Senior Vice President
Joel Bluestein is a nationally recognized expert on the impacts of environmental and energy regulation. At ICF International, he has been directly involved in the development of most of the recently developed emission trading programs. He advises companies on the implications of greenhouse gas (GHG) regulation and assists in the development of GHG compliance and sustainability strategies.
During his 30-year career, he has performed technology and market assessment, energy conservation project analysis, and long-term energy demand forecasting, and testified before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a registered Professional Engineer.
In this webinar, ICF oil and gas supply experts will discuss technological advances in horizontal drilling and multistage hydraulic fracturing that have changed North American natural gas markets and are increasingly applied to tight oil production in the United States and Canada.
In this Energy and Environment Intelligence webinar, the discussion focuses on market drivers and trends behind natural gas supply, demand, and prices in the last year as well as price forecasts for the coming year.
In this Energy and Environment Intelligence webinar, the discussion will focus on the recent growth in industrial projects and the potential for additional growth in U.S. industrial activity, its implications for gas demand, and potential economic impact across the U.S. economy.
In this webinar, ICF International senior greenhouse gas trading experts Steve Fine and Jan Mazurek review the August practice auction, what challenges ARB encountered, and what other refinements ARB may make to the cap-and-trade system in advance of the first November auction and implementation in January 2013.
ICF International recently published an article in POWER Magazine exploring the growing interconnectivity of U.S. natural gas and electricity markets and will discuss implications for both of these industries in this webinar.