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The Stakes Are High for a Philadelphia Energy Hub

cycle, in which boosters and doomsayers all try to create a narrative that benefits a strategic interest. And more power to them. But that skillful ... definitional questions in order to advance the public conversation and

Post Report: U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Codes Conference

health, safety, and welfare. However, building energy codes ensure that future residential and commercial buildings will be more efficient and ... utility bills for consumers and reduce demand on the power grid. According

Protecting Communities

, politicians, and thinktanks around the country have been inspired to contribute ... implications for the wellbeing of communities around the world and in every ... , tornadoes, heat waves, droughts, and floods all represent direct threats to

Cleantech Forum: From Commitments to Actions

the defining challenge of the coming decade. And while the conference ... , and David Victor, professor of innovation and public policy at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego. The panel

De-Risking the Clean Energy Transition Through Electricity Resilience

conference and tune into a special podcast series from Energy Policy Now ... change, which makes natural disasters including extreme heat, flooding, and storms both more frequent and more severe. In a UNFCCC implementation

The Win-Win of Agricultural Solar Energy

Homer, New York. They worked hard to produce milk and corn for a regional ... great uncle. The demands of the dairy market and mechanization of the ... generation, and this offers an opportunity to reconsider the enterprise of

The Crisis of Confidence in Voluntary Carbon Offsets

Last year, an investigation by the Guardian and Corporate ... several questioning the integrity and effectiveness of voluntary carbon offset programs in achieving net-zero emissions and stabilizing global

Energy Transitions Are Brown Before They Go Green

confluence of the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers in 1866, just seven years after Edwin Drake struck oil in Western Pennsylvania and effectively ... Refinery was an ideal location far removed from the homes and small factories

Climate Policy in a Disorganized World

fossil fuels, in place of traditional command and control regulations ... , market-based solutions leave the guesswork out of regulators’ hands, and ... ), Kostas Metaxoglou (Carleton), and Andre Trindade (FGV). )) The project

As Climate-Related Disasters Intensify, Retreat Emerges as Adaptation Strategy

focus on measures to reinforce towns and cities against natural disasters, such as the wildfires and flooding that have become more severe across ... . Retreat means leaving behind homes, and the possible disruption of