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The Politicizing of Electric Vehicles
EVs will replace gas-powered vehicles when they are less expensive, more feature-packed and more reliable than cars with internal combustion engines.
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Student Spotlight: Funding an Equitable Clean Energy Transition
Shubhi Arora believes in a just and equitable energy transition, and is pursuing an MPA in Environmental Science and Policy to further her goals.
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Alumni Spotlight: Centering Humans in Asia’s Energy Transition
MPA-ESP graduate Srishti Mahajan discusses how the program helped advance not only her career but her understanding of human dynamics.
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Wind Power and the South Shore of Long Island
The public must be engaged in the process of planning and implementing projects that support the transition to a renewable resource-based economy, and projects must be modified to address the concerns of communities. There are no shortcuts to meaningful change.
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Opinion: For Solar Power to Go Global, We Must Consider Relaxing Intellectual Property Rights
Developing countries are being left behind in the solar power revolution. To achieve global decarbonization, we need to revise the rules of global trade.
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How Do We Dismantle Offshore Oil Structures Without Making the Public Pay?
If offshore oil installations are rapidly dismantled as a result of the transition to clean energy, the public, not companies, could end up paying. How to avoid this?
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New Technology Will Determine the Pace of Decarbonization
While the technology we need to complete the transition to renewable energy is not yet here, the pace of technological innovation is accelerating.
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Improving Market Design for Energy Storage
A new study finds that electricity market design is the key to trade-offs between more affordable energy and lower carbon emissions.
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Report Finds 228 Local Restrictions Against Siting Wind, Solar, and Other Renewables
Renewable energy projects have encountered significant opposition in at least 45 states, according to a new report.
AGU25, the premier Earth and space science conference, takes place December 15-19, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s theme—Where Science Connects Us—puts in focus how science depends on connection, from the lab to the field to the ballot box. Once again, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School scientists, experts, students, and educators are playing an active role, sharing our research and helping shape the future of our planet. #AGU25 Learn More
