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Energy and Environment Policy Center

The Energy and Environment Policy Center is dedicated to empowering students from across the country to draft real energy and environmental policy recommendations based on their own critical science policy research.

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  • July 22, 2010
    Solving the looming energy crisis will likely be America’s next big challenge. The transition will be an immense and challenging endeavor that will require countless innovations. Electric cars figure to play a major role in the clean energy future. This year’s nominee for best policy idea in the Energy and Environment policy...
  • June 16, 2010
    On Tuesday, President Obama addressed America for the first time from the Oval Office. As anticipated, he outlined his administration's plans for action to fight the Gulf disaster and promised to make BP financially responsible for the cleanup and the losses of those affected by the spill. Many also expected the president to use the spill as a...
  • March 16, 2010
    A primary purpose of the Clean Air Act, as written, is “to protect and enhance the quality of the Nation’s airresources so as to promote the public health and welfare andthe productive capacity of its population”. Among other provisions, the Act gave the EPA authority to regulate stationary sources of emissions that pose a threat...
  • About the Center

    Although we encourage each member of the Center to explore his or her own policy interest, some popular issue areas that members have explored in the past have included: water security, renewable e