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John Deutch, Institute Professor Emeritus at MIT and former Director of the CIA, will give a talk titled 50 Years of Energy Policy —Lessons for the Future as part of the Dartmouth Energy Collaborative’s Energy Seminar series and the Thayer School of Engineering’s Great Issues in Energy series. This event will take place in person in the large classroom (IR-080) of the Irving Institute building and will be livestreamed. 

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About the Lecture
Nine U.S. presidential administrations have dealt with energy issues. What lessons learned from this history might help dealing with today’s climate issues? 

 The driving force for past energy issues fall into five buckets: 
1.  Political Instability
2.   Changes in Energy Policy
3.   Changed Technical Priorities
4.   Unexpected geopolitical events
5.   Financial Considerations 
 
Professor Deutch will advance a theory about how these energy issues are resolved and will propose ten actions to effectively meet the future challenges of global climate change.  

About the Speaker
John Deutch is an Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1970. Among his many roles at the federal level, Professor Deutch has served as Director of Central Intelligence, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Director of Energy Research, and Undersecretary in the Department of Energy as well as numerous presidential committees and commissions. He was a member of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (2012 – 2017) and chair (2014-2017).