Experts, state officials, and stakeholders from across the PJM Interconnect convened for a one-day workshop on September 28 to explore state energy and environmental policy objectives and what they mean for FERC-regulated wholesale markets.

The Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI), which aims to foster global interdisciplinary research on energy transitions and energy access, will hold its second annual conference at Duke University, May 9–11. Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Director Tim Profeta and Subhrendu Pattanayak of the Nicholas School of the Environment will open the conference’s Practitioners’ Day, May 9, at 8:30 a.m. Profeta will describe the Nicholas Institute Program on Access and Transitions to Sustainable Energy.

Tim Profeta, director of the  Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will speak at on the panel "Perspectives on Climate Change Post-Election" at the 4th Annual UNC Climate Change Symposium, Friday, March 31.

For more information, visit the event website.

Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will deliver the welcoming address at the 2017 National Association of Environmental Professionals Conference on March 28.

Registration is required. For more information, please visit the conference website.

In Paris, world leaders signed an unprecedented climate agreement to limit temperature rise to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial levels by 2100. On February 1, Duke faculty and students who attended the climate change conference will reflect on the significance of the new climate accord, what we can expect from it, and how the Duke community was involved in the conversation.

This event has been postponed due to inclement weather. Information about when it will be rescheduled will be posted on our event page and social media. 

In Paris, world leaders signed an unprecedented climate agreement to limit temperature rise to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial levels by 2100. On January 22, Duke faculty and students who attended the climate change conference will reflect on the significance of the new climate accord, what we can expect from it, and how the Duke community was involved in the conversation.

Duke faculty and students are invited to join us for a moderated panel discussion focused on how the Paris Agreement sets the stage for action moving forward. 

Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will moderate a panel at the 2015 Duke University Energy Conference, "Investing in Our Energy Future." The panel will explore the impacts of recent energy and environmental regulations.

The Nicholas Institute will host a day-long forum—convened in honor of its tenth anniversary—to assess how we can harness big data, cutting-edge technologies, and adaptation research to create science-based, interdisciplinary approaches attuned to the accelerating and dynamic change in the world.

Many companies have set aggressive climate targets and for some this includes the procurement of renewable energy. To do this, they must be located in an environments that support renewable energy generation.Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will serve on the panel "Realizing Common Goals in Mitigation," at the CDP cities North America workshop October 15. He and other panelists will examine how cities too are setting aggressive renewable energy goals and to what extent can companies and cities share renewable energy goals.

Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will speak on the panel "Next Steps in North Carolina's Clean Power Plan," during the Making Energy Work Conference October 7. For more information, visit the event website. 

You are cordially invited to the fourth meeting of the Southeast Energy and Environmental Leadership Forum, hosted by Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University. This gathering for state energy and environmental regulators in Nashville, Tennessee, January 29–30, 2015, will focus on implications of the Clean Power Plan for southeastern states.

EPA has just released arguably the most important set of proposed rules in its efforts to restrain greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources: regulation of existing and modified fossil fuel power plants under Clean Air Act Section 111(d).

Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will moderate a session at the Navigating the American Carbon World conference on the Clean Air Act section 111(d) and state responses.

Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Director Tim Profeta and Faculty Fellow Billy Pizer will moderate panels at the Duke University Energy Conference on October 30.

The annual student-led event aims at bringing together thought leaders in industry, government and academia to fuel independent analysis on energy markets, trends, policies and technologies. Keynote speakers include Ralph Eads, vice chair of Jeffries Co.; Simon Rich, chairman of RKI Exploration; and Bob Inglis, former U.S. representative of South Carolina.

Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will speak at the 2013 Governor's Conference on Energy & the Environment. The conference will focus on the nation's changing energy resources and the implications and challenges for Kentucky. It will include general sessions that cover federal regulatory plans limiting emissions of greenhouse gases and the anticipated impact on Kentucky’s electric power sector.

Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Director Tim Profeta and Nicholas School of the Environment Dean Bill Chameides will speak on the state of climate change science and policy at St. Francis of Assissi May 6. The talk is part of a series, Community Conversation on Climate Change and the Common Good, and is open to the public.

In February 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held two days of oral argument to review four of EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions rules: The "Timing" Rule, The "Tailoring" Rule, The "Endangerment" Rule, and The "Tailpipe" Rule.

Testimony of Timothy Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on "Climate Change Legislation."

Read Full Testimony Transcript Here