Press Archive

Strategic Philanthropy: Podcast with Paul Brest and Hal Harvey

EI’s Hal Harvey discusses the future of strategic philanthropy and his new philanthropic book Money Well Spent in a podcast interview.

Trump Administration To Drop Its Emergency Coal, Nuclear Bailout Plan

EI’s Robbie Orvis is quoted in an article discussing the Trump Administration shelving its coal and nuclear bailout proposal.

Grid Mod: Transactive And Distributed Tech Demand A New Approach

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal is quoted in an article discussing what grid modernization trends and technologies mean for utilities and their regulators.

Business models: What Utilities Can Learn From Amazon And Netflix About The Future Of Ratemaking

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal is quoted in an article discussing what companies like Amazon and Netflix can teach utilities about future business model regulations.

Up All Night with Rhod Sharp

EI’s Hal Harvey discusses the IPCC climate change report and climate policies that can slow global warming on BBC radio, starting at the show’s 1:34 mark.

Finding (Politically Viable) Climate Solutions As The Stakes Rise

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal outlines climate solutions to reduce emissions and slow global warming despite political gridlock in Congress and across the U.S.

Climate Solutions With Hal Harvey

EI’s Hal Harvey outlines what the new UN climate change report means for California and how to slow climate change through policy solutions.

PJM Doubling Down On The Wrong Capacity Solution

EI’s Eric Gimon outlines reasons why PJM’s capacity market reform efforts are doubling down on the wrong solution and urges a different approach.

Money Well Spent 2nd Edition Forum: Paul Brest And Hal Harvey Respond

EI’s Hal Harvey responds to various editorials discussing Money Well Spent, his new book exploring approaches to strategic philanthropy.

Beneficial Electrification: How to Make it Work

EI’s Mike O’Boyle outlines how widespread beneficial electrification requires anticipating and removing technical and institutional barriers to take full advantage of technological trends.

Trump’s DOE Claims To Protect The Grid; It’s Really Protecting Coal And Nuclear

EI’s research on the economic costs of a Trump Administration subsidy to bail out uneconomic coal and nuclear plants is cited in an editorial opposing the proposal.

Shifting Debates: Awards Spotlight Environmental Research With Impact

EI’s Hal Harvey is mentioned in an article discussing the impacts of environmental research by recent Heinz Award winners.

Global Climate Action Summit: Innovation at the Nexus of Energy + Transportation

EI’s Hal Harvey moderated a panel of several U.S. governors discussing clean energy and transportation during the recent Global Climate Action Summit.

Designing Climate Solutions for Post-Carbon Cities

EI’s Hal Harvey discusses how to design a sustainable city using low-carbon policies detailed in his new book Designing Climate Solutions during a Security and Sustainability Forum webinar.

A Clean Power Plan

EI’s Hal Harvey is quoted in an editorial opposing the Trump Administration’s Clean Power Plan rollback.

Introducing HistPhil’s Forum On Money Well Spent

EI CEO Hal Harvey’s new book Money Well Spent is the subject of a forum discussion on the future of strategic philanthropy.

Miles To Go

EI’s Hal Harvey writes that even though strategic philanthropy has come a long way in the past decade, it still has miles to go to reach social impact goals.

China Should Match California’s Effort To Slow Climate Change

EI’s Hal Harvey says that if China matches California’s ambitious zero emissions by 2045 pledge, it will become the global leader on climate action and bring along other nations.

Getting To Net Zero In California, For Everything

EI’s Chris Busch is quoted in an article discussing the implications of California’s net zero emissions by 2045 executive order.

How Your Life Might Change If California Goes ‘Carbon Neutral’ To Fight Climate Change

EI’s Chris Busch is interviewed in an article discussing how people’s lives may change if California goes carbon neutral by 2045.