John A. "Skip" Laitner

Skip Laitner is a resource economist with more than 30 years of experience in public policy analysis, economic impact studies, and economic development planning. He currently serves as the Senior Economist for Technology Policy within the EPA’s Office of Atmospheric Programs. In that capacity, Mr. Laitner was awarded the EPA’s 1998 Gold Medal for his work with a team of economists that helped lay the foundation for the recent Kyoto Protocol on Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

With more than 150 articles, reports, and studies to his credit, Mr. Laitner is best known for his many studies on the employment, economic development, and productivity benefits of a more energy-efficient future. He is a frequent lecturer and has appeared as an expert witness in more than four dozen legal hearings and adjudicatory proceedings throughout the country. He has testified on a variety of issues before a variety of legislative bodies. Mr. Laitner has conducted technical seminars in such diverse places as Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Korea, and South Africa. He has a master’s degree in resource economics.

Although Mr. Laitner relies on the most credible sources of information to drive his various assessments of the nation’s energy consumption patterns, the Calvert-Henderson Energy Indicator should not be taken as representing the views of either the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the U.S. Government.

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