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Big Oil’s in Trouble: What’s Next?

Posted on September 8, 2020 by climatechangefork

The political fight over mitigation of climate change now spans more than two generations. The fossil fuel industry has long seen mitigation as a direct threat to its business model. It has, whether directly or indirectly, used institutions such as … Continue reading →

Simultaneous Global Disasters

Posted on September 1, 2020 by climatechangefork

About a month ago (August 4th), I wrote a blog that used a Venn diagram to show the overlap of climate change, COVID-19, projected population change, job availability, and socio-economic status. My discussion was relatively abstract. Now, only one month … Continue reading →

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Energy Saving on Specific Campuses

Posted on July 21, 2020 by climatechangefork

There are two branches to making campuses more sustainable: reducing carbon emissions (with the objective of zero carbon by mid-century) and increasing resiliency in the energy supply. We have dealt with both objectives throughout this blog. One campus’ conversion to … Continue reading →

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School Energy Use: Smart Grids & the Long Term

Posted on July 14, 2020 by climatechangefork

Last week I outlined my school’s effort to measure its energy use during the COVID-19 lockdown. As I mentioned there, I got the data following my (approved) visit to the campus. While I was there, I realized that even without … Continue reading →

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Using COVID-19 to Measure Energy Consumption at Brooklyn College

Posted on July 7, 2020 by climatechangefork

I am on the faculty at both CUNY Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan. CUNY is a huge institution: The City University of New York is the nation’s largest urban public university, a transformative engine of social … Continue reading →

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How to Use COVID-19 to Make your Workplace Greener

Posted on June 30, 2020 by climatechangefork

The “lonely” Brooklyn College in June This is the beautiful campus where I teach. There are almost no students; it looks lonely. Granted, I took the photograph on Sunday, June 21st, a day when the campus likely wouldn’t look much … Continue reading →

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Extreme Weather & the Energy Transition

Posted on June 23, 2020 by climatechangefork

All over the world, people are getting tired of the lockdowns and frozen economies, and yet the virus is still on the rise in many places. As countries and states reopen, carbon emissions are resurging. Here is what that means … Continue reading →

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COVID-19-Inspired Longer-Term Changes to the Energy Transition

Posted on June 16, 2020 by climatechangefork

I started to write this blog on Thursday, June 11th. On that day, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that, “we can’t shut down the economy again.” The Federal Reserve and others had already made grim predictions about the long-term economic … Continue reading →

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Negative Energy Pricing

Posted on June 9, 2020 by climatechangefork

Last week, I outlined some markers of how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the global energy transition and how that ties in with climate change in the long run. For instance, the global decrease in GDP and the resulting drop … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Impacts on the Energy Transition

Posted on June 2, 2020 by climatechangefork

What impacts will the COVID-19 pandemic have on the longer-term climate change disaster? I’ll begin to address this topic here, starting with some observations, and expand upon it with some suggestions in future blogs. Throughout my more than 8 years … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Energy

Big Oil’s in Trouble: What’s Next?

Energy Saving on Specific Campuses

School Energy Use: Smart Grids & the Long Term

Using COVID-19 to Measure Energy Consumption at Brooklyn College

Extreme Weather & the Energy Transition

Negative Energy Pricing

Coronavirus Impacts on the Energy Transition

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