Energy Policy

Marketplace (NPR)

Why are China and India still burning so much coal?

Sanya Carley of the Weitzman School of Design says that countries like China and India rely on coal as they industrialize because it’s usually cheap and available.

CBS MoneyWatch

As the heat turns U.S. into an oven, millions of Americans at risk of power cutoffs

According to Sanya Carley of the Weitzman School of Design, about 1 in 4 Americans is uncertain about being able to pay household energy bills, with low-income people most at risk of having their utilities disconnected.

Reuters

July 2023 set to be world’s hottest month on record

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the record warmth of July indicates a planet that will continue to warm as long as people burn fossil fuels.

Yahoo! News

Why are gas prices going up again?

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the solution to the increase in global temperatures is to quickly transition to cleaner sources of power.

How much green pressure do oil companies feel from financial markets?

Wharton professor Arthur van Benthem explores whether one company’s transformation into a wind energy superpower signals a changing landscape for oil companies.

Tesla charging stations lined up in a parking lot.

Why Tesla wants to have the EV plug standard

John Paul MacDuffie, a professor of management at the Wharton School whose research examines vehicle and mobility innovations, explains the ongoing push by Tesla to establish its electric vehicle plug as an industry standard.

The outside of a building in the UAE in the midday sun.

China, UAE, and the race to stop climate change

A Penn Global Seminar looked at the driving forces behind China’s climate policy, and took students to the United Arab Emirates to see some of those decarbonization efforts in action.

Salon.com

Climate change denial hit its stride in the Bush-Cheney era, precipitating today’s climate disaster

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences explains why the Republican Party’s official stance became the rejection of environmental science during the George W. Bush years.

Bloomberg

A greenwashing lawsuit against Delta aims to set a precedent

Shelley Welton of Penn Carey Law looks at an airline’s claim that buying offsets compensates for the climate-change effects of air travel.

Golfer Phil Mickelson holds a golf club standing on grass and looks into the distance, bending at the waist, in front of a LIV Golf sign and a rock wall.

Q&A

PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger

In the wake of the controversial golf deal, Benjamin L. Schmitt of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Kleinman Center discusses “sportswashing,” malign influence campaigns, and steps global democracies can take to prevent it all.

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