Big Decisions 2022

Exploring big decisions in climate, energy, and the environment in the year ahead

Date

Jan. 10, 2022

Participants

Juliet Eilperin, Carlos Martín, Mary Nichols, Richard Revesz, and Richard G. Newell

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With 2022 upon us, which climate, energy, and environment issues will dominate the headlines, and where will we see policy breakthroughs? As we kick off a new year, Resources for the Future (RFF) hosted a virtual RFF Live event forecasting some of the biggest decisions coming in 2022—from the next steps in implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to the role of the courts in establishing the US regulatory agenda.

Together with leading experts across policy, research, and journalism, RFF President and CEO Richard G. Newell will explore the big decisions we are tracking in the year to come.

Speakers:

Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post
Carlos Martín, The Brookings Institution
Mary Nichols, UCLA School of Law, California Air Resources Board
Richard Revesz, New York University School of Law
Richard G. Newell, Resources for the Future (Moderator)

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Participants

Juliet Eilperin

Deputy Climate and Environment Editor, The Washington Post

Carlos Martín

David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Brookings Institution

Mary Nichols

Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, UCLA Law School

Richard Revesz

AnBryce Professor of Law, New York University Law School

Richard G. Newell

President and CEO, Resources for the Future

Dr. Richard G. Newell is the President and CEO of Resources for the Future. From 2009 to 2011, he served as the administrator of the US Energy Information Administration, the agency responsible for official US government energy statistics and analysis.

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