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100
Every legend has a 'first.' This pioneering individual was our first legal fellow!
Who is Jason?
100
Name one Supreme Court case in which IPI has been an amicus.
What is:
Learning Resources v. Trump; Michigan v. EPA; West Virginia v. EPA; UARG; Seven County; EPA v. EME Homer City Generation
100
The 2023 Circular A-4 recommends this discount rate as the rate at which society as a whole can trade current consumption for future consumption.
What is 2 percent?
100
Whether it’s 'The Morning' newsletter or the Sunday Styles, this 175-year-old institution is the source our office reads most in the morning.
What is The New York Times?
100
This snappy title goes on this recently published Policy Integrity report.
What is The Unfinished Roadmap?
200
Role reversal! Which two Policy Integrity staff members recently swapped titles?
Who are Max and Jason?
200
This 2024 landmark FERC rule requires transmission providers to conduct long-term planning over a horizon of at least 20 years.
What is Order 1920?
200
This framework treats the environment not as a free resource, but as a measurable productive asset that should be considered when calculating GDP.
What is natural capital accounting?
200
You’ll find the staff’s favorite way to caffeinate inside their favorite mugs.
What is coffee?
200
I hope you have a good podcast! This is the average amount of time it takes us to get to the office.
What is 30-45 minutes?
300
Name any two members sitting on our board of directors.
Who are: [pick any 2]
Norman Bay; Boris Bershteyn; Inimai M. Chettiar; Maureen Cropper; Kirti Datla; E. Donald Elliott; Adam Finkel; Sheila Foster; Michael Gergen; John D. Graham; Richard Horsch; Paul L. Joskow; Sally Katzen; Nathaniel Keohane; Rubén Kraiem; Michael A. Livermore; Thomas Melone; Albert Monroe; Ignacia S. Moreno; Richard Morgenstern; Michael Oppenheimer; Vickie Patton; Kevin Poloncarz; Kathleen Rest; Julissa Reynoso; Frederick A. O. Schwarz Jr.; Paul Segal; Susan Tierney; Jonathan B. Wiener; Katrina Wyman; Avi Zevin.
300
These presidential appointees keep the lights on and the gas flowing — they regulate the nation's energy highways from their seats at FERC! [Name one]
Who is:
Laura V. Swett; David Rosner; Lindsay S. See; Judy W. Chang; David A. LaCerte
300
“The Scale of ___” is an ongoing IPI report series quantifying damages associated with emissions from various sectors of the economy.
What is significance?
[Note: the ref will also accept "contribution," as CAA sections 202 and 231 don't have a significance qualifier, so any future aircraft GHG report should be titled "The Scale of Contribution: Aircraft." Therefore, this may be considered an "ongoing" report series despite only one report existing]
300
This item is one of the top three "desk essentials" in the office.
What are [mugs/laptop/snacks] ?
300
This is __'s office.
Who is Derek?
400
If you go to our website, you'll see that we publish this many different newsletters.
What is 6?
400
This policy tool would apply a price to the carbon emissions embedded in imported goods.
What is a carbon border adjustment mechanism (or CBAM)?
400
This paradox suggests that increasing the efficiency with which a resource is used (like fuel-efficient engines) can actually lead to an increase in its total consumption.
What is Jevon's paradox?
400
This is the top office lunch spot.
What is Mamoun's OR Saigon Shack?
400
If you believe the sign outside the elevator, you aren't at the Institute for Policy Integrity, but rather at this incorrectly-spelled establishment.
What is the Institute for Policy Integuity?
500
The Institute for Policy Integrity is a non-partisan think tank dedicated to ____. We produce original scholarly research in the fields of economics, law, and public policy. We also advocate for reform before courts and government agencies. Our primary area of focus is environmental and energy policy.”
What is:
improving the quality of governmental decisionmaking
500
As of today, this is the number of submissions under review at OIRA. (Within 5)
147
500
As of today, our deregulatory tracker estimates this many billions of dollars in annual net benefits are at risk. (Within 10 billion)
What is 156 billion?
500
Grab that red pen! Staff members think this writing guide rule should be edited out.
What is, "are you kidding, the writing guide is a perfect document!"
(Ref will also accept "hyphens")
500
Information overload! This is how many files exist on the Policy Integrity Box. (Within 10,000)
What is 184,989?