Shanti Gamper-Rabindran will discuss the major points from her new book, "America's Energy Gamble: People, Economy and Planet," which dissects the Trump administration's energy policy and how the country can return to an energy transition that benefits both the economy and the environment. How did the pro-fossil Trump administration entrench America's oil and gas dependency to the detriment of America's economy, public health and the environment? Its actions ran counter to even traditional bipartisan values of fiscal responsibility, environmental stewardship and rule of law. Despite the damage done, this book lays out how Americans can still change course and transition away from oil and gas dependency, while protecting workers and communities. Specially, she discusses her ongoing work on community solar in rural northcentral Appalachia and the just energy transition in the Ohio River Valley. The David Bradford Energy and Environmental Policy Seminar Se
How close Pennsylvania gets to seeing Gov. Tom Wolf's vision come to fruition will come down to how legislators, regulators, local zoning boards, and municipalities use what’s available to them. It could also come down to the outcome in November of a contentious gubernatorial race — between a far-right senator, Doug Mastriano, who once called climate science “fake,” and the commonwealth’s current attorney general, Josh Shapiro, who supports a green energy buildout and has charged several fossil fuel giants with environmental crimes — and the potential shift of legislative power after a midterm election with redrawn electoral maps.