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Can Cities Fill the Gap in Climate Leadership?
sentiment echoed throughout COP26 by local and subnational leaders who have no ... effects first-hand (think heat waves and flooding), they are responsible for ... than 50% of the global population, and they are hubs of innovation. This
2024 Starts with a Grim Climate Milestone, but Hydrogen Policy Hope
in the hydrological and other natural cycles that imperil people, species, ecosystems, and food production; more weather extremes; sea level rise and ocean acidification; “impact cascades” as one changing natural
Powering Women’s Economic Development Through Equal Access to Energy
One billion people around the world lack access to electricity, and three times as many do not have access to fuel and appliances that allow for clean and safe cooking inside the home. The lack of clean and
From Apples to Electricity: The Underappreciated Potential of Gravity Storage
technological, policy, and market innovation. It is easy during these times of ... through a turbine. This method of storage is both cheaper and longer ... acres of land, and must be sited where there is a natural gradient in
Puerto Rico’s Three Major Energy Policy Challenges
Puerto Rico to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the island in the wake of its fiscal crisis followed by Hurricanes Irma and Maria ... executive director of the PREPA utility, and Senator Eduardo Bhatia, the
Blowing Smoke about Burning Stuff for Grid Reliability
-largest electricity producer, and exports more of it than any other state. Currently, 59 ... industry and its advocates would like to keep it that way. They’ve met ... reliability—and claim that only burning more stuff can fix it. Really? Let
Indian Minister to Receive Penn’s Top Prize in Energy Policy
’s former minister of power and renewables and current minister of railways and coal. During his tenure, Goyal directed a fast-track effort to ... world’s energy poor turns on the lights—and also empowers education
Inconsistencies in Trump’s Fossil Fuel Strategy
ending regulations pertaining to energy production and pollution, and facilitating and increasing energy-related infrastructure investments. However, oil and gas production in the United States is already at all
Working Paper: The Philadelphia Energyshed
Significant aspects of energy generation, distribution, and ... of both technical and organizational realities, interact to form an ... the connections between urban form and energy use and to engage regional
Rising Toward a Cleaner Future: Pennsylvania’s CCS Ladder for Industrial Decarbonization
and natural gas production from Marcellus shale. Pennsylvania has also played a leadership role in critical industrial sectors like steel and ... transitioning to lower-carbon energy resources and deploying comprehensive