Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

A climate expert’s return to Penn

Jen Wilcox, an expert on direct-air capture, is the inaugural faculty appointment in the Kleinman Center and served for three years as principal deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy in the U.S. Department of Energy. She discusses her time away and her return to Penn.

Nathi Magubane

Will America’s clean car policies persist?

Four ambitious clean-car policies are driving a major transformation in the United States. Will they survive legal and political threats?

From Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

A path to achieve a net-zero greenhouse gas economy

A new report co-authored by scientists at Penn’s Kleinman Center and Penn Engineering charts a path for the U.S. to achieve a net-zero greenhouse gas economy by 2050.

From Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

The advent of e-commerce

In a Q&A, sociologist Steve Viscelli of the School of Arts & Sciences talks transport, last-mile delivery, and the “incredible amounts of physical effort” required to get the holiday packages to America’s front doors.

Kristina García



In the News


Politico.com

Climate cash pours into election swing region. Will it help Harris?

Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that capturing methane to make hydrogen is trading a short-lived pollutant for a permanent pollutant in the form of carbon dioxide.

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NPR

Why the U.S. government is spending $7 billion on solar for low-income homes

Sanya Carley of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that the Solar for All program could have an impact far beyond its projected 900,000 low-income households.

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NPR

If you get an offer to buy a carbon offset, experts say this is what you should know

Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that a carbon offset represents a promise that someone’s money is going toward an action that will reduce or remove planet-heating pollution.

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Associated Press

Demand for rare elements used in clean energy could help clean up abandoned coal mines in Appalachia

John Quigley of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that the things that have created climate change can be a solution for it if handled smartly.

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Tampa Bay Times

These trees made Florida’s Hillsborough County over $1 million for their climate benefits. Is it legit?

Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that carbon credit programs do more harm than good in the fight against climate change.

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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.

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