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Cambridge, MA, 02138
Scott Moore
Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Research Fellow, Sustainability Science Program/Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
Contact:
Telephone: 617-384-5737
Email: scott_moore@hks.harvard.edu
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Scott Moore is a joint Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Research Fellow in the Sustainability Science Program and the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group. He is a doctoral candidate in Politics at Oxford University. His research focuses on international environmental politics and policy, with a topical focus on water resources, energy and climate change, and marine issues and a regional focus on China and India.
Scott's academic background is in political and environmental science, and he has a long-standing interest in China, where he previously worked with the U.S. Department of Energy. At HKS, he will complete an overview of water resource politics in China, and as a Rhodes and Truman Scholar, aspires to a career bridging both scholarship and public service.
May 3, 2013
"Calming the West's Water Wars"
Op-Ed, Los Angeles Times
By Scott Moore, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Research Fellow, Sustainability Science Program/Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
"The president and Congress, despite the political and organizational barriers, can nonetheless take steps to help end America's water wars. First, Congress should restore funding for the U.S. Water Resources Council and the regional River Basin Commissions. Before they were de-funded during the Reagan administration, these bodies served as focal points for water policy and as useful platforms for dialogue between states and the federal government. By fostering sustained, structured communication among Washington and the states themselves, they can help prevent disputes from arising in the first place."
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March 28, 2013
"China's Massive Water Problem"
Op-Ed, International Herald Tribune
By Scott Moore, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Research Fellow, Sustainability Science Program/Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
"Beijing needs to stop relying on technology to avoid making hard choices about scarce resources. The United States and the rest of the world need to push the Chinese government to make its development more sustainable through political reform, lest China's economy and social stability be endangered."
March 20, 2013
"China Needs More People Power to Control Pollution"
Op-Ed, World Politics Review
By Scott Moore, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Research Fellow, Sustainability Science Program/Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
"China's major cities have long been notorious for their high levels of air and water pollution, but such visible signs of threats to human health are thrusting environmental hazards into the public eye like never before. The Chinese government has taken some steps to address public concern at these hazards, but if either history or the experience of other countries is any guide, Beijing needs to take public opinion seriously to avoid future environmental crises."
February 7, 2013
"What's the Most Critical and Under-appreciated Issue in International Security? World Peace"
Op-Ed, Power & Policy Blog
By Scott Moore, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Research Fellow, Sustainability Science Program/Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
"...[I]t is clear that the international community possessed neither the analytic tools nor the institutional capabilities to deal with a world order in which ethno-religious groups, and not nation-states, were the primary operative actors. Which brings us back to the question: what if organized state violence and warfare is the exception rather than the rule in international security?"
January 23, 2013
"The People are Beijing's Ally in Fight for Cleaner Air"
Op-Ed, The South China Morning Post
By Scott Moore, Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Research Fellow, Sustainability Science Program/Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
"Beijing needs to learn, as other nations have, that popular participation is necessary to force entrenched business and bureaucratic interests to help clean up the environment. Until this happens, the US embassy's air quality monitor will continue to say what Chinese officials will not: China and its capital are gasping for air."
