Imagining a sustainable future in Southern Greenland The Narsarsuaq Hotel, a former military barracks located a few hundred feet from the Narsarsuaq Airport (a former military airfield), and the diesel power plant in Narsaq. The town is one of the only settlements in South Greenland still powered by diesel instead of hydro-electric power. (Image: Billy Fleming) Imagining a sustainable future in Southern Greenland Billy Fleming and landscape architecture students in the Weitzman School of Design brainstormed possibilities for a green economy in a former mining town in one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth.
Could Florida electric bills go up because of a fuel made from manure? Tampa Bay Times Could Florida electric bills go up because of a fuel made from manure? Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that federal and California state subsidies have led to a gold rush of companies trying to get into the business of renewable natural gas around the country. Why don’t we just ban fossil fuels? The New York Times Why don’t we just ban fossil fuels? Joseph Romm of the School of Arts & Sciences says that stronger action against fossil fuels is essential to save the planet. We don’t have time for climate misinformation The New York Times We don’t have time for climate misinformation In a co-written Op-Ed, Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that meaningful decarbonization in the U.S. is in jeopardy of being blocked or slowed if a significant portion of the electorate does not accept the basic scientific facts and implications of climate change. FactCheck.org and the fight against misinformation Eugene Kiely is the director of FactCheck.org, which Kathleen Hall Jamieson co-founded in 2003. nocred FactCheck.org and the fight against misinformation Across two decades, the Annenberg Public Policy Center project expanded by adding scientific fact checking, translating content into Spanish, and addressing viral social media misinformation. A famous climate scientist is in court, with big stakes for attacks on science NPR A famous climate scientist is in court, with big stakes for attacks on science Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences is suing a right-wing author and a policy analyst for defamation against the “hockey stick” climate change graph. ‘Category 5’ was considered the worst hurricane. There’s something scarier, study says USA Today ‘Category 5’ was considered the worst hurricane. There’s something scarier, study says Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Earth is experiencing a new class of monster storms thanks to the effects of human-caused warming. Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they’re being built USA Today Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they’re being built Thomas Daniels of the Weitzman School of Design says that generating energy from wind and solar requires land just like coal, oil, and natural gas, though the necessary acreage is larger. COP28 takeaways The panelists at Perry World House shared their thoughts on the strides made at COP28, and the work that remains in addressing the climate crisis. (Image: Courtesy of Perry World House) COP28 takeaways Perry World House Fellows and Advisors Lolita Jackson, Stephen Hammer, and Wolfgang Blau offered their insights from the conference in a discussion last week, moderated by Perry World House Interim Director Michael Weisberg. Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated Bloomberg Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that a life-cycle assessment is simpler than a land-use analysis but misses meaningful system-level insight, like the complexity inherent in a biological system like a forest. Load More
Why don’t we just ban fossil fuels? The New York Times Why don’t we just ban fossil fuels? Joseph Romm of the School of Arts & Sciences says that stronger action against fossil fuels is essential to save the planet. We don’t have time for climate misinformation The New York Times We don’t have time for climate misinformation In a co-written Op-Ed, Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that meaningful decarbonization in the U.S. is in jeopardy of being blocked or slowed if a significant portion of the electorate does not accept the basic scientific facts and implications of climate change. FactCheck.org and the fight against misinformation Eugene Kiely is the director of FactCheck.org, which Kathleen Hall Jamieson co-founded in 2003. nocred FactCheck.org and the fight against misinformation Across two decades, the Annenberg Public Policy Center project expanded by adding scientific fact checking, translating content into Spanish, and addressing viral social media misinformation. A famous climate scientist is in court, with big stakes for attacks on science NPR A famous climate scientist is in court, with big stakes for attacks on science Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences is suing a right-wing author and a policy analyst for defamation against the “hockey stick” climate change graph. ‘Category 5’ was considered the worst hurricane. There’s something scarier, study says USA Today ‘Category 5’ was considered the worst hurricane. There’s something scarier, study says Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Earth is experiencing a new class of monster storms thanks to the effects of human-caused warming. Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they’re being built USA Today Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they’re being built Thomas Daniels of the Weitzman School of Design says that generating energy from wind and solar requires land just like coal, oil, and natural gas, though the necessary acreage is larger. COP28 takeaways The panelists at Perry World House shared their thoughts on the strides made at COP28, and the work that remains in addressing the climate crisis. (Image: Courtesy of Perry World House) COP28 takeaways Perry World House Fellows and Advisors Lolita Jackson, Stephen Hammer, and Wolfgang Blau offered their insights from the conference in a discussion last week, moderated by Perry World House Interim Director Michael Weisberg. Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated Bloomberg Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that a life-cycle assessment is simpler than a land-use analysis but misses meaningful system-level insight, like the complexity inherent in a biological system like a forest. Load More
We don’t have time for climate misinformation The New York Times We don’t have time for climate misinformation In a co-written Op-Ed, Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that meaningful decarbonization in the U.S. is in jeopardy of being blocked or slowed if a significant portion of the electorate does not accept the basic scientific facts and implications of climate change. FactCheck.org and the fight against misinformation Eugene Kiely is the director of FactCheck.org, which Kathleen Hall Jamieson co-founded in 2003. nocred FactCheck.org and the fight against misinformation Across two decades, the Annenberg Public Policy Center project expanded by adding scientific fact checking, translating content into Spanish, and addressing viral social media misinformation. A famous climate scientist is in court, with big stakes for attacks on science NPR A famous climate scientist is in court, with big stakes for attacks on science Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences is suing a right-wing author and a policy analyst for defamation against the “hockey stick” climate change graph. ‘Category 5’ was considered the worst hurricane. There’s something scarier, study says USA Today ‘Category 5’ was considered the worst hurricane. There’s something scarier, study says Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Earth is experiencing a new class of monster storms thanks to the effects of human-caused warming. Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they’re being built USA Today Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they’re being built Thomas Daniels of the Weitzman School of Design says that generating energy from wind and solar requires land just like coal, oil, and natural gas, though the necessary acreage is larger. COP28 takeaways The panelists at Perry World House shared their thoughts on the strides made at COP28, and the work that remains in addressing the climate crisis. (Image: Courtesy of Perry World House) COP28 takeaways Perry World House Fellows and Advisors Lolita Jackson, Stephen Hammer, and Wolfgang Blau offered their insights from the conference in a discussion last week, moderated by Perry World House Interim Director Michael Weisberg. Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated Bloomberg Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that a life-cycle assessment is simpler than a land-use analysis but misses meaningful system-level insight, like the complexity inherent in a biological system like a forest. Load More
FactCheck.org and the fight against misinformation Eugene Kiely is the director of FactCheck.org, which Kathleen Hall Jamieson co-founded in 2003. nocred FactCheck.org and the fight against misinformation Across two decades, the Annenberg Public Policy Center project expanded by adding scientific fact checking, translating content into Spanish, and addressing viral social media misinformation.
A famous climate scientist is in court, with big stakes for attacks on science NPR A famous climate scientist is in court, with big stakes for attacks on science Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences is suing a right-wing author and a policy analyst for defamation against the “hockey stick” climate change graph. ‘Category 5’ was considered the worst hurricane. There’s something scarier, study says USA Today ‘Category 5’ was considered the worst hurricane. There’s something scarier, study says Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Earth is experiencing a new class of monster storms thanks to the effects of human-caused warming. Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they’re being built USA Today Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they’re being built Thomas Daniels of the Weitzman School of Design says that generating energy from wind and solar requires land just like coal, oil, and natural gas, though the necessary acreage is larger. COP28 takeaways The panelists at Perry World House shared their thoughts on the strides made at COP28, and the work that remains in addressing the climate crisis. (Image: Courtesy of Perry World House) COP28 takeaways Perry World House Fellows and Advisors Lolita Jackson, Stephen Hammer, and Wolfgang Blau offered their insights from the conference in a discussion last week, moderated by Perry World House Interim Director Michael Weisberg. Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated Bloomberg Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that a life-cycle assessment is simpler than a land-use analysis but misses meaningful system-level insight, like the complexity inherent in a biological system like a forest. Load More
‘Category 5’ was considered the worst hurricane. There’s something scarier, study says USA Today ‘Category 5’ was considered the worst hurricane. There’s something scarier, study says Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Earth is experiencing a new class of monster storms thanks to the effects of human-caused warming. Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they’re being built USA Today Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they’re being built Thomas Daniels of the Weitzman School of Design says that generating energy from wind and solar requires land just like coal, oil, and natural gas, though the necessary acreage is larger. COP28 takeaways The panelists at Perry World House shared their thoughts on the strides made at COP28, and the work that remains in addressing the climate crisis. (Image: Courtesy of Perry World House) COP28 takeaways Perry World House Fellows and Advisors Lolita Jackson, Stephen Hammer, and Wolfgang Blau offered their insights from the conference in a discussion last week, moderated by Perry World House Interim Director Michael Weisberg. Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated Bloomberg Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that a life-cycle assessment is simpler than a land-use analysis but misses meaningful system-level insight, like the complexity inherent in a biological system like a forest. Load More
Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they’re being built USA Today Across America, clean energy plants are being banned faster than they’re being built Thomas Daniels of the Weitzman School of Design says that generating energy from wind and solar requires land just like coal, oil, and natural gas, though the necessary acreage is larger. COP28 takeaways The panelists at Perry World House shared their thoughts on the strides made at COP28, and the work that remains in addressing the climate crisis. (Image: Courtesy of Perry World House) COP28 takeaways Perry World House Fellows and Advisors Lolita Jackson, Stephen Hammer, and Wolfgang Blau offered their insights from the conference in a discussion last week, moderated by Perry World House Interim Director Michael Weisberg. Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated Bloomberg Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that a life-cycle assessment is simpler than a land-use analysis but misses meaningful system-level insight, like the complexity inherent in a biological system like a forest. Load More
COP28 takeaways The panelists at Perry World House shared their thoughts on the strides made at COP28, and the work that remains in addressing the climate crisis. (Image: Courtesy of Perry World House) COP28 takeaways Perry World House Fellows and Advisors Lolita Jackson, Stephen Hammer, and Wolfgang Blau offered their insights from the conference in a discussion last week, moderated by Perry World House Interim Director Michael Weisberg.
Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated Bloomberg Just how climate-friendly are timber buildings? It’s complicated Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that a life-cycle assessment is simpler than a land-use analysis but misses meaningful system-level insight, like the complexity inherent in a biological system like a forest.