Last updated on: 4/5/2017 | Author: ProCon.org

Nathaniel O. Keohane, PhD Biography

Title:
Vice President for Global Climate at the Environmental Defense Fund and former Special Assistant to President Obama for Energy and Environment at the National Economic Council
Position:
None Found to the question "Can Alternative Energy Effectively Replace Fossil Fuels?"
Reasoning:

No position found as of Sep. 4, 2009

Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Vice President for Global Climate, Environmental Defense Fund, 2016-present
  • Special Assistant to President Obama for Energy and Environment, National Economic Council, 2011-2016
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University (NYU)
  • Director of Economic Policy and Analysis, Environmental Defense Fund, 2007-2011
  • Member: American Economics Association, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, National Bureau of Economic Research Environmental Economics Working Group
  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management, 2001-2007
  • Savitz Award, Best Paper in Environmental Policy, Harvard University, May 2001
  • Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University, 1998, 1999, 2000
  • Consultant, Political Economy of Environmental Policy in Venezuela and Columbia, World Bank, 1998
  • Research Associate, Environmental Defense Fund, 1993-1995
Education:
  • PhD, Political Economy and Government, Harvard University, 2001
  • BA, magna cum laude, History, Yale University, 1993
Other:
  • None found
Quoted in:
  1. Should the US Implement a Carbon Cap and Trade System?