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title: 'Environmental AI Permitting'
subtitle: 'Lecture at the Rice University SSPEED Center'
slug: 'rice-sspeed-lecture-2026'
date: 2026-02-17
type: 'speech'
status: 'published'
tags: ['enviroai', 'lecture', 'rice', 'sspeed', 'blackburn']
abstract: 'Lecture at the SSPEED Center on environmental AI permitting—the use of AI to accelerate, automate, and improve the accuracy of environmental reviews and regulatory approvals.'
license: 'CC-BY-4.0'
author: 'Jed Anderson'
co_authors: []
canonical_url: 'https://jedanderson.org/speeches/rice-sspeed-lecture-2026'
external_url: 'https://news.rice.edu/news/2026/can-ai-reshape-how-we-regulate-air-and-water-rice-event-explores-future-environmental'
supporting_files: []
host_org: 'Rice University, SSPEED Center'
host_url: 'https://sspeed.rice.edu/'
---

Conducted in collaboration with Jim Blackburn, co-director of the SSPEED Center and professor in the practice of environmental law at Rice. Discussion covered extending EnviroAI's air-pollution work into ground water, surface water, carbon credits, greenhouse-gas reductions, net-zero carbon strategies, and net-zero water use.

Coverage at [Rice News](https://news.rice.edu/news/2026/can-ai-reshape-how-we-regulate-air-and-water-rice-event-explores-future-environmental).