Energy Policy

A collaborative study by R. Jisung Park of the School of Social Policy & Practice found that fewer than 1% of all workers leave a dirty job for a green one and are more likely to move to manufacturing or another carbon-intensive industry.

A study by R. Jisung Park of the School of Social Policy & Practice and colleagues finds that the rate of transition from “dirty” to green jobs is rapidly rising but older and blue-collar workers are being left behind.

A report from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design found that joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative would cause only a minor increase in retail electricity prices or possibly a small decline.

Benjamin L. Schmitt of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Weitzman School of Design says that sentiment in the scientific and astronaut communities has begun to shift toward a future in which NASA and Roscosmos are no longer close partners.

Helene Pilorge of the School of Engineering and Applied Science says that the rocks in the subsoil of Louisiana and Texas are sedimentary rocks, different from Icelandic basalts but perfectly viable for storing CO2.

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences estimates that about five-sixths of the recent climate warming is from human burning of fossil fuels, with about one-sixth due to a strong El Niño.

Sanya Carley of the Weitzman School of Design says that in extreme—though not rare—circumstances, the risk of power being disconnected during the hottest summer months is death.

A study from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design estimates that the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative could help Pennsylvania reduce CO2 emissions by 225 million tons between 2020 and 2030.

A study conducted by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design reveals that Kenya has emerged as a global leader in solar energy generation by creating favorable conditions for harnessing solar power.

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences questions why people are still burning fossil fuels after the weather extremes of the current summer.