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Climate Media Fellow
Kari Lydersen
Kari will report on the physical questions related to whether the US can learn from Germany and other European countries in transitioning from the “old” to “new” energy economy. In particular, Kari will focus her research on the transition of former coal plants or other industrial sites into clean energy generation or public space and on the way in which policy mechanisms, land use changes and initiatives can make such a transition possible. This is an area of growing interest to policymakers in the U.S. as more than 100 older coal-fired power plants nation-wide have closed or announced imminent closing.
Kari Lydersen is a 2011-2012 Scripps Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado focusing on mining, energy and environmental law and policy. She formerly worked for The Washington Post and for the Chicago edition of The New York Times through the Chicago News Cooperative. She also writes for Midwest Energy News and other media outlets and teaches journalism at Columbia College and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of three books.
Publications
In Europe as in the Midwest, renewable revolutions depend on a better grid (Midwest Energy News, October 10, 2012)Lessons from Essen: What the US Rust Belt Can Learn From Germany (In These Times, October 2, 2012)
When coal plants shut down, what happens next? (Midwest Energy News, March 20, 2012)
Power Station's Closing Could Create Problems (New York Times, February 11, 2012)
