Writing Samples
Renewable Diesel One-Pager
This one-pager was written during my Summer 2024 Graduate Internship with the Allegheny County Department of Sustainability. The project continued my work with Pittsburgh Regional Transit and the City of Pittsburgh on the feasibility of transitioning their fleet to renewable diesel. After conversations and receiving quotes from suppliers, it was found that it could be about $0.30 per gallon cheaper, reduce lifecycle CO2e emissions by 92%, significantly reduce air pollutants that have been connected to asthma, cancer, and other harmful effects, and would not impact food-based agriculture for its source material.
One-Pager/Brief on Mixed-Use Energy on Public Lands
This was my final project for my Writing for Public Policy course for my Master's program at Carnegie Mellon University. Writing from the position of an imaginary interest group, EcoShift, it recommends the Bureau of Land Management create a rule change allowing for mixed-use energy production on low-production fossil fuel leases and, after a grace period to allow for compliance, clawing back undeveloped fossil fuel leases that have low or no production that serve as tax write-offs.
Report on Low-Embodied Carbon Construction Materials
This report was written as part of my Summer 2024 Graduate Internship with Allegheny County's Department of Sustainability. I co-wrote it with my fellow intern during the summer when I focused on lowering the environmental impact of producing concrete and asphalt as part of Allegheny County's Sustainable Procurement Ordinance. I also wrote the report's Executive Summary, Conclusion, and Recommendation sections.