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Lee Lane
Resident Fellow and Codirector of the AEI Geoengineering Project
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RESEARCH AREAS
- Geoengineering (climate engineering)
- Climate change
- Environment (air pollution, vehicle emissions, and chemical risks)
Contact
E-mail: lee.lane@aei.org
Phone: 202-862-5948
Fax: 202-862-7177
Assistant: Dan Fichtler
Assistant E-mail: dan.fichtler@aei.org
Assistant Phone: 202-862-5941
Biography
Lee Lane previously served as executive director of the Climate Policy Center, a policy research organization that analyzes climate policy and promotes economically efficient policy responses to the challenge of climate change. Mr. Lane is also the author of Strategic Options for Bush Administration Climate Policy (AEI Press, 2006). At AEI, he is researching the economic and political issues raised by geoengineering--that is, climate engineering technologies that may counteract global warming, thus allowing time to develop more efficient technology for reducing emissions.
Experience
- Consultant, Energy and Environment Practice, CRA International, 2007-present
- Executive Director, Climate Policy Center, 2000-2006
- Vice President, Research, CSX Corporation, 1999-2000
- President, Policy Services Inc., 1994-98
- Vice President, Policy, Association of American Railroads, 1991-94
- Executive Director, Intermodal Policy Association of American Railroads, 1983-91
Education
B.A., European history, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Although it creates only a slight reduction in the amount of solar energy absorbed by the Earth, solar radiation management should be a part of U.S. climate policy.
Copenhagen Consensus Center
August 7, 2009
Though efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have faltered, there do exist other climate policy options that may offer timely and relatively cheap methods for offsetting some of the harmful effects of climate change.
A critical step in reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the introduction of new technologies for energy supply and use.
The real problem with congressional greenhouse gas legislation.
The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 is an ambitious attempt to meet the very real challenges posed by greenhouse gases.
Real progress on climate policy will require many, many decades.
The trade-off between the goal of protecting the environment and that of preserving prosperity lies at the heart of making good policy on climate change.
Research suggests that institutions limit the extent to which efficient policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are likely to be adopted.
Geoengineering could be one of the very best ways of hedging against the larger risks and uncertainties that surround climate policy.
Emission controls are not going to have much impact until a new generation of vastly cheaper technologies becomes available and matures, but in the meantime, geoengineering may offer some help.
Is there a viable alternative to the Kyoto Protocol?
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