Board, Staff and Fellows

Dr. John Talberth, President and Senior Economist
Dr. John Talberth,

John holds a Ph.D. in International and Environmental Economics from the University of New Mexico and an M.A. in...

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Richard Mietz, Vice President and Environmental Law Fellow
Richard Mietz,
Richard has been involved with various environmental and public interest groups as an activist, attorney, and board...

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Kinga Dow Director, Sustainability On-Line
Kinga Dow

Kinga has been involved in web development since 1999. As the owner and creative director of Kinga Dow Motion...

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Dr. Nejem Raheem, Secretary-Treasurer and Economics Fellow
Dr. Nejem Raheem,

Nejem graduated from Bennington College, and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of New Mexico where he...

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Suntara Loba, Managing Director
Suntara Loba,

Suntara graduated with a degree in Liberal Arts from Sarah Lawrence College where her curriculum focused on Spanish...

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Lindsay Mayo, Public and Client Relations
Lindsay Mayo,

Raised in Marin County, CA, Lindsay has lived in Santa Fe since 1978, producing and choreographing dance concerts,...

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Economic Feasibility of Coal to Liquids Development in Alaska’s Interior

The Northern Alaska Environmental Center retained CSE to provide an independent critique of two economic studies published by the National Energy Technology Lab and Hatch, Ltd. in support of coal-to-liquids plants in the Fairbanks region. The study considered CTL development from a net public benefits perspective, and concluded that economic feasibility is highly unlikely because the net present value of public investments are likely to be well less than zero and benefit-cost ratios well less than one. CSE’s report considered all relevant public and private costs, including natural resource damages, carbon emissions, and public subsidies – costs excluded from both the NETL and Hatch reports. The CSE report also corrected inaccurate assumptions contained in the economic analysis such as 100% plant availability and coal prices significantly less than what is being quoted by the coal supplier. Read:

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