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    Congressional Appropriations and Budget Process

    The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) held a discussion from Capitol Hill with legislative policy analysts on the congressional appropriations and budgeting process. They discu…

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    Briefing on Global Commission's Climate Change Report

    The World Resources Institute, along with the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, co-hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill to discuss the Global Commission on Adaptation’s climate change r…

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    Nuclear Power Oversight

    The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) held a briefing on the federal oversight of the U.S. nuclear power industry. Experts spoke about the challenges of decommissioning a nucle…

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    Nuclear Power Plant Safety

    Energy and environmental experts talked about nuclear power plant safety. The panelists discussed the dangers of radioactive waste and presented options for how to safely decommission nuclea…

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    Climate and Environmental Research Program Cuts

    Ari Pitrinos and Kei Kuozumi, authors of a new report on the environmental and societal impacts of the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to climate and environmental research programs, ga…

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    National Security and Climate Change

    The Environmental and Energy Study Institute hosted a panel discussion about the role and implications of climate change for U.S. national security. Several retired military commanding offic…

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    Investing in U.S. Infrastructure

    Panelists talked about infrastructure investment. Speakers outlined ways to make infrastructure more resilient and provided recommendations for financing infrastructure projects. In addition…

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    EPA Clean Power Plan Compliance

    Senior energy, environmental, and utility officials talked about states' compliance options for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) plan to limit carbon dioxide emissions from existi…

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    Public Opinion on Climate Change

    Jon Krosnick spoke about a survey of over 20 years worth of opinion polls on climate change, and presented the results of new surveys documenting changes in public beliefs and the causes of …

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    Water Quality and Availability

    Panelists discussed the factors that limit water available throughout the U.S. Topics include the competition for water by different users, the resulting changes in water flow, and changes i…

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    Public Perspectives of Global Climate Change

    Jon Krosnick spoke about recent in-depth research on public attitudes toward global climate change, potential government action in environmental policy, potential solutions to global warming…

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    Growth and Water Infrastructure in the 21st Century

    Participants examined whether drinking water and wastewater infrastructure could continue to protect the public health and water resources of existing communities, as well as accommodate the…

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    Corporate Fuel Regulation

    Participants talked about the current debate in Congress about the Federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy law that regulated the fuel efficiency of automobiles. They focused on the trends in…

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    Risk Assessment and Environmental Policy

    During a briefing on the role of environmental policy development and risk assessment, participants discussed whether the Environmental Protection Agency should base its policy on scientific…

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    Conservation Solutions to Water Problems

    The Environment and Energy Study Institute hosted a forum that featured remarks by former Arizona Governor Babbitt (D), a noted authority on water issues.

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    State of the World 1990

    Mr. Brown announced the annual report, “The state of the world in 1990,” with regard to energy resources and environmental issues. Researchers talked about their findings in the book and ans…

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    Hazardous Waste Reduction

    The institute heard testimony on waste reduction as an effective way of approaching the hazardous waste problem. The distinction between hazardous waste minimization and reduction is also di…

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