Climate Change

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Illustrated results of Diezmartínez’s study on justice in cities' climate plans

Claudia Diezmartínez studied whether and how cities have integrated justice into climate mitigation planning in a 2022 study. Boston University’s Visualizing Energy summarized the results in a series of engaging visualizations this August...
September 27, 2023
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Rand quoted on federal vote to streamline clean energy grid connection

Joseph Rand, an energy policy researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who leads the annual study on interconnection queues for the national lab, told CNBC the “rules are an incremental step in the right direction.”
August 23, 2023
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Bustos applies human rights approach to climate-induced displacement

Camila Bustos’ recent article, A Human Rights Approach To Climate Induced Displacement: A Case Study In Central America And Colombia, draws from two case studies to highlight the human rights obligations of nations and the international...
August 23, 2023
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Fraga featured in New York Times on finding and saving rare wildflowers

Editor’s note: The following content is excerpted from a full story in the New York Times , by Jill Cowan. The white Toyota Tacoma bumped along the dirt path, up and down hills, brush scratching the sides of the truck with a high-pitched...
August 23, 2023
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Grumet on getting green hydrogen incentives ‘just right’

A critical decision currently facing the Biden Administration is determining the rules incentivizing the production of clean – or “green” – hydrogen (H2) for use in decarbonizing heavy industry, freight transport, and aviation.
August 23, 2023
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Diezmartínez reviews justice potential of Community Choice Aggregation energy model

In her recent paper, Claudia Diezmartínez evaluates the justice impacts of Community Choice Aggregation (CCA). CCA is “is an alternative energy supply model that enables municipalities to procure electricity on behalf of their residents.”...
August 23, 2023
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Lund op-ed: spearheading sustainable industries in Bangladesh garment industry

Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry is championing the nation’s green transition
August 23, 2023
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Hsu presents Harnessing Machine Learning for Climate Policy

In her August 31 webinar for Climate Change AI, Angel Hsu explores applications of machine learning in the realm of climate policy, with a specific focus on evaluating the actions of subnational and non-state actors such as cities, regions...
August 23, 2023
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Reyna analyzes racial, capitalist and imperialist legacy of El Segundo Refinery

Edgar Reyna co-authored a study examining the “specific social, economic, and political dynamics of land, property, and resource exchange at the El Segundo Chevron refinery, to illustrate larger intersecting systems of white supremacy...
August 23, 2023
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Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports on the Race to Save the Earth

In his panoramic new book, John J. Berger, an acclaimed science and environmental writer, shows how we can defeat the fossil fuel industry; win at climate diplomacy; and implement the policies, programs and technologies that can solve a...
August 23, 2023