Best Daniel Aguilar Podcasts (2024)

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Exploring Partisan Divides on Climate and Energy Policy, with David Spence 31:14

1d ago31:14

31:14

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with David Spence, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin, about Spence’s new book, “Climate of Contempt: How to Rescue the US Energy Transition from Voter Partisanship,” which was released today. Spence discusses reasons that climate and energy have become such divisive topics in US pol…

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An Introduction to the Environmental and Health Risks of Forever Chemicals, with Caroline Noblet 30:22

6d ago30:22

30:22

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Caroline Noblet, an associate professor at the University of Maine, about the risks and negative impacts of forever chemicals on the environment and human health. “Forever chemicals” refer to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are a group of synthetic chemicals with extremely durab…

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Four Dam Removals on the Klamath River, with Amy Bowers Cordalis 37:45

21d ago37:45

37:45

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Amy Bowers Cordalis, cofounder and principal of Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group, about efforts to remove four dams on the Klamath River in California and Oregon. Cordalis discusses her experience growing up on the Klamath River as a member of the Yurok Tribe, the ecological dama…

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Designing the Electricity Markets of the Future, with Chiara Lo Prete 36:20

1d ago36:20

36:20

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Chiara Lo Prete, an associate professor of energy economics at Penn State University, about the design of electricity markets in the United States. Lo Prete discusses the differences among electricity markets in different regions of the country; efforts to ensure that electric utilities can meet…

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Loved to Death? Social Media and Rising Visitation to National Parks, with Casey Wichman 28:22

22d ago28:22

28:22

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Casey Wichman, an assistant professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and university fellow at Resources for the Future, about the influence of social media on the popularity of national parks. Wichman estimates in a recent study that more exposure of a national park on social media incr…

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Teaching and Mentoring in Environmental Economics, with Jill Caviglia-Harris 28:18

13d ago28:18

28:18

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls sits in on the annual conference of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists to talk with Jill Caviglia-Harris, a professor at Salisbury University, about her work teaching and mentoring early-career scholars in the field of environmental economics. Caviglia-Harris discusses her approach t…

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What Can Cell Phone Data Tell Us about Outdoor Recreation?, with Daniel Phaneuf 29:15

1M ago29:15

29:15

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls sits in on the annual conference of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists to talk with Daniel Phaneuf, a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, about Phaneuf’s work on estimating the value of outdoor spaces for recreation. Phaneuf discusses methods for estimating the value of…

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Straining the System: Heat and Health-Care Outcomes, with Sandra Aguilar-Gomez 27:34

2M ago27:34

27:34

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes sits in on the annual conference of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists to talk with Sandra Aguilar-Gomez, an assistant professor of economics at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, about Aguilar-Gomez’s work on heat-induced overcrowding in hospitals in Mexico. They discu…

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The Long View: Thoughts on the Economics Field from Three Environmental Economists 40:10

2M ago40:10

40:10

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with economists Maximilian Auffhammer, Paul J. Ferraro, and John Whitehead. All three guests are recent recipients of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) Fellows Award. The AERE Fellows Program recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of…

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How Much Is a Bear Worth?, with Lynne Lewis 29:02

2M ago29:02

29:02

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Lynne Lewis, currently a professor of economics at Bates College and an incoming professor of agricultural and resource economics at Colorado State University, about brown bears in Katmai National Park in Alaska. Lewis discusses the fan base for the brown bear population in Katmai, which is con…

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Unpacking the Growth in Global Carbon Markets, with Stefano De Clara 34:54

3M ago34:54

34:54

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Stefano De Clara, head of secretariat at the International Carbon Action Partnership, about the continued development of emissions trading systems around the world in 2024. Emissions trading systems (ETSs) are market-based policies that set a cap on total greenhouse gas emissions or on a ratio of…

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Electric Road Trip: The Pros and Cons of Electric Vehicle Ownership, with Kristin Hayes 30:09

3M ago30:09

30:09

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Kristin Hayes, senior director for research and policy engagement at Resources for the Future, about her experience at the wheel of an electric vehicle (EV). This episode continues a multipart series on EVs, which covers the most practical matters that EV users need to know. In this fourth episod…

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Expanding Access to Electric Vehicle Chargers, with Kimathi Boothe 32:47

3M ago32:47

32:47

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Kimathi Boothe, the vice president of energy operations at Dunamis Clean Energy Partners, about infrastructure for charging electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States. This episode continues a multipart series on EVs, which covers the most practical matters that EV users need to know. In this …

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Innovations in Electric Vehicle Batteries, with Micah Ziegler 29:42

3M ago29:42

29:42

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Micah Ziegler, an assistant professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, about the science, policy, and economics behind electric vehicle (EV) batteries. This episode continues a multipart series on EVs, which covers some of the most practical matters that EV users need to know. In this sec…

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Demystifying Electric Vehicle Ownership, with Sebastian Blanco 32:27

4M ago32:27

32:27

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Sebastian Blanco, editor-in-chief at SAE Media Group and a journalist on the automotive and vehicle-technology beat. This episode jump-starts a multipart series on electric vehicles (EVs), including the most practical matters that EV users need to know. In this first episode of the series, Blanc…

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Pollution Causes Crashes: Particulate Matter and Traffic Accidents, with Travis Roach 28:15

4M ago28:15

28:15

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Travis Roach, an associate professor and director of the Central Policy Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma, about how the prevalence of air pollution may increase the incidence of fatal traffic accidents in the United States. Roach discusses the characteristics of airborne particulat…

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Toward a More Sustainable Plastics Economy, with Fernando Vidal 29:51

4M ago29:51

29:51

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Fernando Vidal, a postdoctoral researcher at the Polymat research institute in Spain, about technological and policy options to create a more sustainable plastics economy. Vidal discusses the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the life cycle of plastics, changes to the chemical makeup and …

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How Surging Demand Is Shaping the US Power Sector, with Brad Harris 25:54

4M ago25:54

25:54

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Brad Harris, the director of government affairs at Resources for the Future, about the increasing demand for electricity in the United States. Harris discusses the main sources of this surge in electricity demand, also known as load growth; the challenges that load growth poses to goals for reduc…

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Estimating the social costs of hydrofluorocarbons, with Lisa Rennels 35:19

4M ago35:19

35:19

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Lisa Rennels, a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, about a class of synthetic industrial chemicals used in air-conditioners, refrigerators, and other technologies: hydrofluorocarbons. Rennels discusses the proliferation of these chemicals in recent decades, the cost of hydro…

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The Future of Fossil Fuels in a Decarbonized United States, with Susan Tierney 34:23

5M ago34:23

34:23

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Susan F. Tierney, a senior advisor at Analysis Group and chair of the board of directors at Resources for the Future, about the future of fossil fuels in the United States. Tierney discusses the challenges of meeting climate goals while maintaining energy security, the importance of making energy…

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Mapping Waters of the United States Using New Tools, with Simon Greenhill and Hannah Druckenmiller 34:41

5M ago34:41

34:41

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Simon Greenhill (PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley) and Hannah Druckenmiller (university fellow at Resources for the Future and assistant professor at the California Institute of Technology). Along with other coauthors, Greenhill and Druckenmiller recently published an artic…

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What’s in the Final SEC Climate Disclosure Rule?, with James Cox 28:35

5M ago28:35

28:35

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with James Cox, a professor at Duke University, about a rule issued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that mandates publicly traded firms to disclose certain greenhouse gas emissions associated with business operations. Cox discusses how the rule standardizes the disclosures of certa…

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Wildfire Risks and Home Prices, with Lala Ma 28:27

5M ago28:27

28:27

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Lala Ma, an associate professor of economics at the University of Kentucky and a new university fellow at Resources for the Future, about the effect on housing prices in California of informing homebuyers about the risk of wildfire. Ma discusses how California classifies and discloses the risk …

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Decarbonizing the Industrial Sector, with Jeffrey Rissman 31:27

6M ago31:27

31:27

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Rami talks with Jeffrey Rissman, a senior director at Energy Innovation and the author of “Zero-Carbon Industry,” a new book about decarbonizing the global industrial sector. Rissman discusses the sources of greenhouse gas emissions in major subsectors—iron and steel, chemicals, and cement—and some technologies a…

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The Effects of Dams on Tribal Lands, Heather Randell 33:59

6M ago33:59

33:59

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Rami talks with Heather Randell, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, about dams and reservoirs that have been built on Native American reservations in the United States. Reservoirs are built by damming a river and flooding an area of land; in the United States, Native American reservations have…

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Our Homes and Our Climate, with Carlos Martín 33:54

6M ago33:54

33:54

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Carlos Martín, a project director at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University and a university fellow at Resources for the Future, about housing adaptation and resilience amid climate change, using as a primary example New Orleans housing infrastructure after Hurricane Katrina…

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Are Increased Exports of US Liquefied Natural Gas in the Public Interest?, with Ben Cahill 32:59

6M ago32:59

32:59

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Ben Cahill, a senior fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about the Biden administration’s recent decision to pause approvals on the construction of new facilities that export liquefied natural gas. Cahill discusses the hi…

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Doing Environmental Economics at the White House, with Fran Moore 34:27

6M ago34:27

34:27

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Fran Moore, an associate professor at the University of California, Davis, about what it’s like to serve as a senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Moore discusses the function of the CEA within the executive branch of the federal government, the range of economi…

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The History of Environmental Economics, with Spencer Banzhaf 27:47

7M ago27:47

27:47

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Spencer Banzhaf, a professor at North Carolina State University, about the history of the field of environmental economics. Banzhaf discusses the development of the economic definition of value, the early influence of agricultural economists in government, the origins of Resources for the Future…

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Community Engagement for an Equitable Energy Transition, with Julia Haggerty 33:42

7M ago33:42

33:42

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Julia Haggerty, an associate professor at Montana State University and university fellow at Resources for the Future, about engaging the public in the US energy transition. Haggerty discusses public engagement in the context of US efforts to decarbonize, the opportunity presented by a transition …

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The Benefits of Biomes in a Changing Climate, with Bernie Bastien-Olvera 33:59

7M ago33:59

33:59

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Bernie Bastien-Olvera, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, San Diego, about the benefits of ecosystems for humans and the global economy. Bastien-Olvera discusses the types of benefits that ecosystems provide, methods that economists use to estimate these benefits, how climate…

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2023 Year in Review: Energy and Environmental Policy, with Karen Palmer and Joseph Majkut 35:09

7M ago35:09

35:09

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi reviews developments in energy and environmental policy in 2023 and previews potential developments in 2024 with Karen Palmer, a senior fellow at Resources for the Future, and Joseph Majkut, director of the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Pal…

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From Rails to Trails, with Peter Harnik (Rebroadcast) 29:47

8M ago29:47

29:47

Earlier this month, the Biden administration announced $8.2 billion in funding for selected high-speed rail projects across the country. One major rail project that is receiving support will connect Las Vegas and Los Angeles; another will connect several cities in California, including Los Angeles and San Francisco. “America disinvested over the la…

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Bringing Environmental Justice into Government Rulemaking, with Ann Wolverton 32:39

8M ago32:39

32:39

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Ann Wolverton, a senior research economist at the US Environmental Protection Agency, about how the agency incorporates environmental justice in its rulemaking and its analysis of agency regulations. Wolverton discusses the history of accounting for environmental justice at federal agencies, how …

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How Do Natural Disasters Affect Students?, with Isaac Opper 29:54

8M ago29:54

29:54

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Isaac Opper, an economist at the Rand Corporation and professor at the Pardee Rand Graduate School, about how natural disasters can affect education outcomes for students and the resulting stock of skills in the US labor force. Opper discusses the relationship between education and skills in the …

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Creating an Equitable Urban Park System, with Norma García-González and Catherine Nagel 33:35

8M ago33:35

33:35

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks about improving equity in urban park systems with Norma García-González, the director of the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, and Catherine Nagel, the executive director of the City Parks Alliance. García-González discusses how data and community engagement have helped Los Ange…

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Counting Carbon in US Forests, David Wear 29:59

9M ago29:59

29:59

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with David Wear, a nonresident senior fellow and director of the Land Use, Forestry, and Agriculture Program at Resources for the Future, about the ability of US forests to remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Wear discusses how US forests fit into emissions-reduction efforts, differen…

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How State Trust Lands Can Help Conservation Efforts, with Temple Stoellinger 29:11

9M ago29:11

29:11

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Temple Stoellinger, an associate professor at the University of Wyoming, about state trust lands, which are public lands that states own and must use to raise revenue for public schools and other public beneficiaries. Stoellinger discusses how state trust lands historically have been used; the …

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Not a Shore Thing: Challenges in US Offshore Wind Development, with Ben Storrow 33:48

9M ago33:48

33:48

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Ben Storrow, a reporter with E&E News, about recent challenges for the offshore wind industry. Storrow discusses state and federal goals for offshore wind development; how factors related to inflation, supply chains, installation capacity, and tax rules can create obstacles for wind projects; and…

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Systemic Racism in Environmental Economics, with Jimena González Ramírez and Sarah Jacobson 35:15

9M ago35:15

35:15

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Jimena González Ramírez, an associate professor at Manhattan College, and Sarah Jacobson, a professor at Williams College. González Ramírez and Jacobson discuss some ways that systemic racism can unintentionally permeate research in the field of environmental and natural resource economics. They …

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Oil Development in Native America, with Angela Parker 40:03

10M ago40:03

40:03

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Angela Parker, an assistant professor at the University of Denver, about oil and gas production on Native American reservations. Parker discusses the history of oil production on Native American lands, the environmental and economic effects of this production, Native American perceptions of the o…

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When Freshwater Gets Salty, with Becky Epanchin-Niell 27:02

10M ago27:02

27:02

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Becky Epanchin-Niell, an associate professor at the University of Maryland and a senior fellow at Resources for the Future. Epanchin-Niell discusses how climate change and human land and water use have accelerated the frequency and extent of saltwater intrusion, which is saltwater contamination…

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The US Wildfire Workforce, with Emily Browne 32:59

10M ago32:59

32:59

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Emily Browne, who has worked on wildfire prevention and suppression in Alaska with the US National Park Service. On September 27, the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission released a report with recommendations for addressing the challenges that are associated with wildfire in the …

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Bottom-Up Solutions for Fossil Fuel Communities, with Alexander Gazmararian and Dustin Tingley 33:51

10M ago33:51

33:51

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Alexander Gazmararian, a doctoral candidate at Princeton University, and Dustin Tingley, a professor at Harvard University. They discuss how a national transition to a clean energy system may affect communities with economies that historically have depended on fossil fuel production; the moral, e…

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Cutting the Queue and Emissions in the US Power Sector, with Will Gorman 36:06

11M ago36:06

36:06

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Will Gorman, a research scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, about the interconnection queue. The interconnection queue is the waiting list for developers that hope to connect power plants to the electric grid; regulators must first study the potential effects of connecting a plant…

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Learning How to Mitigate Heat in Schools, with V. Kelly Turner 27:44

11M ago27:44

27:44

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with V. Kelly Turner, an associate professor at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles, about the impacts of heat on students in US schools. Heat not only affects the body but also has implications for children’s behavior and learning outcomes. Turner also di…

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Climate Policy and Environmental Justice in New York, with Victoria Sanders and Molly Robertson 30:11

11M ago30:11

30:11

In this week’s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Victoria Sanders and Molly Robertson. Sanders is a research analyst at the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, and Robertson works at Resources for the Future as a research associate. They discuss a recent report that Sanders and Robertson have published alongside coauthors about the …

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European Perspectives on the Inflation Reduction Act, with Milan Elkerbout 28:08

11M ago28:08

28:08

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Milan Elkerbout about how the European Union has responded to the Inflation Reduction Act. Elkerbout will join Resources for the Future as a fellow in October, transitioning from his role as head of the climate policy programme at the Centre for European Policy Studies. Elkerbout discusses the o…

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New Social Science Perspectives on Solar Geoengineering, with Tyler Felgenhauer 33:15

11M ago33:15

33:15

In this week’s episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Tyler Felgenhauer, a research director and senior research scientist at Duke University, about social science issues that are associated with solar geoengineering. Felgenhauer discusses different technologies that can facilitate solar geoengineering, the risks and benefits of these technologies,…

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How Leaky is the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry?, with Eric Kort 33:21

12M ago33:21

33:21

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Eric Kort, an associate professor at the University of Michigan, about methane emissions from the US oil and gas industry. Kort discusses the emissions that occur during the extraction of oil and gas at onshore and offshore facilities, aerial methods of measuring these emissions and identifying m…

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