Presentations

Analysis of the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act
(June 2009 - .pptx, recommended - .pdf version - .ppt version - underlying assumptions and calculations [.xlsx])

Public Opinion and Climate Change, A Summary of Twenty Years of Opinion Research and Political Psychology
(PDF, 3.1MB, May 2009)

Beyond the Pollution Paradigm: Why We Can't Leave Saving the Planet to Environmentalists
(PDF, 4.9MB, May 2009)

Essays and Long Articles

"Winning the Clean Energy Race: A New Strategy for American Leadership" :: The Stanford Review
(PDF, Nov 2009)

"Apocalypse Fatigue: Losing the Public on Climate Change" :: Yale Environment 360
(PDF, Nov 2009)

"The Flawed Logic of The Cap-and-Trade Debate" :: Yale Environment 360
(May 2009)

"The Green Bubble: Why environmentalism keeps imploding" :: The New Republic
(PDF, 180KB, May 2009)

The Emerging Climate Consensus: Global Warming Policy in a Post-Environmental World
(PDF, 540KB, April 2009)

"To Make Clean Energy Cheaper, U.S. Needs Bold Research Push" :: Yale Environment 360
(April 2009)

"Getting Real on Climate Change" :: The American Prospect
(PDF, 116KB, December 2008)

"Scrap Kyoto" :: Democracy Journal
(PDF, 220KB, June 2008)

"Fast, Clean, & Cheap: Cutting Global Warming's Gordian Knot" :: Harvard Law and Policy Review
(PDF, 208KB, January 2008)

Break Through "Introduction"
(PDF, 308KB, October 2007)

"Second Life: A Manifesto for a New Environmentalism" :: The New Republic
(PDF, 308KB, October 2007)

"Death Warmed Over: Beyond Environmentalism" :: American Prospect
(PDF, 414KB, October 2005) 

The Death of Environmentalism: Global Warming Politics in a Post Environmental World
(PDF, 308KB, October 2004)

White Papers, Reports and Proposals

"Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant: Asian Nations Set to Dominate Clean Energy Race By Out-Investing the United States" (Report)
(PDF, 5.4MB, November 2009)

"Jumpstarting a Clean Energy Revolution with a National Institutes of Energy" (Policy Report on Clean Energy R&D)
(PDF, 328KB, September 2009)

"Invest in New American Energy: Pathway to a Clean and Prosperous American Energy Economy" (Overview - The Case for Public Investment)
(PDF, 105KB, May 2009)

"Invest in New American Energy: Pathway to a Clean and Prosperous American Energy Economy" (Policy Recommendations Brief)
(PDF, 113KB, May 2009)

Climate Psych: A Review of the Psychological and Economic Factors that Shape Attitudes on Global Warming
(PDF, 146KB, May 2009)

Case Studies in American Innovation: a New Look at Government Involvement in Technological Development
(PDF, 1MB, April 2009)

Will the Public Support Cap and Dividend? A Survey of Public Opinion Research on Carbon Prices and Rebate or Dividend Programs
(PDF, 124KB, January 2009

National Energy Education Act
(PDF, 256KB, Summer 2008)

The Investment Consensus
(PDF, 432KB, Fall 2007)

Survey of Public Opinion on Global Warming and Policy Approaches
(PDF, 1.03MB, Fall 2007)

Energy Attitudes: An Analysis of Opinion Research on Energy and Global Warming
(PDF, 1.03MB, Summer 2007)

Global Warming Preparedness
(PDF, 266KB, November 2006)

Toward a Renewed Social Contract
(PDF, 909KB, November 2006)

Fresh Start: A Proposal to Rebuild Lives through the Redemptive Power of Work
(PDF, 1.5MB, November 2006)

Putting Government Back to Work: A Proposal to Restore Civic Pride
(PDF, 972KB, November 2006)

Health Care for Hybrids
(PDF, 589KB, 2005)

The New Apollo Project Legislation
(PDF, 4.5MB, 2003)
 

Op-Eds and Short Pieces

San Francisco Chronicle: "Will America Lose the Clean Energy Race?"
(July 27, 2009)

Huffington Post: "The Sherrod Brown Test: Finding Consensus on Climate Policy"
(April 24, 2009)

Salon: "Obama is just blowing smoke"
(April 22, 2009)

Huffington Post: "How Democrats Can Win the Climate Debate"
(April 7, 2009)

The Energy Collective: "Why We Must Make Clean Energy Cheap"
(March 23, 2009)

San Francisco Chronicle: "Investment trumps environmental regulation"
(March 19, 2009)

Huffington Post: "Obama Needs an Economic Philosophy"
(February 19, 2009)

Huffington Post: "The Danger of Green Stimulus"
(January 5, 2009)

San Francisco Chronicle: "Deficit Spend to Remake the U.S. Economy"
(December 2, 2008)

The New Republic: "A New Inconvenient Truth"
(November 17, 2008)

Los Angeles Times: "The Green Bubble Bursts"
(September 30, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle: "An Energy Plan We Can Believe In"
(PDF, 588KB, July 31, 2008)

The Baltimore Sun: "Realizing His Vision"
(PDF, 482KB, July 30, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle: "Gas-tax Holiday Debate Warns of Fights to Come"
(May 9, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle: "What the U.N. Can Learn from Google"
(December 21, 2007)

San Francisco Chronicle: "Look who's in denial about global warming now"
(October 14, 2007)

Grist.org: "Environmentalism's existential moment"
(September 27, 2007)

Blueprint Magazine: "Why Americans Vote Their Values"
(PDF, 482KB, Vol. 2006, No. 3)

New York Times: "Preparing for Nature's Attack"
(PDF, 266KB, April 1, 2006)

San Francisco Chronicle: "Arctic Battle Should Move To Hyannis Port"
(PDF, 181KB, December 21, 2005)

San Francisco Chronicle: "Put King On the $20"
(PDF, 65KB, January 19, 2004)