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Morgan Bazilian

Director, Payne Institute for Public Policy

Morgan Bazilian is the director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy and a professor of public policy at the Colorado School of Mines. He has served as lead energy specialist at the World Bank. 
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The West needs to produce more critical minerals. Here’s how the Pentagon should help

Geological and technological obstacles will require subsidies to overcome.

  • Morgan Bazilian and Gregory Wischer
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The Energy Crisis Is a National-Security Opportunity

It gives Biden the chance to offer a clear narrative: accelerating the move to clean energy is crucial to keeping America safe.

  • Morgan Bazilian and Emily Holland
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How Biden and Kerry Could Rebuild America’s Global Climate Leadership

Kerry’s decades of experience and the international relationships he developed as a senator and secretary of state may give him a chance.

  • Dolf Gielen and Morgan Bazilian, The Conversation
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Risks Grow As Countries Share Electricity Across Borders

The world needs the efficiency of shared energy grids, so it also needs a way to prevent them from being used for coercion.

  • Joshua Busby, Sarang Shidore and Morgan Bazilian, Council on Foreign Relations
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The Pentagon Could Lead the Green New Deal to Victory

Defense leaders have long braced for the impacts of climate change. Working with climate advocates could ward off those threats.

  • Madison Freeman and Morgan Bazilian