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Vishal Kennedy Awarded CETEP’s Tom Gilbert Graduate Award 

University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) PhD student Vishal Kennedy has been selected to receive the Tom Gilbert Graduate Award from the Center for Energy, Transportation and Environmental Policy (CETEP) at the Baker School to support his project, Assessing the Representation of US Ecosystems in Protected Areas: Identifying Over- and Under-Represented Vegetation Groups.  Established in 2024, the Tom Gilbert Award is given to a talented, full-time graduate […]

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Tim Fitzgerald: Exploring the Intersection of Natural Resources and Economics

From the White House to the lecture halls of academia, Dr. Timothy Fitzgerald has lived in every U.S. time zone, letting his academic interests shape his journey. A seasoned economist with expertise in energy markets, he has long been fascinated by natural resources, their uses, and their impact on daily life. That journey brought Fitzgerald […]

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The Tom Gilbert Graduate Award

This award was established through the generosity of UT alumnus Vernon (Tom) Gilbert, a lifelong champion of conservation and education programs for natural resources across the world. His legacy includes biosphere reserves to preserve diverse and unique ecosystems. He founded the Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere (SAMAB) Cooperative, which supports integrated environmental research, education, […]

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The Conversation: Political bickering and policy uncertainty take a toll on business investment, research shows

Partisan squabbling isn’t just annoying – it’s also bad for business. That’s what my colleagues and I found in a recent study on how uncertainty in environmental policy affects business investment. First, we analyzed more than 300 million newspaper articles, looking for keywords related to environmental policy uncertainty. We found that this uncertainty spikes around election […]

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Transportation Policy Drives Baker School’s Research in Energy and Environment

For over a decade, the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy conducted energy and environmental policy research, informing policy on issues that were passions for Senator Baker. When the Center became the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) in 2023, the former Energy and Environment Program […]

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