S4 E4: Dr. Steve Cohen on Trump, Energy Policy, and Where We Go From Here

About this episode

Dr. Steven Cohen discusses energy policy and its implications under the Trump administration.

Dr. Steven Cohen is the Senior Vice Dean of Columbia’s School of Professional Studies and a Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He is also Director of the Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, Director of the Master of Science in Sustainability Management at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies, and the Director of the Earth Institute’s Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management at Columbia University. Cohen is a former policy analyst and consultant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and has been at Columbia since the early 1980s.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Steven Cohen

Topics covered

• energy policy
• sustainability
• environmental science
• public affairs
• Trump administration

Keywords

• energy policy
• sustainability
• environmental science
• public affairs
• Trump

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Columbia University, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Earth Institute

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