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Powering the Campaign to Protect Science
Recent departmental and funding cuts have posed threats to the ... (NIH) grants and the dissolution of the Department of Education—the scientific community faces unprecedented risk to discovery and innovation. The
De-Abstracting Climate Change
This blog was written ahead of Earth Day and was originally published ... , occupations, and socioeconomic status hold different views toward climate change ... , tobacco use was widespread and on the rise, just as fossil fuels are
Getting to the Right Carbon Price
gathered new and often unexpected support from across the political spectrum ... emerged from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. And oil companies such as Exxon and Shell now publicly support a carbon price. Guest Dallas
North America’s Looming Electricity Supply Shortages
the U.S. and Canada. In several major grid regions, electricity ... supply shortfall and examines the steps it’s taking to shore up supply. He ... the U.S. and Canada. In several major grid regions, electricity
Reflections on the Anniversary of the PES Refinery Explosion
This Sunday marks one year since a catastrophic leak, and subsequent ... . The last and most violent of these explosions occurred when a feed drum, containing primarily butylene, isobutane, and butane, ruptured, catapulting a
Energy Week: Connecting Energy Science with Energy Policy
collaboration with the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology (VIEST ... and publications that united energy researchers across six schools. From proposals to advance implementation of New York's Climate Leadership and
As Clean Energy Surpasses Coal, U.S. Energy Transition Locks Into Place
.S.’ move toward cleaner energy and mirrors the more mature trend in the U.K., where coal use has fallen precipitously since early this millennium and ... , the inversion of coal and clean energy fortunes has been driven by
Geopolitics of the Global Energy Transition
report outlining the extent to which renewable energy, storage technology, and ... world order. In doing so, IRENA demonstrated that there are urgent and ... geopolitical and economic case for renewables ought to give pause to even those
The Inevitable Policy Response Theory
As PennFuture recognizes climate month and the state of Pennsylvania ... Inevitable Policy Response (IPR), and it predicts a rapid and forceful international policy ... works internationally, in partnership with the UN Global Compact and UNEP
Trump’s Energy Aspirations
will achieve. The realities of political, legal, and other constraints ... Companies, Southern Company, and Dow Chemical. Trump has appointed a climate ... Brothers, and an assortment of fossil fuel interests) to run EPA’s transition