Category: Energy5
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Energy Insecurity and the Price of Gasoline Are Promoting Renewable Energy
While fossil fuels will be needed for a generation as we transition to renewables, they will ultimately be driven from the marketplace by price, pollution, and the performance of renewable energy.
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Pivoting on Greenhouse Gas Regulation
Action will now need to focus on state and local governments along with powerful corporations and institutions to continue forward motion in the transition to environmental sustainability.
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Integrating Climate Change, Decarbonization, and Just Transition Considerations Into Extractive Industry Contracts
Suggestions from experts at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment.
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Announcing the Electric Resilience Toolkit
A new compilation of resources supports policymakers and stakeholders working on issues around electric sector regulation and climate resilience planning.
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What Makes Electrifying the Economy So Challenging?
As the nation moves toward decarbonization, it will be challenging to produce enough renewable energy to meet the increased demand for electricity. What’s standing in the way?
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Columbia University at Davos 2022
At this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Columbia experts provided analysis and actionable ideas on how to address the climate and energy crises.
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Community-Led Science Uncovers High Air Pollution From Fracking in Ohio County
In a collaboration that included Columbia researchers, Belmont County residents set up a low-cost sensor network that is helping them fight for clean air.
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Greenwashing Decarbonization
Better renewable energy technology will make greenwashing an idiotic strategy, and audited disclosure rules would make carbon-related greenwashing illegal.
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How Electric Vehicles Could Fix the Grid
Local governments and policymakers are anxious about the U.S. grid’s ability to withstand ever-increasing demand. Consumers could hold the key to an untapped resource.