John P. Holdren
Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Member of the Board (on leave), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
December 2004
"DOE Budget Authority for Energy, Research, Development, and Demonstration Database"
Report Chapter
By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, Ambuj D. Sagar, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, Paul de Sa, Former Research Fellow, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 1999-2000, John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program and Diane Segal
A database tracking budget requests on energy-technology research, development, and demonstraton (RD&D) from 1978–2006.
Fall 2004
"A Tribute to Harvey Brooks"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Harvey Brooks passed away at the age of 88 on May 28, 2004, at the home on Brewster Street in Cambridge that he shared with his wife Helen for more than fifty years. He was the Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy, Emeritus, at the Kennedy School, the Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, Emeritus, in Harvard's Division of Engineering and Applied Science, and the founder in 1976 and director until 1986 of the Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy in the Kennedy School's Center for Science and International Affairs, today known as the Belfer Center.
June 2004
"U.S. Government Investments in Energy Innovation Database"
Fact Sheet
By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, Ambuj D. Sagar, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, Diane Segal, Paul de Sa, Former Research Fellow, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 1999-2000 and John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
U.S. Government Investments in Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Database: a database in Microsoft Excel format tracking budget requests on energy-technology research, development, and demonstraton (RD&D) from 1978–2004, including charts.
December 2003
The Economics of Reprocessing vs. Direct Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Report
By Bob van der Zwaan, Former Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation research group/Project on Managing the Atom Project/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2001–2005, John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Steve Fetter, Former Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program and Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
For decades, there has been an intense debate over the best approach to managing spent fuel from nuclear power reactors, whether it is better to dispose of it directly in geologic repositories, or reprocess it to recover and recycle the plutonium and uranium, disposing only of the wastes from reprocessing and recycling.
Ed Fladung
November 13, 2003
"Environmental Change and the Human Condition"
Presentation
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group (ETIP) seeks to combat global warming and climate change by promoting strategies for efficient energy technologies in China, India, and the United States, such as advanced coal technologies, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and advanced vehicle technologies.
October, 2003
Increasing U.S. Natural Gas Supplies: Discussion Paper and Recommendations from the National Commission on Energy Policy
Report
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Fall 2003
Environmental Change and the Human Condition
Journal Article, Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
August 2003
Reviving the Electricity Sector: Findings of the National Commission on Energy Policy
Report
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Electric-industry restructuring has derailed. The massive blackout of August 14, 2003 certainly was not needed to underscore the point, but it adds urgency to the effort to find solutions.
July 2003
The Future of Nuclear Power: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study
Report
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program and John M. Deutch, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
From the July 29, 2003 MIT press release: A distinguished team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard released today what co-chair Dr. John Deutch calls "the most comprehensive, interdisciplinary study ever conducted on the future of nuclear energy." The report maintains that "The nuclear option should be retained precisely because it is an important carbon-free source of power."
June 9, 2003
Comments on the 2 June 2003 US Senate Republican Policy Committee document, ?The Shaky Science Behind the Climate Change Sense of the Congress Resolution?
Memorandum
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
