am archiving some documents from that time here.
Because engagement and community benefits are no longer a focus of the US government, and it is likely the things we learned will be lost, I am archiving some documents from that time here.
- Report from 2022 Carbon Interactive Workshop Series: insights from four in-person and one virtual community engagement workshops on carbon management
- Fossil Energy and Carbon Management Domestic Engagement Framework: Engaging Communities, Stakeholders and Tribes in Clean Energy Technologies
- Creating a Community and Stakeholder Engagement Plan: contains references for how to do engagement on carbon management
- August 2022 Carbon Capture and Storage slide deck: joint EPA and DOE webinar
Speaking About Policy
Podcast / Volts:
The Trouble with Net Zero
The Trouble with Net Zero
Talk / Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs:
Public Perceptions of 'Benefits' and Risks on the Path to Net Zero
Public Perceptions of 'Benefits' and Risks on the Path to Net Zero
Podcast / Resources Radio (Resources for the Future):
100 Conversations on Carbon Removal with Holly Buck
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Conversation / Foreign Policy Forum at UN General Assembly 78: Fossil Fuels and Clean Energy: A Bridge or a Barrier? |
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Conversation / Harvard Radcliffe Institute: Catastrophic Dilemmas: Ethical and Political Dimensions of Climate Change |
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Talk / University of Chicago, Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization: After Net Zero - What New Frames for Climate Action? |
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Conversation / Harvard Salata Institute @ Climate Week:
Time to Think About Solar Geoengineering? w/ Elizabeth Kolbert and Holly Buck |
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