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New for the 2019–20 academic year, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions is offering Policy Boot Camps to share our team's experience directly engaging with decision makers. Duke University students will have the opportunity to learn more about environmental policy making institutions—what they are, how they work, and how to engage them—through informal discussions with Nicholas Institute professionals.
In this virtual session, Kate Konschnik, director of the Nicholas Institute's Climate and Energy Program, will describe the overlapping environmental authorities of U.S. federal agencies and how these institutions work together (or don’t) on far-reaching challenges, as well as unforeseen disasters. Konschnik will use two examples as jumping-off points for her discussion:
- Interactions of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, in the drafting and defense of EPA's Endangerment Finding
- Interactions of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA, during the Deepwater Horizon disaster
The session is available for Duke students only on Zoom video conferencing. RSVP at the link above with a Duke email address to receive a link and instructions for joining ahead of the session.