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Carbon capture and common misconceptions: A Q&A with Joe Romm
Aerial landscape view of a large coal fired power plant with storage tanks for Biofuel burning instead of coal

Joe Romm, a senior research fellow in the School of Arts & Sciences’ Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media, has recently published two papers on carbon dioxide removal and bioenergy carbon capture and will be keynoting American University’s Third Annual Conference on Carbon Dioxide Removal Law & Policy: Carbon Removal Deployment: Law and Policy from Planning to Project.

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    • Carbon capture and common misconceptions: A Q&A with Joe Romm

    In a conversation with Penn Today, Joe Romm casts a sobering light on “solutions” to curb climate change.
    Penn adds more perks to reducing commuter costs
    commute to work

    Penn adds more perks to reducing commuter costs

    Penn’s Divisions of Business Services and Human Resources have increased the discount provided to public transit commuters in order to provide more affordable commuting options and to encourage sustainable transit to and from campus.

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    Measuring the ripple effects of reforestation and sustainable cocoa cultivation
    cocoa beans

    (Image: Christina Seybolt, courtesy of Heather Huntington)

    Measuring the ripple effects of reforestation and sustainable cocoa cultivation

    With support from the Penn Global Engagement Fund, Heather Huntington is investigating the impact of reforestation and sustainable agriculture interventions on livelihoods, biodiversity, and human health in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.

    Liana F. Wait

    The crisis of climate-driven extinction
    Erol Akçay, Michael Mann, Zinta Zommers, and Simon Richter seat4ed on stage in front of a crowd.

    From left: Erol Akçay, associate professor of biology in the School of Arts & Sciences; Michael Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science in the School of Arts & Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication; Zinta Zommers, humanitarian affairs officer with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and served as the Wolk Visiting Fellow (2021-22) and a Visiting Fellow (2022-23) at the Perry World House; and Simon Richter, professor of Germanic languages and literatures, a Perry World House faculty fellow, a faculty fellow of Penn Institute of Urban Research, and a faculty advisory board member of the Water Center at Penn.

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    The crisis of climate-driven extinction

    In a session moderated by Simon Richter, panelists Erol Akçay, Michael Mann, and Zinta Zommers discussed the impact of climate change on efforts to conserve biological diversity.