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Can Americans Afford to Fully Electrify Their Homes?
promote home electrification and, more controversially, through bans that ... politically viable, and ultimately effective these efforts will be, what is ... more municipalities, states, and the federal government set ambitious
Reflections from COP26
there, Penn faculty, researchers, and students had time to reflect on some ... impact on cities, and more. Anticipating COP26 Mark Alan ... . For Effective Climate Finance, Developing Countries and MDBs Lead by
Michael Mann on the Lessons of Climate Change Past
Moment,” explores the history of climate change and the lessons it can ... , Mann seeks to set the paleoclimate record straight and discusses how ... the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Earth and Environmental
Is a Solution Possible for The U.S. Nuclear Waste Impasse?
growing quantities of cost-competitive electricity and counter increasingly ... -Daiichi nuclear disaster that turned public opinion against nuclear power, and when ... comes from states including Illinois, New York and New Jersey that have
Energy Across the Ages
economics in Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences. And this is why he is writing ... , which spurred the industrial revolution, as well as renewables, and the ... interested in how energy drives production and how we measure that productivity
It’s Time to Rethink Flood Insurance
billion of debt—even after a $16 billion write-off in 2017—and desperately needs an overhaul, especially as rising sea levels and heavy precipitation ... the United States by facilitating voluntary buyouts and managed retreats
Bailout or Subsidy: Oil in the Age of Pandemic
COVID-19 is disrupting all sectors of the global economy, and the ... pandemic (compounded by the price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia), the ... extraction and refining companies simply selling for reduced profits or perhaps
Study Reveals Wavering In Conservative Climate Beliefs
persons of Senator James Inhofe and former Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt. Yet new research shows that rank and file Oklahoma ... political leaders, and are more likely to waver in their climate convictions
Decarbonizing Aviation Is Not As Hard As We Think
everything” approach to decarbonization. The easiest and cheapest forms of zero-carbon energy are solar and wind generated electricity and therefore, in order to get to a zero-carbon society, we need to shift all stoves, furnaces, and
Try Harder, Gazprom. Why Poland Could Choose LNG
from Russian gas—a move predicated upon geopolitical considerations and ... European natural gas market has become more liquid and diversified thanks to the advent of large-scale LNG exports. High prices that Poland and the