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Clean Energy Graduate Student Fellow

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San Francisco, CA, USA
Internship

NRDC is seeking a Clean Energy Graduate Student Fellow to work with the Climate and Clean Energy team in our San Francisco office. This is a part-time internship starting in late Spring (March or April) and which becomes full time (35 hours/week) during the summer (June-August). This is a paid internship.

The Fellow will work with NRDC staff on policy related to reducing emissions from buildings and better integrating distributed energy resources into the electric grid. This will include work related to the implementation of the new laws regarding building decarbonization (SB 1477 and AB 3232) and on the energy efficiency and integrated distributed energy resources (IDER) proceedings at the Public Utilities Commission, as well as other opportunities as they arise; the policy venues we work in (primarily the California Public Utilities Commissions, California Energy Commission, and legislature for this internship) change quickly and a portion of the Fellow’s time will need to be flexible to respond to new developments.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Conduct analysis related to new California laws (SB 1477 and AB 3232)
  • Develop formal proceeding comments to provide input of policy design and implementation
  • Develop internal memos, public blogs, and other writing to further policy opportunities to decarbonize the electricity and building sectors.
  • Present findings and information both internally, and as opportunities arise at workshops or other public forums.
Educational Background: 
Graduate-level student (masters or PhD) focused on energy policy
Skills/Experience: 
  • Required: Strong writing skills
  • Required: Ability to absorb new information quickly and communicate it to diverse audiences
  • Preferred: Some experience with policy opportunities to decarbonize the electricity and building sectors

Organization Info

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Overview
Headquarters: 
New York, NY, United States
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Founded: 
1970
About Us
Mission: 

The Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.

We work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life -- air, land and water -- and to defend endangered natural places.

We seek to establish sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth as central ethical imperatives of human society. NRDC affirms the integral place of human beings in the environment.

We strive to protect nature in ways that advance the long-term welfare of present and future generations.

We work to foster the fundamental right of all people to have a voice in decisions that affect their environment. We seek to break down the pattern of disproportionate environmental burdens borne by people of color and others who face social or economic inequities. Ultimately, NRDC strives to help create a new way of life for humankind, one that can be sustained indefinitely without fouling or depleting the resources that support all life on Earth.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Dec 28 2018
Active Until: 
Jan 28 2019
Hiring Organization: 
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
industry: 
Nonprofit