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Guest Blog by Phil Gallagher: Going Solar in 2022

Posted on June 21, 2022 by climatechangefork

This week, we have a guest blog from one of my friends, a retired Brooklyn College History professor, who just installed solar power in his home in Brooklyn. Going Solar in 2022 My wife and I recently succeeded in going … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Guest Blog | Tagged Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, building, coned, construction, Electricity, Energy, fire code, Incentives, NYC, Photovoltaic, Renewable, Solar, solar panel | 4 Comments

The American Jobs Plan

Posted on April 6, 2021 by climatechangefork

I started to write this blog a day after President Biden presented his infrastructure plan in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The location’s symbolism was obvious; this was the same city where President Trump announced his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement: I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Sustainability, US | Tagged Adaptation, American jobs plan, Biden, budget, building, Climate Change, Cost, Electricity, Energy, Future, Infrastructure, jobs, law, manufacturing, Mitigation, Paris, Paris Agreement, Pittsburgh, Research, transportation, Trump, utilities | 1 Comment

Buildings: Emissions

Posted on July 9, 2019 by climatechangefork

In urban environments, buildings are major contributors to climate change. In fact, according to the NYC Greenhouse Gas Inventory of 2016, they are responsible for two-thirds of New York City’s annual emissions. I have been looking at mitigation efforts of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, building, Carbon, city council, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Efficiency, efficient, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Future, Global Warming, governance, Government, green, greenhouse gas, law, legislation, Mitigation, NYC, Renewable, renewable energy, Science, Solar, Sustainability, Timeline, urban green, US, Wind | Leave a comment

Campus Sustainability – NYC and CUNY

Posted on June 4, 2019 by climatechangefork

Sustainability in NYC In mid-April, the New York City Council passed an incredibly important piece of legislation regarding our city’s sustainability, calling for landlords to upgrade the built environment: New York City Passes Historic Climate Legislation The Climate Mobilization Act … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, AOC, Bloomberg, budget, building, built environment, C40, campus, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, carbon neutral, city council, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Mobilization Act, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, conversion, Cornell, Cost, CUNY, Ed Markey, Emissions, Energy, energy footprint, energy transition, Environment, environmental, experimentl science, funding, Future, Global Warming, goal, governance, Government, green new deal, greenhouse gas, initiative, insulation, lab, laboratory, landlord, law, legislation, Mitigation, natural science, New, New York, NYC, old, PlaNYC, PlaNYC2030, Population, projection, Renewable, renewable energy, renovation, retrofit, School, Science, Solar, study, Sustainability, Sustainable, US, Wind, zero carbon | 5 Comments

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Guest Blog by Phil Gallagher: Going Solar in 2022

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