All of the contributors to Acting in Time on Energy Policy are affiliated with Harvard University and rank among America's pre-eminent energy policy analysts. They tackle important questions as they pertain to specific areas of energy policy: Why are these components of energy policy so important? How would "acting in time"—i.e. not waiting until politics demands action—make a difference? What should our policy actually be? We need to get energy policy right this time—Gallagher and her colleagues help lead the way.
Kelly Sims Gallagher is director of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group at the Harvard Kennedy School and is the author of China Shifts Gears: Automakers, Oil, Pollution, and Development.
David T. Ellwood is dean of the Harvard Kennedy School.