Daniel J. Dudek

Specializes in the reduction and control of atmospheric pollutants through the development of markets for environmental commodities to manage local and global pollution from stationary and mobile sources. Led the team credited by President George H.W. Bush with breaking the logjam on acid rain. Participated in market development activities of the U.S. sulfur dioxide allowance trading system for the reduction of acid rain, including auctions, spot and future markets. He was also involved in the creation of tradable production entitlements for chlorofluorocarbons for compliance with the Montreal Protocol, a U.S. EPA-approved mobile-stationary source trading program for hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide reductions in nonattainment areas, the volatile organic material trading program in Illinois, the emerging regional nitrogen oxides trading market in the eastern U.S., and the evolving greenhouse gas market. He brokered the first interpollutant trade which involved sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide, developed the first emission trade in Poland, facilitated the first international GHG trade involving options, partnered with BP to develop their internal GHG trading system, and is developing SO2 emissions trading in China in partnership with the State Environmental Protection Administration.

Advisor, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; Ministry of Environment, Poland;United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; Regional Environment Center, Budapest; Acid Rain Advisory Committee and Clean Air Act Compliance Committee, US Environmental Protection Agency; Chicago Board of Trade; Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; British Petroleum; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; State Environmental Protection Administration, People's Republic of China; and advisor to various public and private institutions.

Author of numerous articles, abstracts, and papers on creating strategies for using market forces to solve environmental problems.

Assistant professor of resource economics, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1982-86); agricultural economist, Natural Resource Economics Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (1975-82).