Contributing Authors

• Author: John C. Dernbach
• Profession: Editor
• Pages: 15-27

CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS

Nathaniel Aden is a senior research associate with the China Energy

Group of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,where he spe-

cializes in energy policy analysis, industrial energy efficiency, and

energy-related carbon emissions mitigation. He has published arti-

cles on the environmental implications of energy policy in China, in-

cluding the unexpected growth of energy-related carbon emissions

since 2002.

Robert Adler is the associate dean for academic affairs and James I.

Farr Chair in Law at the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of

Law. Prior to entering academia, he practiced environmental law for

15 years. His most recent books are Restoring Colorado River Ecosys-

tems: A TroubledSense of Immensity (Island Press 2007) and Environ-

mental Law: A Conceptual and Pragmatic Approach (Aspen 2007,

with David Driesen).

Sabina Ahmed is a program coordinator at the World Resources

Institute.

Gary D. Bass is the founder and executive director of OMB Watch,

which addresses government accountability and citizen participation.

Dr. Bass is also an affiliated professor at Georgetown University’s

Public Policy Institute, where he teaches about advocacy and social

change. He serves on numerous nonprofit boards and advisory com-

mittees, and has received numerous awards, including being listed as

part of the NonProfit TimesPower and Influence Top 50 for the past 10

years, being inducted in 2006 into the National Freedom of Informa-

tion Hall of Fame, and being selected as one of the 2007 Federal 100,

which goes to those who had the greatest impact on the government

information systems community. In 1989, Dr. Bass started RTK NET

(www.rtknet.org), a searchable website providing information about

toxic chemicals released into our communities.

Donald A. Brown is an associate professor in the Environmental Eth-

ics, Science, and Law Program in the Program on Science, Technol-

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