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Save to My PortfolioMemo to the President: Build a Secure Energy Future

William J. Antholis and Charles K. Ebinger, November 11, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Memo to the President: Build a Secure Energy FutureTo address energy security—including climate change—President Obama must make this a top-three priority. His plan must address volatile energy prices, dangerous vulnerabilities resulting from our energy consumption and green technology to help revitalize our economy.  Read More

Energy Security, Environment, Climate Change, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Interior

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Save to My PortfolioDiving in the Deep End: Help Water Agencies Address Climate Change

Patricia Mulroy, February 07, 2008, Opportunity 08

Climate change has the unprecedented potential to profoundly affect the world’s water supplies. Shrinking reservoirs and more-frequent floods, among other threats, have tremendous ramifications for Americans living in dry areas or near the coast. Overcoming the challenges ahead will require the federal government to rethink how it views water and utility management. Read More

Climate Change, Environment, Environmental Regulation, Energy Security, U.S. Department of Energy

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Save to My PortfolioBuilding a Secure Energy Future: A Challenge for New Presidential Leadership

Jonathan Elkind, August 28, 2007, Opportunity 08

For more than 30 years, the United States has struggled to enhance its energy security. Unfortunately, these efforts have been episodic rather than systematic. Attention to energy security reaches a fever pitch when global energy prices spike or international conflict threatens to disrupt energy trade. Jonathan Elkind presents options to meet these immense challenges head on. Read More

Energy Security, Climate Change, Energy Security, Environment, U.S. Department of Energy

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Save to My PortfolioEnding Oil Dependence: Protecting National Security, the Environment and the Economy

David B. Sandalow, February 28, 2007, Opportunity 08

Ending Oil Dependence: Protecting National Security, the Environment and the EconomyPlug-in hybrid engines, biofuels and other technologies can help end the United States' oil dependence in a generation. Doing so would provide important national security, environmental and economic benefits. A broad political consensus and game-changing technological advances create the conditions for dramatic change. Yet Presidential leadership and robust policies will be needed. There are no simple or short-term solutions. Read More

Energy Security, Climate Change, Global Environment, Global Economics, Energy Security

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Save to My PortfolioPreserving the Vital Center: Renew the Economy of the Industrial Heartland

Bruce Katz, John C. Austin and Paul Dimond, February 28, 2007, Opportunity 08

Preserving the Vital Center: Renew the Economy of the Industrial HeartlandAmerica's Great Lakes region, once the core of the nation's industrial production and wealth creation, is losing ground rapidly. This 12-state region reaches from Buffalo and Pittsburgh in the east, to Minneapolis-St. Paul and St. Louis in the west. The competitiveness agenda of the next president should include an investment strategy that focuses on regional assets and institutions that steer the transition to the knowledge economy. Read More

Competitiveness, Great Lakes, U.S. Economy, Labor Markets, Canada

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The Department of the Interior oversees the protection of and access to “our Nation's natural and cultural heritage" and "honors our trust responsibilities to Indian Tribes and our commitments to island communities.” Interior has eight bureaus, which include the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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Adele Morris

Adele Morris

Fellow, Global Economy and Development

Adele Morris is a fellow and policy director for climate and energy economics. She focuses on the economics of climate change and related energy and natural resource policies.
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John C. Austin

John C. Austin

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

John Austin directs the Great Lakes Economic Initiative, created to improve the economic vitality of the region. His expertise includes higher education and workforce policy.


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TopicHealth Care

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ProgramGovernance Studies

Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.

Research ProjectLatin America Initiative

The Latin America Initiative provides high-quality, in-depth, and independent research across a range of economic and political issues, and offers policy recommendations aimed at U.S. and Latin American policymakers.

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A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings.

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The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement monitors displacement problems worldwide, works with governments, regional bodies, international organizations and civil society to create more effective policies and institutional arrangements for Internally Displaed Persons.

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