Kelly Sims Gallagher

January / February 2003

Letter to the Editor on Cars in China

Op-Ed, Foreign Policy

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

AP Photo

February 2010

"Analysis of Policies to Reduce Oil Consumption and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the U.S. Transportation Sector"

Paper

By W. Ross Morrow, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 2008–2009, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, Gustavo Collantes, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group/Enviroment and Natural Resources Program, 2007-2008 and Henry Lee, Director, Environment and Natural Resources Program

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation will be a much bigger challenge than conventional wisdom assumes — requiring substantially higher fuel prices combined with more stringent regulation. This paper finds that reducing carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector 14% below 2005 levels by 2020 may require gas prices greater than $7/gallon by 2020. It also finds that while relying on subsidies for electric or hybrid vehicles is politically seductive, it is ineffective and extremely expensive.

AP Photo

December 2009

"Key Opportunities for U.S.-China Cooperation on Coal and CCS"

Paper

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

This paper outlines the current situation regarding advanced coal and carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the United States and China. The strategic interest in cooperation on coal and CCS is explored, and then three options for collaboration are identified and discussed. None of the options are mutually exclusive. Remaining questions for discussion are provided at the end.

February 2007

Assessing the President's FY08 Energy RD&D Budget Request

Paper

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

An analysis of U.S. Government Investments in Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Database.

June, 2003

Foreign Direct Investment as a Vehicle for Deploying Cleaner Technologies: Technology Transfer and the Big Three Automakers in China

Paper

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

AP Photo

March 2010

"Reducing the U.S. Transportation Sector's Oil Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions"

Policy Brief

By W. Ross Morrow, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 2008–2009, Henry Lee, Director, Environment and Natural Resources Program, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group and Gustavo Collantes, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group/Enviroment and Natural Resources Program, 2007-2008

This policy brief is based on Belfer Center paper #2010-02 and an article published in Energy Policy, Vol. 38, No. 3.

Oil security and the threat of climate disruption have focused attention on the transportation sector, which consumes 70% of the oil used in the United States.
This study explores several policy scenarios for reducing oil imports and greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.

May 20, 2009

"Acting in Time on Energy Policy"

Policy Brief

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

This policy brief outlines urgent priorities for U.S. energy policy at the dawn of the Obama administration, and recommends specific steps that the U.S. government should take to address the numerous energy-related challenges facing the United States. It is based on the book, Acting in Time on Energy Policy (Brookings 2009), edited by Kelly Sims Gallagher, director of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center.

We concentrate on six topics: climate change policy, carbon capture and storage policy, oil security policy, energy-technology innovation policy, electricity market structure, and infrastructure policy. The United States cannot afford to wait any longer to enact long-term policies on these topics. In fact, acting early is clearly in the longer-term interest of the United States.

March 14, 2008

"The Rise of China: Energy and Environmental Implications"

Presentation

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

In this presentation, Kelly Sims Gallagher discusses the environmental and energy implications of China's economic growth in the 20th and 21st centuries.

June 15, 2007

"Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission"

Presentation

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

The economic and national security of the United States is now inextricably connected to China’s energy consumption with respect to the environment, oil and gas security, and the economy.

March 2, 2007

"Remarks at Climate Workshop on Bingaman-Specter Discussion Draft"

Presentation

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

Remarks at Climate Workshop on Bingaman-Specter Discussion Draft; U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee, March 2, 2007.