The striking shift in climate politics in a post-Sandy New York City Daniel Aldana Cohen directs the Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative and is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences. The striking shift in climate politics in a post-Sandy New York City Analysis of conversations with 75 disaster responders, social activists, and others revealed that immediately following the superstorm, the city moved away from cutting greenhouse gas emissions and toward adaptation.
Offsetting carbon emissions, one ton at a time Offsetting carbon emissions, one ton at a time Carbon offsets are a small but meaningful market in its mission to contribute to greenhouse gas reducing industries and practices in order to compensate for emissions made elsewhere.
Absent from stimulus packages: Overhauling energy, climate programs Penn In the News NPR Absent from stimulus packages: Overhauling energy, climate programs Ioana Marinescu of the School of Social Policy & Practice said it’s a good time for governments to invest in climate change solutions. “Sometimes it takes a good crisis to finally move in a whole new direction just like the New Deal,” she said. A shaky future for U.S. transit systems, and why we need to save them A shaky future for U.S. transit systems, and why we need to save them The pandemic lockdown in cities has impacted transit systems around the world. While the federal stimulus package includes transit agencies, experts at Kleinman Center for Energy Policy argue that the decrease from local and state sources could be substantial. Penn signs Power Purchase Agreement for largest solar project in Pennsylvania Keystone Solar, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of Community Energy, Inc. nocred Penn signs Power Purchase Agreement for largest solar project in Pennsylvania The agreement will result in the construction in central Pennsylvania of two new solar energy facilities that combined can generate 220 megawatts of electricity. Bailout or subsidy: Oil in the age of pandemic Bailout or subsidy: Oil in the age of pandemic COVID-19 is disrupting all sectors of the global economy, and the energy sector is far from immune. Energy storage has implications for both the government stimulus efforts and the shape of our future economic recovery. Greener economy ‘not science fiction anymore’ In November 2019, Cohen presented Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a copy of the book outside the Pelham Parkway Houses in the Bronx, where they led a training on the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act. (Image: Gabriel Hernandez Solano) Greener economy ‘not science fiction anymore’ A new book from Penn sociologist Daniel Aldana Cohen and colleagues describes four key facets of the Green New Deal and why they could become a reality in the not-too-distant future. What to do when cutting emissions alone is no longer enough What to do when cutting emissions alone is no longer enough Four factors to consider in the race to solve the climate crisis, including how to scale up a tool called negative emissions and why the oceans can only help so much. The many lives of charcoal Environmental Studies master’s student Catherine Nabukalu worked with Professor Reto Gieré to study the charcoal supply chain. She visited and interviewed workers involved with its production and trade in a number of sites in Uganda. The many lives of charcoal Catherine Nabukalu, an alumna of the Master in Environmental Studies program, worked with School of Arts and Sciences Professor Reto Gieré to track the charcoal supply chain through research in Nabukalu’s native Uganda. Battling longer, more intense fire seasons Q&A Battling longer, more intense fire seasons In a Q&A, doctoral student Clare Super describes her research into wildland firefighting, the impact on firefighters, U.S. policy around wildfires, and parallels to what’s happening in Australia.
A shaky future for U.S. transit systems, and why we need to save them A shaky future for U.S. transit systems, and why we need to save them The pandemic lockdown in cities has impacted transit systems around the world. While the federal stimulus package includes transit agencies, experts at Kleinman Center for Energy Policy argue that the decrease from local and state sources could be substantial.
Penn signs Power Purchase Agreement for largest solar project in Pennsylvania Keystone Solar, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of Community Energy, Inc. nocred Penn signs Power Purchase Agreement for largest solar project in Pennsylvania The agreement will result in the construction in central Pennsylvania of two new solar energy facilities that combined can generate 220 megawatts of electricity.
Bailout or subsidy: Oil in the age of pandemic Bailout or subsidy: Oil in the age of pandemic COVID-19 is disrupting all sectors of the global economy, and the energy sector is far from immune. Energy storage has implications for both the government stimulus efforts and the shape of our future economic recovery.
Greener economy ‘not science fiction anymore’ In November 2019, Cohen presented Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a copy of the book outside the Pelham Parkway Houses in the Bronx, where they led a training on the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act. (Image: Gabriel Hernandez Solano) Greener economy ‘not science fiction anymore’ A new book from Penn sociologist Daniel Aldana Cohen and colleagues describes four key facets of the Green New Deal and why they could become a reality in the not-too-distant future.
What to do when cutting emissions alone is no longer enough What to do when cutting emissions alone is no longer enough Four factors to consider in the race to solve the climate crisis, including how to scale up a tool called negative emissions and why the oceans can only help so much.
The many lives of charcoal Environmental Studies master’s student Catherine Nabukalu worked with Professor Reto Gieré to study the charcoal supply chain. She visited and interviewed workers involved with its production and trade in a number of sites in Uganda. The many lives of charcoal Catherine Nabukalu, an alumna of the Master in Environmental Studies program, worked with School of Arts and Sciences Professor Reto Gieré to track the charcoal supply chain through research in Nabukalu’s native Uganda.
Battling longer, more intense fire seasons Q&A Battling longer, more intense fire seasons In a Q&A, doctoral student Clare Super describes her research into wildland firefighting, the impact on firefighters, U.S. policy around wildfires, and parallels to what’s happening in Australia.