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Janet Yellen and the Treasury Take on Climate Change
Janet Yellen, a former Federal Reserve chairman and an advocate for ... more apparent in recent years, and the need for the Treasury to take ... energy and climate economist at Harvard University, explores the steps that
How to Combat the Corona-Recession and Climate Change
forward in the EU and in Sweden. There were similar ambitions for the ... current economic crisis. The ambitions for the climate and the pandemic should not undermine each other. So, what measures and instruments
International Climate Policy and the Collective Action Problem
rise more than two degrees Celsius, wreaking havoc around the globe and ... delayed time horizon, and the fact that our climate is a public good. First, states, international organizations, and leaders tend to respond to
Bridging the Gap Between Battery Research and Technological Maturity
-ion technology faces energy density, storage duration, and safety issues that limit ... -scale storage and electric aviation. Improvements in electrochemical energy ... , invited speakers and panelists from the Department of Energy (DOE) and
Reframing Conservation Agriculture: A Focus on Economic and Environmental Impact
, such as reducing soil erosion and nutrient loss, increasing water availability, and improving soil quality. The strength of these co ... highlights the direct economic and environmental impacts of such practices
Summer Vacation Inspires Student’s Curiosity in Environment and Energy
palace” throughout the year and spending her summers in the remoteness of ... , environmental stewardship, and sustainability. When Rohner arrived on Penn ... was particularly inspired by Physics 016: Energy, Oil and Global Warming
Renewable Energy Permitting and the Fiscal Responsibility Act
legislation lays out necessary federal spending caps and slackens environmental ... year and will require agencies to focus reviews on “reasonably ... difficult to define and quantify. Three central energy issues hung in the
Governing the Promise and Peril of Emerging Climate Technologies
episodes two and three. In early April, the Intergovernmental Panel on ... quickly being exhausted, and that the use of technologies to remove carbon ... report, and financing commitments, point to increasing acceptance of
Of Corn and Climate Change: Ethanol in America
RFS was modified in 2007 with the Energy Independence and Security Act, and was last year subjected to a rule adjustment by the Environmental ... , cellulosic and advanced biofuels. Due to a myriad of issues to be discussed
Scaling up Urban Agriculture for Emissions Reduction and Community Health
This blog was written ahead of Earth Day and was originally published ... humans and livestock, the livestock farms and fisheries themselves, and the packaging and distribution of food. Land use and supply chain account for 42