Climate Change

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Kennedy authors handbook for US policymakers on pricing carbon

From WRI: Putting a Price on Carbon: A Handbook for U.S. Policymakers is the first in a series of papers that the World Resources Institute will produce with the aim of providing a clear and comprehensive understanding of the key issues that will need to be addressed if the United States ultimately imposes a national price on carbon. The Handbook lays out what is already known about the design and effects of different approaches to pricing carbon, with a focus on carbon taxes and cap-and-trade programs.
June 30, 2015
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Coleman on papal encyclical, call to climate action

The call today by Pope Francis in his transformational papal encyclical on the environment, reminds us that climate change is first and foremost about people, and it’s the poorest among us that will suffer the most.
June 30, 2015
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Keeping fossil fuels in the ground

Amazon Watch is partnering with Dr. Tracey Osborne to lead the Climate Alliance Mapping Project. This project is a critical piece in a larger climate equity campaign with Amazon Watch, the Sierra Club, and other partners which spans the...
June 23, 2015
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Ciplet says it is time to move past climate disinformation

Like the tobacco industry in its past, fossil fuel giants have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into campaigns to convince us that climate science is not trustworthy. To understand why they would do so, we need to only look at two numbers. The first is $257 billion. This is the profit made in 2014 by Chevron, BP, ExxonMobil, Shell and others for extracting, transporting, refining, distributing and trading fossil fuels in the United States and in Canada alone.
June 22, 2015
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New report from Downstream Strategies on West Virginia's Clean Power Plan

A new report by Fellow Evan Hansen's company, Downstream Stratgies, and the WVU College of Law's Center for Energy & Sustainable Development focuses on West Virginia's proposed Clean Power Plan, which sets state-specific standards that would reduce carbon dioxide pollution from existing power plants. The proposed rule provides states flexibility in the design and implementation of state plans and broad discretion in selecting pollution reduction measures and market-based mechanisms to achieve the required reductions.
June 22, 2015
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Pendleton quoted in Le Monde on effects of global warming on oceans

Linwood Pendleton was quoted in the French newspaper Le Monde on the effects of global warming on oceans. Read more (in French)
June 22, 2015
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Linda Shi

2015 Fellow
Linda's research focuses on metropolitan and environmental governance, climate change adaptation, and the equity and justice impacts of climate policies. Her professional experience includes international development, regional strategic...
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Nathan Hall

2015 Fellow
Nathan Hall is a current dual degree candidate with the Master of Environmental Management program at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Master of Business Administration through the Yale School of Management. A born...
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Ariana Spawn

2015 Fellow
Ariana is the Regulatory Affairs Lead for Ocean Policy at Orsted, where she is supporting the development of responsibly-sited offshore wind in the U.S. Atlantic. Prior to this role, she advised Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) on climate and...
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Daniel Swain

2015 Fellow
As a climate scientist, I study the physics, dynamics, and impacts of the Earth’s changing climate system. I’m especially interested in how global warming is affecting the character and causes of regional climate extremes—including the...