Climate Change

Saving our planet. A collection of 35 posts
Preventing the Next $127.9 Billion Train and Other US Infrastructure Cost Disasters
Climate Change

Preventing the Next $127.9 Billion Train and Other US Infrastructure Cost Disasters

The $127.9 billion California high-speed rail project. These cost overruns severely hamper the US by making it nearly financially impossible to build all the infrastructure needed to keep the nation economically productive.
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On Economic Development and Humanitarian Solutions: the West Bank and Israel
Development

On Economic Development and Humanitarian Solutions: the West Bank and Israel

Disclaimer: The data presented in this article was largely compiled before the Hamas attacks of October 7 and the ensuing violence in the region. The current conflict, tragic loss of life, and heightened
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Why the Energy Transition Begins with Metals
Energy

Why the Energy Transition Begins with Metals

The imperative of a transition away from fossil fuels towards climate-friendly energy sources is becoming clearer by the year. However, financial obstacles and ESG concerns make the path towards a greener future much more complicated than anticipated.
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How Community Solar Farms are Changing the Renewable Energy Conversation
Climate Change

How Community Solar Farms are Changing the Renewable Energy Conversation

As community solar continues to grow, it becomes yet another tool homeowners, city leaders, and government officials can use to fight cliamte change, address energy scarcity, and spur economic activity.
8 min read
A Magic Money Tree for the Climate Crisis
Brown

A Magic Money Tree for the Climate Crisis

The climate crisis has begun, posing an immense threat to both life and prosperity. Raging fires, unprecedented storms, deadly heat, rising sea levels all threaten the livelihoods and lives of billions of people.
8 min read
China’s Current and Future Role in Climate Change
Harvard

China’s Current and Future Role in Climate Change

Spurred by an increasingly industrialized world since the mid-20th century, climate change and global warming have risen to the forefront of international issues that have and will continue to define environmental policy for
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Climate Change and Climate Justice in the Pacific Islands
Harvard

Climate Change and Climate Justice in the Pacific Islands

The U.N. International Organization for Migration projects that there will be 200 million climate change migrants by 2050 (1). Some estimates range up to a billion, or more than one in every
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The Journey Towards Net Zero in Transportation
Harvard

The Journey Towards Net Zero in Transportation

In February 2020, a coalition of airlines, airports, and manufacturers known as UK Sustainable Aviation announced they were committing to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by the year 2050 (1)(2). Their claim is
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Bolivia’s Lithium Woes
Brown

Bolivia’s Lithium Woes

In the future, lithium is king. As electric vehicles (EVs) force traditional gasoline cars out of America and the world’s garages, the price and profitability of lithium is expected to skyrocket in
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Kiribati: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Climate Change

Kiribati: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

In much of the world, climate change often struggles to steal the limelight, but in few places is that less true than in Kiribati. The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is one of
The Push for Net-Zero Emissions -- Corporate Reality or Fantasy? How Apple is Leading the Charge
Berkeley

The Push for Net-Zero Emissions -- Corporate Reality or Fantasy? How Apple is Leading the Charge

Achieving net-zero is an admirable goal. Concepts and techniques behind net-zero are often complicated, unclear, and occasionally untested. To effectively guide companies through net-zero, three key questions must be answered.
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Down, but not out: Climate change and the future of Nuclear Energy
Sciences Po

Down, but not out: Climate change and the future of Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Energy has slowly disappeared from the focus of most policymakers. In the shadows of accidents in Chernobyl and Fukushima, the risks were deemed too high. However, new technologies and the climate urgency
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The future of a clean and sustainable shipping industry
Cambridge

The future of a clean and sustainable shipping industry

The shipping industry is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. This article explores the options we have to make the global shipping industry more sustainable.
6 min read
Reimagining Infrastructure for Sustainability
Sustainability

Reimagining Infrastructure for Sustainability

The Paris Agreement of 2016 was a landmark achievement in international cooperation. It laid out a comprehensive set of objective measures for countries to reduce their footprint and thereby alleviate the adverse effects
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The Future of the Keystone Pipeline
ESG

The Future of the Keystone Pipeline

The election of Joseph R. Biden in early November will return to the normal diplomatic and economic relationship between Canada and the United States from the “America First” policy implemented during the Trump
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Fracking: Its History in the US and Its Impacts on Climate Change
Climate Change

Fracking: Its History in the US and Its Impacts on Climate Change

What is Fracking? Fracking is a drilling technique that allows oil and natural gas to be produced. Processes similar to fracking have been around since the 1860s. It was first used on hard
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Green Hydrogen: Fuel of the Future?
Energy

Green Hydrogen: Fuel of the Future?

Scientists are certain that without drastic countermeasures and new technology, global warming will continue to cause ever more disruptive environmental, economic and social disasters. Furthermore, current research emphasizes that to slow global warming
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Changing Policy and Practice to Address Climate Change
Climate Change

Changing Policy and Practice to Address Climate Change

In recent years, a fundamental divide has instituted itself between the climate and the economy. Choices made in markets across the world are considered separately from the environment, despite the fact that the
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Geoengineering: An Efficient Method of Climate Change Mitigation or a Future Global Catastrophe?
Climate Change

Geoengineering: An Efficient Method of Climate Change Mitigation or a Future Global Catastrophe?

Climate change is widely perceived as an existential threat to global biodiversity and to the human race itself. New climate modeling consistently suggests that without enormous, rapid changes to the carbon-based world energy infrastructure, there will be vast temperature increases
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