It’s a busy day for climate action in the DC area! On Capitol Hill, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will begin debating and amending the American Clean Energy and … Read more
May, 2009
Waxman-Markey’s Renewable Energy Standard: Tough Enough?
I’m one of the contributors over at the National Journal’s Energy & Environment Experts Blog. Here’s the question posed today: Does the [Waxman-Markey] proposal go far enough to promote the … Read more
CWRU to Experiment with Freshwater Turbine
In Case Western Reserve University’s (CWRU) home state of Ohio, “Coal is like pennies,” says Linda Robson, Case Western’s campus planning and operations research fellow for energy studies. In a … Read more
St. Thomas University Prepares Lawyers to Take on Environmental Issues
A small but steadily growing legal discipline is training lawyers to defend one of the world’s most underrepresented clients: the environment. Though several law schools have added legal certificates or … Read more
Canvassing the Climate: Art Takes Its Own Approach to Science
Collaboration is the new black these days, as diverse individuals and departments at a variety of educational institutions come together on issues of climate change. The results are innovative, striking, … Read more
Community Colleges Step Up to Train Clean Energy Workers
(Ed. Note: portions of this article were originally published at WorldChanging) As unemployment numbers continue to creep up and universities make ever more draconian budget cuts, it may be surprising … Read more
