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Joel
Schwartz
(916) 203-6309
joel[at]joelschwartz.com
EXPERIENCE
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Visiting
Fellow ,
1/04 to present
American Enterprise Institute
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Environmental
Consultant,
5/02 to present
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Senior
Scientist and Director of the Air Quality Project, 12/00
to 4/02
Reason Public Policy Institute, Los Angeles, California
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Executive
Officer, California Inspection and Maintenance Review Committee
(IMRC), 12/97 to 12/00, Sacramento, California
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Senior
Policy Analyst, Legislative Analyst's Office, 6/95 to 12/97
Sacramento, California
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Special
Consultant, California Inspection and Maintenance Review
Committee,
8/94 to 6/95 Sacramento, California
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Environmental
Consultant, Los Angeles, California 1/94 to 8/94
RAND Corporation, Division of Social Policy, Santa Monica, California
South
Coast Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, California
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Staff
Scientist, Coalition for Clean Air, Los Angeles, California
5/91 to 1/94
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Graduate
Student, Division of Geology and Planetary Sciences, 9/87
to 4/91
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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Research
Associate, Laboratory for Planetary Studies, 6/86 to 5/87
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
EDUCATION
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German
Marshall Fund Fellow - 1993, German Marshall Fund of the United
States Washington, DC
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California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Master of Science in Planetary Science, June 1990
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Cornell
University, College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, New York
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, June 1986
POLICY
STUDIES AND RESEARCH PAPERS
"Clearing
the Air," Regulation (Summer 2003).
"No
Way Back: Why Air Pollution Will Continue to Decline" (Washington,
DC: American Enterprise Institute, July 2003).
"Particulate
Air Pollution: Weighing the Risks" (Washington, DC: Competitive
Enterprise Institute, April 2003).
"Public
Interest Comment on EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program:
Proposed Chemical Selection Approach for Initial Round of Screening"
(Washington, DC: Mercatus Center, March 2003).
"The
Bush Administration's Environmental Policy: Mid-Term Report Card,"
Chapter on Air Quality Regulation (Bozeman, Montana: Political
Economy Research Center, January 2003).
"Overview
of Voluntary Vehicle Scrap Programs for Reducing In-Use Vehicle
Emissions," prepared for the Arizona Department of Environmental
Quality (Austin, Texas: Eastern Research Group, June 2002).
"Extended
Producer Responsibility: Re-examining its Role in Environmental
Protection," co-authored with Dana Joel Gattuso (Los Angeles:
Reason Public Policy Institute, May 2002).
"How
the American Lung Association's 'State of the Air 2002' Report
Misleads the Public about Air Pollution and Health" (Los Angeles:
Reason Public Policy Institute, May, 2002).
"Hormonally
Active Chemicals in the Environment" (Los Angeles: Reason Public
Policy Institute, April 2002).
"Breathe
Easier on Air Pollution-Asthma Link" (Dallas: National Center
for Policy Analysis, March 2002).
"Grading
the Graders: How Advocacy Groups' 'Report Cards' Mislead the Public
on Air Pollution and Urban Transport" (Los Angeles: Reason Public
Policy Institute, December 2001).
"New
Study Distorts Health Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reduction" (Los
Angeles: Reason Public Policy Institute, August 2001).
"Breathe
Easier: The American Lung Association's Misleading 'State of the
Air 2001' Report" (Los Angeles: Reason Public Policy Institute,
May 2001).
"Recommendations
to Improve the Smog Check Program" (Sacramento: California Inspection
and Maintenance Review Committee, October 2000).
"Smog
Check II Evaluation," mandated evaluation presented to the Governor
and Legislature of California, co-authored with T. Wenzel, B.
Singer, M. Moezzi, E. Gumerman, B. Slott and R. Sawyer (J. M.
Schwartz, Project Director) (Sacramento: California Inspection
and Maintenance Review Committee, August 2000).
"Improving
Evaluation of Mobile Source Policies," invited comments to the
National Research Council on its review of EPA's mobile source
emissions factor model (Sacramento: California Inspection and
Maintenance Review Committee, March 1999).
"Remote
Sensing of Vehicle Emissions: State of the Technology, Potential
Applications, Cost Estimates, and Recommendations" (Sacramento:
California Inspection and Maintenance Review Committee, September
1998).
"Evaluation
of Charter School Effectiveness," J. Powell, J. Blackorby, J.
Marsh, K. Finnegan and L. Anderson (J. M. Schwartz, Project Director)
(Menlo Park, California: SRI International, December 1997).
"Analysis
of the Reading Recovery Program" (Sacramento: California Legislative
Analyst's Office, June 1997).
"Class
Size Reduction" (Sacramento: California Legislative Analyst's
Office, February 1997).
"Child
Development," in Analysis of the 1997-1998 Budget Bill (Sacramento:
California Legislative Analyst's Office, February 1997).
"Federal
Welfare Reform (H.R. 3734): Fiscal Effect on California," co-authored
with T. Bland, D. Rabovsky, A. Lee, G. Jolivette, and L. Ehling
(Sacramento: California Legislative Analyst's Office, August 1996).
"California's
Assessment Program," in Analysis of the 1996-1997 Budget Bill
(Sacramento: California Legislative Analyst's Office, February
1996).
"Child
Development," in Analysis of the 1996-1997 Budget Bill (Sacramento:
California Legislative Analyst's Office, February 1996).
"Parental
Involvement," in Analysis of the 1996-1997 Budget Bill (Sacramento:
California Legislative Analyst's Office, February 1996).
"House
and Senate Welfare Reform: Fiscal Effects on California," co-authored
with T. Bland (Sacramento: California Legislative Analyst's Office,
September 1995).
"An
Analysis of the USEPA's 50-Percent Discount for Decentralized
Vehicle I/M Programs" (Sacramento: California Inspection and Maintenance
Review Committee, March 1995).
"Framework
for an Effective I/M Program" (Sacramento: California Inspection
and Maintenance Review Committee, March 1995).
"Air
Credits and BRAC: Crisis or Obstacle?" co-authored with D. Rubenson
(Santa Monica: RAND, November 1994).
"Urban
Transport and Land Use: The Politics of Successful Policy Development
and Implementation" (Washington, DC: German Marshall Fund, 1993).
"Building
Consensus Among Business Interests, Environmental Organizations,
and Regulatory Agencies to Effectively Link Clean Air and Transportation
Policies" (Los Angeles: Sequoia Group, 1992).
"Plasma
Discharge in N2 + CH4 at Low Pressures: Experimental Results and
Applications to Titan," W. R. Thompson, T. J. Henry, J. M. Schwartz,
B. N. Khare and C. Sagan, Icarus, vol. 90, pp. 57-73 (1991).
"Scatterers
in Triton's Atmosphere: Implications for the Seasonal Volatile
Cycle," J. B. Pollack, J. M. Schwartz and K. Rages, Science, vol.
250, pp. 440-443 (1990).
"Voyager
2 at Neptune: Imaging Science Results," B. A. Smith, L. A. Soderblom
et al., Science, vol. 246, pp. 1422-1449 (1989).
"Light
Hydrocarbons from Plasma Discharge in H2-He-CH4: First Results
and Uranian Auroral Chemistry," W. R. Thompson, T. Henry, B. N.
Khare, L. Flynn, J. M. Schwartz and C. Sagan, Journal of Geophysical
Research, vol. 92, no. A13, pp. 15,083-015,092 (1987).
COMMENTARIES AND OP-EDS
"The
Insincerity Principle," Tech Central Station, June 23, 2003.
"Pollution
Report Plays Numbers Game, Los Angeles Daily News, May 7, 2003.
"State
of the Scare," co-authored with Steven Hayward, Tech Central Station,
May 1, 2003.
"Clear
Skies, Hazy Logic," Tech Central Station, April 23, 2003.
"Air
Pollution Con Game," Washington Times, September 13, 2002.
"CDC
Hates the Suburbs," Health Facts and Fears, healthfactsandfears.com,
American Council on Science and Health, July 26, 2002.
"Railroaded
to Nowhere," Tech Central Station, July 22, 2002.
"Tackle
Traffic, Pollution Separately," Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
June 25, 2002.
"Don't
Blame Bay Area for Problems," Bakersfield Californian, June 16,
2002.
"ALA
Misleads About Air Pollution," Health Facts and Fears, American
Council on Science and Health, May 22, 2002.
"Gasping
at Straws," Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 5, 2002.
"Muddy
Statistics Dirty Air," Tech Central Station, May 1, 2002.
"Hazy
Logic Clouds State's Smog Wars," San Francisco Examiner, March
29, 2002.
"Enhanced
Smog Check and Bay Area Air Pollution Transport Fact Sheet," Reason
Public Policy Institute, March 2002.
"The
Skinny on Soot," co-authored with Ken Green, Reason Public Policy
Institute, March 2002.
"Air
Pollution and Health - Interpreting the Newest Study Linking Particulate
Air Pollution and Mortality," co-authored with Ken Green, Reason
Public Policy Institute, March 2002.
"Does
Ozone Cause Asthma?" Reason Public Policy Institute, February
2002.
"Ethanol
Mandate: Forcing Outdated Technology that May Not Even Work,"
Reason Public Policy Institute, August 2001.
"Electricity
Crisis Short Circuits Promising Environmental Program" co-authored
with Ken Green, Reason Public Policy Institute, June 2001.
"Autos
and Air Pollution Should File for Divorce," Tech Central Station,
May 15, 2001.
"Class
Size Reduction: A First Look at Implementation" California Legislative
Analyst's Office, December 1996.
TESTIMONY
"Ethanol
and Air Pollution," testimony to the Minnesota Senate Environment
Committee, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 2, 2005.
"Reducing
In-Use Vehicle Emissions," invited testimony to the Governing
Board of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco,
California, June 5, 2002.
"Vehicle
Emissions Inspection and Pollution Transport Mitigation in the
San Francisco Bay Area," comments to the California Air Resources
Board, September 26, 2001.
"Vehicle
Scrap Programs in California," comments to the California Air
Resources Board, August 9, 2001.
"Concerns
Regarding EPA's I/M Evaluation Guidance," comments to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, July 15, 1999.
"Analysis
and Recommendations on the MOBILE6 Vehicle Emissions Model," comments
to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, July 15, 1999.
"Charter
School Performance," invited testimony to the California Senate
Education Committee, December 18, 1997.
"The
1997-98 K-12 Budget Proposal," testimony to the California Assembly
and Senate budget subcommittees and the Budget Conference Committee,
several appearances, Winter-Spring 1997.
"The
1996-97 K-12 Budget Proposal," testimony to the California Assembly
and Senate budget subcommittees and the Budget Conference Committee,
several appearances, Winter-Spring 1996.
"Vehicle
Inspection and Maintenance: Comments on the U.S. EPA's 50-Percent
Effectiveness Discount for Decentralized I/M Programs," invited
testimony presented before the United States House of Representatives,
Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations,
March 23, 1995.
"Analysis
and Recommendations on California's Smog Check Program," report
of the blue-ribbon Commission on Vehicle Inspection Programs before
the California Senate Transportation Committee, August 1993.
"Cleaning
the Air with an Improved Smog Check Program," invited testimony
to the California Assembly Transportation Committee, February
16, 1993.
"The
Emissions Inventory and the CO Plan," testimony to the South Coast
Air Quality Management District Governing Board, November 6, 1992.
"SCAQMD's
1991 Air Quality Management Plan," testimony to the California
Air Resources Board, October 16, 1992.
"Comments
on the SCAQMD's RECLAIM Pollution Trading Program," testimony
to the South Coast Air Quality Management District Governing Board,
July 10, 1992.
"Comments
on Cal/EPA's Reorganization and Permit Streamlining Plan," comments
to the California Environmental Protection agency, May 27, 1992.
"Marketable
Permits: A Phased Approach," comments to the South Coast Air Quality
Management District and the California Air Resources Board, March
5, 1992.
"Comments
on the Final Draft of LACTC's Congestion Management Program,"
comments to the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission,
October 15, 1991.
PRESENTATIONS
"No
Way Back: Why Air Pollution Will Continue to Decline," invited
presentation at the American Enterprise Institute/Pacific Research
Institute Earth Day Conference, Washington, DC, April 21, 2003.
"Air
Pollution: Trends, Health Effects, and Current Issues," invited
presentation at the Association for Private Enterprise Education
Conference, Las Vegas, April 8, 2003.
"How
to Clean the Air," invited presentation at the Preserving the
American Dream conference, Washington, DC, February 25, 2003.
"Institutional
Problems in Air Pollution Policy," invited presentation at the
Preserving the American Dream conference, Washington, DC, February
25, 2003.
"OBD
and the Future of Smog Check," invited presentation at the California
Council for Environmental and Economic Balance, Summer Issues
Seminar, Lake Tahoe, California, July 31, 2001.
"Electric
Vehicles and Air Quality," invited presentation at the California
Council for Environmental and Economic Balance Summer Issues Seminar,
Lake Tahoe, California, July 31, 2001.
"Making
Vehicle Inspection Programs More Effective, Less Expensive, and
More Convenient," invited presentation to the Commissioners of
Butler County, Ohio, July 23, 2001.
"The
Role of I/M in Improving Air Quality," invited presentation to
the Texas Clean Air Force, Dallas, December 13, 2000.
"Evaluating
and Improving Smog Check," invited presentation to the California
Air Pollution Control Officers Association, Sacramento, September
20, 2000.
"Evaluating
and Improving Smog Check," invited presentation at the California
Council for Environmental and Economic Balance, Summer Issues
Seminar, Lake Tahoe, California, July 20, 2000.
"I/M
Programs: A Look at Where We've Been and Where We're Going," invited
presentation to the National Research Council on its review of
vehicle emissions inspection programs, February 15, 2000.
"Improving
Evaluation of Mobile Source Policies," invited presentation to
the National Research Council on its review of EPA's mobile source
emissions factor model, March 4, 1999.
"Designing
Effective I/M Programs," presented at the 1998 Air and Waste Management
Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, June 16, 1998.
"Class-Size
Reduction: First-Year Results," invited presentation at the California
Education Research Association annual conference, Sacramento,
May 1997.
"Meeting
Environmental Goals through Market-Based Regulation," invited
presentation at the "RECLAIM: Pioneering Market-Based Air Regulation"
conference, Los Angeles, May 12, 1993.
"RECLAIM,"
invited presentation to the Los Angeles Business Council, November
9, 1992.
"Regulations
vs. Market Incentives: Which Work Best?" invited presentation
at the Association for Commuter Transportation, Southern California
Chapter Regional Conference, June 11, 1992.
"Distribution
of Scatterers in Triton's Atmosphere," J. M. Schwartz, J. B. Pollack
and K. Rages, 22nd Annual Meeting of the Division of Planetary
Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Charlottesville,
Virginia, October 1990.
"Physical
and Chemical Processing of Gas and Grains in the Solar Nebula
Accretion Disk," J. M. Schwartz and D. J. Stevenson, 21st Annual
Meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American
Astronomical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, October 1989.
"Radiation
Chemistry in Nitrogen-Rich N2/CH4 Atmospheres at Moderate to Low
Pressures: The Atmospheres of Titan, Triton and Pluto," W. R.
Thompson, T. Henry, J. M. Schwartz, B. N. Khare and C. Sagan,
Origin and Evolution of Planetary and Satellite Atmospheres, Tucson,
Arizona, March 1987.
"Radiation
Chemistry in H2/He/CH4 Atmospheres: Laboratory Results at Moderate
to Low Pressures and High Hydrogen Dilution," B. N. Khare, W.
R. Thompson, E. T. Arakawa, J. M. Schwartz and C. Sagan, Origin
and Evolution of Planetary and Satellite Atmospheres, Tucson,
Arizona, March 1987.
"Laboratory
Simulations of Organic Chemistry in Irradiated Planetary Atmospheres,"
W. R. Thompson, B. N. Khare, T. Henry, L. Flynn and J. M. Schwartz,
Laboratory Measurements for Planetary Science, Meudon, France,
November 1986.
BOARDS AND PANELS
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Participant
in the California Environmental Dialogue's Clean Air Dialogue
(2000-present).
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Member
of the Advisory Board and Expert Reviewer, American Council
on Science and Health (2001-present).
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Expert
Reviewer for the University of California Transportation Center's
research grant program (1999-2001).
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Expert
Reviewer for the National Academy of Sciences evaluation of
vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance programs and policy
(2001).
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Expert
Reviewer of submitted papers for the Transportation Research
Board's annual meeting (2001).
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Member
of the California Little Hoover Commission's Charter Schools
Advisory Panel (1995-1996).
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Member
of a Legislature-appointed blue-ribbon commission that evaluated
California's vehicle emissions inspection policy options and
made recommendations to the Legislature (1993).
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Member
of the Advisory and Steering Committees for the development
of the Regional Clean Air Incentives Market (RECLAIM), a pollution
trading market for nitrogen and sulfur oxides in the South Coast
Air Quality Management District (1991-1993).
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Member
of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Congestion
Management Advisory Committee (1992-1993).
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Participant
in EPA regulatory negotiation FACA (Federal Advisory Committee
Act) committee on architectural coatings regulation (1992-1993).
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Member
of the Sequoia Group, a forum for business leaders, environmentalists,
and regulators to informally discuss and attempt to reach consensus
on air pollution and transportation issues (1991-1993).
- Peer-Reviewer
for Journal of Geophysical Research (1991).
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American
Chemical Society
Air
and Waste Management Association
American
Geophysical Union
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