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Kenneth R. Richards

Kenneth R. Richards

Associate Professor


Education
Ph.D., Public Policy, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1997
J.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1997
M.S.C.E., Urban and Regional Planning, Northwestern University, 1983
B.S.C.E., Environmental Engineering, Technological Institute, Northwestern University, 1983
B.A., Botany and Chemistry, Duke University, 1979

Professional Experience

  • Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, Indiana Univeristy, Maurer School of Law
  • Bloomington Energy and Environmental Intelligence (Principal), 2008 - present
  • ICF Consulting (Senior Consultant), 2001-2002
  • Bloomington Environmental Commissioner, 1999-2004
  • U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Consultant), 1998
  • American Automobile Manufacturers Association (Consultant), 1997
  • Charles River Association (Consultant), 1997
  • Hermiston Power Project (Expert Witness), 1996
  • Pacific Northwest Laboratory (Senior Economist), Washington, DC, 1993-1996
  • Economic Research Service (Economist), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, 1991-1993
  • Council of Economic Advisers (Junior Staff Economist), Washington, DC, 1988-1989
  • Wharton Center for Applied Research (Project Consultant), Philadelphia, PA, 1987-1988
  • Risk and Decision Processes Center (Consultant to Nevada Nuclear Waste Repository Project), Philadelphia, PA, 1986-1988
  • Government of the Cook Islands and U.S. Peace Corps (National Energy Planner), 1984-1986

Awards, Honors & Certifications

  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 2009
  • License to practice law in the state of Indiana (inactive)
  • Freshman Learning Program, 2007
  • Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University, 2002
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 1999, 2000
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 1999
  • Director’s Award for Excellence, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 1993
  • Norman and Rosita Winston Law and Economics Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1988, 1990-1991
  • Alfred F. Buehler Public Administration Fellow, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1987-1988
  • Wharton Dean's Fellow in Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania, 1986-1987
  • Walter P. Murphy Fellow in Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, 1982-1983

Professional Interest
Domestic and international climate change policy, environmental policy implementation, carbon sequestration economics and law, energy law, U.S. Forest Service organizational design and management.

Current Projects

  • Director, IU at Oxford Program
  • Associate Director, Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy
  • Associate Director, Center for Research on Energy and the Environment
  • Indiana University. President’s grant via Center for Research on Energy and the Environment for “Modeling the Impact of Enhanced Renewable Energy Production and Utilization and the Consequences for Indiana.” 2009-2011.
  • U.S. Forest Service. Grant with Mike Mortimer and Clare Ryan through Society of American Foresters for “Forest Service Decision Rationale in NEPA.” 2008-2010.
  • Duke Energy Foundation. Research grant for “Carbon Capture and Sequestration Law and Policy.” 2008-2009.
  • U.S. Forest Service. Grant with Sergio Fernandez and Burnell Fischer for “Formalization in the NEPA Process.” 2008-2009.
  • Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. 2008. Commissioned paper with Andrew Plantinga on Forests in a Post Kyoto Agreement. 2008.
  • Indiana University, IU President’s grant with J.C. Randolph and John Rupp for development of Center for Research on Energy and the Environment. 2007-2010.

Selected Publications
Full Vita

  • Andersson, Krister, Andrew Plantinga, and Kenneth Richards. 2009. “The National Inventory Approach for International Forest Carbon Sequestration Management.” Forthcoming in Dieter Helm and Cameron Hepburn, eds. The Economics and Politics of Climate Change. Oxford University Press.
  • Andersson, Krister, Tom Evans, and Kenneth R. Richards. 2009. “National Forest Inventories: Policy Needs and Assessment Capacity.” Forthcoming in Climatic Change. Volume 93, Nos. 1 -2 (March).
  • Plantinga, Andrew and Kenneth R. Richards. 2008. “International Forest Carbon Sequestration in a Post-Kyoto Agreement.” Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements. Discussion Paper 08-11. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Richards, Kenneth R. and Stephanie Hayes Richards. 2008. “Coal and the Environment, 2006-2008,” Chapter 8 in Indiana Coal Report 2008. Indiana Center for Coal Technology Research. West Lafayette, Indiana.
  • Ringquist, Evan J., A. James Barnes, Mark Davis, Flynn Picardal, and Kenneth Richards. 2008. “Waste Tire Policy Recommendations for Indiana.” Prepared for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management Office of Pollution Prevention and Technological Assistance. Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • Richards, K. and S. Richards. 2008. “An Analysis of the Leading Climate Change Bills in the U.S. Senate: S. 2191 America’s Climate Security Act of 2007 (Warner-Lieberman) vs. S. 1766 Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007 (Bingaman-Specter).” Environmental Law Reporter 38: 10388-10417
  • Richards, K. 2007. “Environmental Taxes in the United States.” Critical Issues in International Environmental Taxation: International and Comparative Perspectives, Volume IV: 189-217. Oxford University Press.
  • Richards, K., N. Sampson, and S. Brown. 2006. Agricultural and Forestlands: U.S. Carbon Policy Strategies. Report for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. Washington, DC.
  • Stavins, R. and K. Richards. 2005. The Cost of U.S. Forest-based Carbon Sequestration. Report for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. Washington, DC.
  • Richards, K. 2005. “Forest Carbon Sequestration Costs in the United States and Louisiana.” In Proceedings of Louisiana Natural Resources Symposium, July 18-20, 2005. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  • Richards, K. 2004. “A Brief Overview of Carbon Sequestration Economics and Policy.” Environmental Management 33(4):545-558.
  • Richards K. and C. Stokes. 2004. “A Review of Forest Carbon Sequestration Cost Studies: A Dozen Years of Research.” Climatic Change 63:1-48.
  • Richards, K. 2003. “The Instrument Choice Game: When Do Environmental Taxes Win?” Chapter 4 in Critical Issues In International Environmental Taxation: International And Comparative Perspectives (Volume I), J. Milne, K. Deketelaere, L. Kreiser, and H. Ashiabor (Eds.), 61-88.