Climate Change

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Milkowski co-creates curriculum for Energy Justice Course at Dartmouth

The new course "Energy Justice: Fostering More Equitable Energy Futures" is free to audit via Coursera.
December 14, 2021
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Dóñez serves as a Transportation Chapter Author for the 5th National Climate Assessment

The U.S. Global Change Research Program and the authors of NCA5 are hosting a series of virtual public engagement workshops to inform development of this federal climate report.
December 14, 2021
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Mulvaney presents Labor, Land, and Waste Across the Life Cycle of Solar Power

Dustin Mulvaney is presenting a webinar on Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021 to the IEEE’s Santa Clara Valley Sustainability Chapter on Labor, Land, and Waste Across the Life Cycle of Solar Power.
December 1, 2021
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Morello-Frosch and Cushing map more than 400 toxic sites in California at risk of flooding from sea level rise

This three-year project, dubbed Toxic Tides, is the first systematic look at the environmental justice ramifications of sea level rise and hazardous sites along the entire coast of California.
December 1, 2021
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Colonialism, the climate crisis, and the need to center Indigenous voices

As world leaders gather at COP26, we need acknowledge the historical root causes of the climate crisis.
November 17, 2021
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Stabinsky quoted in launch of world's first Net-Zero Corporate Standard

The standard is the world’s first science-based certification of companies’ net-zero targets in line with the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping planetary warming to 1.5°C.
November 11, 2021
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Smith quoted in NPR Marketplace on methane cuts

“It’s not rocket science to clean up these emissions. It’s really simple plumbing that involves finding and fixing the leaks,” she said.
November 10, 2021
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Miner publishes paper on emergent biogeochemical risks from Arctic permafrost degradation

The Arctic cryosphere is collapsing, posing overlapping environmental risks. In particular, thawing permafrost threatens to release biological, chemical and radioactive materials that have been sequestered for tens to hundreds of thousands of years. As these constituents re-enter the environment, they have the potential to disrupt ecosystem function, reduce the populations of unique Arctic wildlife and endanger human health.
October 27, 2021
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All about methane with Sarah Smith on the Volts Podcast

The Clean Air Task Force has been tracking methane pollution and advocating for reductions for years.
October 27, 2021
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Eldering featured in Climate Now on NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory missions

NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory tracks Earth's CO2 by measuring the sunlight reflected off of Earth's surface, as carbon dioxide and oxygen absorb light at very specific wavelengths.
September 22, 2021