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Jully Merino Carela: Making the Energy Sector More Inclusive and Welcoming for Women
The Women in Energy program director explains how she and her team have been advocating for more women’s leadership in a male-dominated industry.
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Biden Should Keep Trump’s Reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act
Throwing out the changes could make the new administration’s climate initiatives harder to implement.
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Study Calls for Home Battery Storage to Protect Vulnerable During Outages
Battery storage can help protect medically vulnerable households as extreme weather makes power outages more commonplace.
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The Texas Power Grid and the Failure of Deregulation
While we need to mitigate climate change and will need government-driven public policy to do that, we must also adapt to the climate change that is already underway.
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Experts Weigh In on the Deep Freeze and Power Outages in Texas
Is a failure of wind power really behind the blackouts? How can we make sure this doesn’t happen again? Earth Institute scholars have answers to these questions and more.
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Devastating Flood in Himalayas Highlights Risks of Development in the Era of Climate Change
Climate change and hydroelectricity power projects compounded the devastating destruction of the February 7 flood in Uttarakhand.
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Should the European Union Fix, Leave or Kill the Energy Charter Treaty?
The outdated treaty is an obstacle to addressing climate change. A legal expert weighs the pros and cons of several pathways around it.
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Forget Fossil Fuels and Focus on Renewables
Instead of taxing fossil fuels we should subsidize and invest in renewable energy.
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Forging a Path Forward on U.S. Nuclear Waste Management: Options for Policy Makers
The U.S. is at standstill regarding the disposal of spent nuclear fuel. A new report charts potential pathways forward.
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