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Follow Up Q&A From Senate EPW 21 Aug 2013 | 10:38 pm
Today I submitted responses to the questions posed by two Senators on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, following up on my testimony last month. Such questions for the record are a st...
Some Advice on Advice 14 Aug 2013 | 10:08 pm
My latest Bridges column is just out, and in it I provide some advice on giving evidence to policy makers, fresh off my Senate testimony last month. Here is how it begins: Last month I was invited to...
The Problem with Apollo Analogies 12 Aug 2013 | 07:13 pm
Last week I had a letter in the FT, commenting on the latest call for a new Apollo project, this time for solar energy. I explained that Apollo is a poor analogy for difficult challenges: Going to th...
Blog Break 19 Jun 2013 | 08:23 pm
This blog is going to go silent for the summer, as I turn my attention to completing the 2nd edition of The Honest Broker. I'll keep up my blogging at The Least Thing and my periodic column at The Br...
Blog Break 3 May 2013 | 08:48 pm
This blog is going to go silent for the summer, as I turn my attention to completing the 2nd edition of The Honest Broker. I'll keep up my blogging at The Least Thing and my periodic column at The Br...
Recent Buzz 1 May 2013 | 03:18 am
Is it only Tuesday? It seems like a full week already. Here is a quick round-up of a few items of my week thus far: At the Guardian's Political Science blog James Wilsdon (@JamesWilsdon) and I have a...
The Importance of Carbon Capture to the Climate Debate 25 Apr 2013 | 09:07 pm
Dan Sarewitz and I have a piece just out in The Atlantic on the importance of carbon capture to the debate over climate change. Here is how the short piece starts out: Today, more than 85 percent of ...
Presentation on Weather Risk & Climate Change 24 Apr 2013 | 09:14 pm
Here in PDF is a handout of a presentation I gave earlier this week to the Intermediaries and Reinsurance Underwriters Association 2013 Spring Conference. Here are the questions and answers that I pr...
State of the EU ETS 22 Apr 2013 | 06:06 am
Over at the Lowy Interpreter I have a guest post up on the current state of the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme in the aftermath of the EU parliament's decision not to prop up the program la...
A New Book on Science Advice 18 Apr 2013 | 06:57 pm
Good news: A new book is out today on science advice for government. Even better news: The book is rich with content. It gets even more better: It is free! The book has been put together by Robert ...