Sean Pool
Assistant Editor
Sean Pool is the Assistant Editor of Science Progress, the Center for American Progress’s online science and technology policy journal. Sean is responsible for the day-to-day operations and editing of Science Progress in addition to his work researching and writing about the innovation economy and policies that promote small business success, entrepreneurship, and bottom-up economic growth.
Previously, Sean supported Climate Progress and CAP’s energy opportunity team, where he assisted the Vice President of Energy Policy with team administration and in the development of policy proposals to advance the U.S. clean energy economy. Sean’s policy work with the energy team focused on regional and state-level climate change policies, clean energy innovation networks, and enhancing U.S. industrial competitiveness through research, commercialization, and deployment of new technology.
Before coming to CAP, Sean researched international voluntary and policy-driven carbon markets at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, at the Yale Office of Sustainability, and at the Australia National University Green Office in Canberra.
Sean received his bachelor’s degree from Yale University with a double major in environmental engineering and international studies, and wrote his senior thesis comparing the role of governments in shaping the business climate for private investment in wind energy innovation in six European countries and the United States.
Articles by Sean Pool
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President Obama Links Middle-Class Prosperity and Innovation,
January 25, 2012
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Rewiring the Federal Government for Competitiveness,
January 19, 2012
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Big Ideas for Small Business,
January 5, 2012
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Big Ideas for Small Business,
December 15, 2011
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Big Ideas for Small Business: A Common Application for Federal Programs,
November 10, 2011
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Accelerating Regional Job Creation and Innovation,
November 2, 2011
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Low-carbon Innovation,
May 31, 2011
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The Top 10 Things to Do to Compete with China,
January 26, 2011
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Rising to the Challenge,
January 14, 2011
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Una Campaña en California con Impacto Global,
August 18, 2010
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A California Campaign with Global Consequences,
July 15, 2010
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How to Power the Energy Innovation Lifecycle,
June 16, 2010
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The Copenhagen Accord at Three Months,
March 29, 2010
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The Proof Is in the Pudding,
March 22, 2010
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Leading by Example on Clean Energy,
January 29, 2010
- Reasons to Pass the Clean Energy Jobs Act—Part Two, November 5, 2009
