Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy
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Critical Minerals, New Energy Sources and the Race for Resilience
At a Climate Week symposium, Columbia Engineering convened members of government, industry and academia to examine critical mineral supply chains and emerging energy sources.
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Mining is Essential. It Doesn’t Have to be Wasteful.
Greeshma Gadikota is developing a wide range of new approaches for sustainably acquiring and refining the raw inputs that become hardware and energy.
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Science for the Planet: Turning Waste Into Critical Materials
Greeshma Gadikota and her team explore how materials that might otherwise be landfilled can be transformed into products needed for solar energy and other critical technologies.
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What Is Decarbonization, and How Do We Make It Happen?
To keep the planet from warming more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, economies must rapidly decarbonize. What will this involve?
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Fall 2021 Internship Opportunities
The Earth Institute is offering undergraduate, graduate and PhD students opportunities to intern in various departments and research centers in a variety of administrative, communications and research roles.
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Capturing Carbon’s Potential: These Companies Are Turning CO2 into Profits
Researchers and businesses are finding innovative ways to use carbon dioxide captured from power plants or the air.
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New Report Examines Key Steps Forward in Removing Carbon Dioxide from Air
The report describes how “negative emissions technologies” that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating climate change.
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Fall Events Provide Hope for Solving Climate Change
In a variety of talks and panels, experts gathered on campus to discuss ideas and technologies that can help us overcome the planet’s biggest environmental challenge.
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Center on Global Energy Policy Launches Carbon Management Research Initiative
The initiative will help to drive business models, investment vehicles, and policies for a new carbon economy.
On Saturday, October 17, 2026 from 10am to 4pm, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Open House—our biggest, best science fun and discovery event of the year—will take place on our beautiful campus in Palisades, NY. Mark your calendar and join us for this free, family-friendly celebration of science! RSVP Today!
