Chris Busch

Chris_buschChris Busch, Director of Research for Energy Innovation

Chris Busch is the Director of Research for Energy Innovation, a policy think tank. He leads the firm’s urban sustainability and California climate policy programs. Chris has engaged in California cap-and-trade program design proceedings since the passage of Assembly Bill 32 in 2006. In 2009, he was named a member of the California EPA’s Economic and Technology Advancement Advisory Committee. Previously, Chris worked for the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Blue-Green Alliance, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He holds a Ph.D. in environmental economics and a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of California, Berkeley.