The findings have just been published in Energy and Environmental Science, a professional journal, in work funded by the National Science Foundation.

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He teaches international environmental politics in the political science department at Stanford University and energy law at Stanford Law School.

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At the event, officials from the Departments of Transportation, Labor, Energy, Education, and Agriculture, as well as from the Office of Personnel Management, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency and Corporation for National and Community Service, met with leaders of STEM mentoring organizations and members of the public.

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