Areas of Expertise:

Biofuels, Climate Change, Energy Economics, Environmental Policy, Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas

Additional Areas of Expertise:

Political economy, institutional economics

Lee Lane is a visiting fellow at the Hudson Institute. His recent publications include monographs and book chapters on the political economy of climate policy, oil and gas production, energy and water, renewable fuels, global deforestation, and geoengineering. His book Strategic Options for Bush Administration Climate Policy was published by AEI Press. Lane’s work has been covered in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Financial Times, Time Magazine, National Public Radio, Climate Wire, Energy and Environment Daily, and E&E TV. Lane is now serving as an expert reviewer for Working Group 3 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has often testified before Congress. Before joining Hudson, he was a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and co-director of AEI’s geoengineering project. Earlier he was executive director of the Climate Policy Center. In the 1990s, Lane held Vice Presidencies at the CSX Corporation and the Association of American Railroads.

Recent Posts by Lee Lane

• Would a carbon tax effectively combat climate change?
• Solar Radiation Management--An Evolving Climate Policy Option

Recent Comments by Lee Lane

• "Several of the thoughtful posts above ably express what seems to me to be the single most important point about the SPR; namely, the state of geopolit"
  Should We Use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as a Revenue Stream?
• "A demand peak seems implicitly to assume rising oil prices. Almost since the dawn of the oil age, people have been predicting that oil resource deplet"
  Will Demand for Oil Peak by 2035?
• "The key question is whether Mr. Obama’s new rules governing stimulation of oil and gas wells (fracking) on federal land will produce net costs or net "
  Fracking on Federal Lands
• "Wil, I share some of your unease about technocratic policy making. Technocrats can be ideologues, and they often are. Nonetheless, efforts meant "
  Climate Engineering: Solution or Problem?
• "Jane, You seem to be making two claims at the end of your post. First, that the developing countries are willing to curb their emissions if only we"
  Bipartisan Energy Policy: The Solution or the Problem?
• "Regulatory reform is needed to speed up oil and gas production both on the OCS and in onshore federal lands."
  What Should Our Policymakers Focus On?
• "Daniel, I would hope that, were a larger global deal feasible, Berlin would be part of it. The strength of their green ideology and their relative de"
  Protecting Our Climate and the Middle Class
• "Daniel A fair question—although I'm not sure that I can go much farther in answering it than I already have. U.S. greenhouse gas abatement, unless it"
  Protecting Our Climate and the Middle Class
• "Dan, I can and do buy the idea that climate change poses a long-run problem. I believe that it is a greater problem for poorer countries with tropi"
  Protecting Our Climate and the Middle Class
• "Dan, The policymaking process exacts social costs. These costs derive from many sources. Voters are often ignorant. Members of Congress serve green"
  Protecting Our Climate and the Middle Class