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Policy Center Director Rubin Continues as Environment and Energy Section Chair of National Academies’ Transportation Research Board

Professor Jonathan Rubin, Policy Center Director, was re-appointed for a second 3 year term as Chair of the Environment and Energy Section, ADC00, of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The Environment and Energy Section is part of the Planning and Environment Group. It consists of eight committees […]

Transportation Energy Seminar

Keystone Pipeline and Low Carbon Fuels: An Update on Transportation Energy Policy February 1 at 3pm 107 Norman Smith Hall Speaker: Jonathan Rubin, Professor, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and School of Economics Download the Transportation Energy Seminar flyer The use of energy in transportation continues to be one of the largest contributors to U.S. Green House […]

Communicating Climate Change: The 2015 Schwartz Forum

How has public conversation about climate change evolved over time? What cultural and historical factors have shaped its trajectory? How do scientists, artists, and humanities scholars influence the way we understand and talk about climate change? Join the Maine Humanities Council, the Portland Museum of Art, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, and the Margaret […]

Rubin published in National Academy of Sciences Publication

Jonathan Rubin’s article “Changes in Energy Markets: Effects on the U.S. Transportation System” is published in the summer issue of TR News. The article link is posted below – TR News holds the copyright to the article, National Academy of Sciences, posted with permission of TRB (Transportation Research Board). TRN_298_Rubin Intro pp3-5 The U.S. transportation energy system is undergoing […]

Jonathan Rubin on Gas Prices on WABI

Jonathan Rubin was interviewed on Channel 5 TV, WABI, on the ripple effect of low gas prices in the current economy. See the article and video here: http://wabi.tv/2015/01/22/1-99-gas-ripple-effect/

Rubin Presents Biofuel Research in Washington, DC at TRB

Jonathan Rubin presented research at the 94th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 13, 2015, in Washington, D.C. Rubin presented “Woody Biomass Supply, Economics, Biofuel Policy: Maine and Northeastern Forests” in Session 607: Cellulosic Biofuels for Transportation: Growth Through Linking Feedstocks, Supply Chains and Policies. The presentation was based on research done with Sharon Klein, Binod Neupane, […]

Rubin presented at Maine Water & Sustainability Conference 2014

Jonathan Rubin presented at the April 1, 2014 Maine Water & Sustainability Conference, hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center at the University of Maine. Rubin presented “Reforming Maine’s Gas Tax for Economic and Environmental Sustainability.” An abstract of Rubin’s talk can be found at http://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/mwc-2014/concurrent-sessions/session-g/#rubin.

Rubin presented at Maine Water & Sustainability Conference 2014

Jonathan Rubin presented at the April 1, 2014 Maine Water & Sustainability Conference, hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center at the University of Maine. Rubin presented “Reforming Maine’s Gas Tax for Economic and Environmental Sustainability.” An abstract of Rubin’s talk can be found at http://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/mwc-2014/concurrent-sessions/session-g/#rubin.

McGreavy Reflects on Her Selection for the Doctoral Honors Seminar and Her Research

University of Maine graduate student Bridie McGreavy, who is working with the Smith Center’s Linda Silka and Laura Lindenfeld on the Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI), was one of 29 doctoral students nationwide who were selected to participate in this year’s Doctoral Honors Seminar of the National Communication Association, July 18–21 in Bar Harbor. More information […]

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