Jay Hakes has had a long career in government dealing with energy and environmental issues. His posts included: assistant to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, director of the Florida Governor’s Energy Office, administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and director of policy and research for the presidential commission on the BP Oil Spill. He has testified before congressional committees on more than two dozen occasions. Between 2000 and 2013, he served as Director of The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library.
Hakes has also been active in research, writing, and speaking on critical national issues. After earning his PhD in political science at Duke University, he taught at the University of New Orleans. More recently, he has published three books and numerous articles on the intersections between energy, the environment, the economy, and national security.
Book
The Presidents and the Planet: Climate Change Science and Politics from Eisenhower to Bush (LSU Press, 2024)
Speech
“Taking the Long View on the Energy Technologies We Need,” Tulane University Future of Energy Forum (November 14, 2024)
Speech
“Roger Revelle’s Genius in La Jolla and the Wider World,” UC San Diego (October 9, 2024)
Broadcast Interview
“Why Leadership Matters: A Conversation with Jay Hakes,” WNET (October 2024)
Broadcast Interview
Discussion of Presidents and the Planet, Louisiana Insider (September 26, 2024)
Article
“Electric Cars and Election Consequences,” Real Clear Energy (September 18, 2024)
Broadcast Interview
Discussion of climate ramification of presidential election, Climate Confident (September 4, 2024)
Broadcast Interview
“The Untold History of Climate Change Science and Politics,” Columbia Energy Exchange (August 27, 2024)
Speech
“The Biggest Resilience Challenge: Finding a Twenty-Year Strategy on Climate Change,” University of Southern Mississippi (November 14, 2023)
Article
“Energy Independence and Presidential Politics,” Real Clear Energy (June 2, 2023)
Speech
“Historical Perspectives on Efficiency, electrification, and Climate Change,” Institute for Energy Efficiency, University of California Santa Barbara (March 9, 2023)
Broadcast Interview
“Jimmy Carter’s energy Policy Legacy,” Columbia Energy Exchange (February 28, 2023)
Broadcast Interview
Discussion of Strategic Petroleum Reserve, CTV News (April 1, 2022)
Print Interview
Article on Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Washington Post (April 1, 2022)
Print Interview
Article on energy conservation, New York Times (March 18, 2022)
Print Interview
Article on Russian fossil fuels, Bloomberg Green (March 8, 2022)
Print Interview
Article on how the invasion of Ukraine affects U.S. energy policies, Washington Post (February 25, 2022)
Print Interview
Article on predictions related to solar and wind power, New York Times, January 20, 2022
Book
Energy Crises: Nixon, ford, Carter and Hard Choices in the 1970 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2021)
Article
“Climate Change is a Global Challenge That Requires a Global Perspective,” The Hill, July 12, 2021
Article
“Is Climate Change an Unstoppable Freight Train or a Ship About to Turn?” The Hill, March 22, 2021
Article
“Will Biden Allow Too Much or Too Little Drilling?” The Hill, March 15, 2021
Article
“Challenges for Climate Candidates and Climate voters,” Real Clear Energy, September 2019
Testimony
Modern energy policy, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, February 7, 2019
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