Direct Payment and Credit Mechanisms for a Cap-and-Invest Program:
Assessing Vermont’s Options for Implementing a Multi-Sector Program

 

by Julián Galindo Macías, EAN Summer Research Intern

August 2025

Julián Galindo Macias

Julián joined EAN as a summer 2025 intern, focusing his research on options for how cap-and-invest programs can provide direct rebates to individuals. 

Julián is a rising junior at Middlebury College, majoring in Environmental Policy, and is a member of climate activism groups on campus. 

Julián grew up in Palo Alto, California and enjoys golfing, bouldering, and playing tennis. He looks forward to developing a timely research project that informs climate policy and programs at a sub-national level.

Lunch-and-learn video from August 14, 2025