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2012 Austin Electricity Conference
The 2012 Austin Electricity Conference was organized around four panels. Two panels concerned renewable electric generation: one panel on renewable portfolio standards as policy instruments for combating climate change, and another on the challenges of integrating renewable power into the electric grid. Two other panels examined the effects of climate constraints on traditional electric generation fuels: [...]
The Integrated Watershed Science Graduate Portfolio Program
The Integrated Watershed Science Graduate Portfolio Program (the “GPP”) provides graduate students at UT Austin the opportunity to supplement their current degree program with an interdisciplinary study of watershed issues. GPP students complete twelve hours of study focused on integrated watershed science, policy and planning, and fieldwork. Through this additional focused study, GPP students are able to [...]
Upcoming Fellow Position at UT Law Energy Center
In the near future the UT Law Energy Center will be looking to hire a one-year fellow. The fellow will ideally fill several roles. These might include co-teaching classes, preparing white papes or law review articles, carrying out research, or convening a colloquium on a topic of interest. The fellow may also catalyze work on a particular substantive [...]
AIPN Student Writing Competition and Student Scholarship Program
It is time for the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) annual Student Writing Competition and Student Scholarship Program. The prize for the winners of the AIPN Student Writing Competition includes registration, travel and accommodations for the AIPN International Conference. Essays should be an original work of no more than 4,000 words on any specific issue of the student’s choice [...]
Center Releases Report on Climate Change and Endangered Species Policy
The Center has released a report, coauthored by Center Director Melinda Taylor and Professor Holly Doremus of the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, that makes policy recommendations to address the impacts of climate change on endangered species. The report focuses on habitat conservation plans, a tool used by the [...]
Law Student Wins Prestigious Fellowship
Shannon Gentile Sims, J.D. Class of 2011 was recently awarded the Institute for Current World Affairs Forest and Society Fellowship. For the next 2 years she will be living in Brazil and studying stakeholder involvement in the governance of the South Atlantic Coastal Forest, the Mata Atlântica. The Mata Atlântica runs the extent of the eastern [...]
Integrated Watershed Science Graduate Portfolio Program
The Integrated Watershed Science Graduate Portfolio Program provides Master’s and doctoral students with an interdisciplinary framework to study and research issues related to understanding the processes that govern how watersheds function – from physical and biological forces to cultural and political influences. The program is designed to supplement existing degrees offered at the University of [...]
AIPN Student Writing Competition and Student Scholarship Program
It is time for the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) annual Student Writing Competition and Student Scholarship Program. The prize for the winners of the AIPN Student Writing Competition includes registration, travel and accommodations for the AIPN International Conference, which will be held this year at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta, Canada, [...]
Transformation of the U.S. Electricity Transmission System is Documented in Center Research Paper
The U.S. electricity transmission infrastructure is undergoing historic change; a short, upfront look at current and projected investment activity provides a sense of the scale and impact. This is the first paper in the Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration, and Environmental Law Research Paper Series.
UT Law Magazine Feature
The Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration, and Environmental Law was featured in the Summer 2009 issue of the UT Law magazine.
