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Message From: Sent: To: CC: Subject: Attachments: Oren Cass [ocass@manhattan-institute.org] 1/16/2018 8:57:22 PM Bennett, Tate [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=lfa92542f7ca4d01973bl8b2fllb9141-Bennett, El] Dravis, Samantha [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=ece53f0610054e669d9dffe0b3a842df-Dravis, Sam] RE: Meeting with Administrator Pruitt on Thursday 170321-The Problem with Climate Catastrophizing (FA).pdf; 180118-Challenges in Evaluating the Costs of Climate Change (EPA Presentation).pdf Samantha and Tate, Attached are two files that might be useful to you or Adm inistrator Pruitt in advance of our discussion on Thursday. - The first is the presentation that I am hoping we can go through during the meeting, looking at the current state of ciimate economics and the need for greater scrutiny of the assumptions that go into those studies. - The second is an essay I wrote iast year for Foreign Affairs that outlines my thoughts on how best to think and com m unicate about clim ate change not sure whether that wiii be relevant to the meeting, but I figured it is worth sending in case. For the presentation, I definitely do not need a projector, in fact I'd prefer if we can ju st sit around a table to discuss. But would it be possibie for someone there to print copies of the presentation and bring them to the meeting? If not, I can print and bring them along - please ju st let me know. Thank you, Oren From: Bennett, Tate [mailto:Bennett.Tate@epa.qov1 Sent: Monday, January 15, 2018 5:31 PM To: Oren Cass Cc: Dravis, Samantha; Ford, Hayley Subject: Re: Meeting with Administrator Pruitt on Thursday Hi Oren! We are looking forward to Thursday. We will have roughly 30-45 minutes for the meeting, but I'm Hayley Ford in case that has changed. We were thinking this meeting could be purely informative in nature, and not necessarily in the context of a specific EPA exercise. That is correct- the Administrator is interested in emissions baselines and economic analyses of clime change (and the extent to which humans contribute). We would like to focus on 1) your specific findings and research in these areas and 2) what other existing research narratives/ schools are currently being circulated and your take on them. Samantha, is that your take as well? If you have a presentation or materials already prepared, we can certainly get them to him ahead of time. However, no need to recreate the wheel if it's easier for you to send along the key reports in advance. Looking forward to seeing you. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 5 ED 002061 00059010-00001 Tate On Jan 15, 2018, at 4:23 PM, Oren Cass <ocass@manhattan-institute.org> wrote: Samantha and Tate, I ju st wanted to check in with you briefly regarding the plan for our meeting on Thursday morning, which I have on the calendar for 9:30am. A few questions: - How long will we have for the discussion? - I expect generally that the objective is to discuss the opportunity to exam ine em issions baselines and econom ic analyses of clim ate change in the context of a red-team /blue-team exercise. Is that right? - Would it be helpful for me to send anything for the Adm inistrator to read in advance, or to bring a formal (e.g., PowerPoint) presentation, or should I ju st be prepared with a brief agenda for discussion? (At a minimum, I would bring copies of some of the key reports and studies that we might discuss, as well as some of the figures from my own forthcoming report.) Thank you, Oren Oren M. Cass Senior Fellow Manhattan Institute for Policy Research 52 Vanderbilt Avenue New York, NY 10017 ocass@manhattan-institute.org www.manhattan-institute.org Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 5 ED 002061 00059010-00002