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Tag Archives: Sustainability
Back to Educating in the Anthropocene
(Source: The Lancet) The original caption of this figure reads “The Planetary Health Education Framework.” However, it is similar to the Venn diagram that I discussed in a previous blog (August 4, 2020), which includes climate change, equity, Covid-19, population, … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Education
Tagged Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, Environment, Future, Sustainability, US
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Back to ESG
ESG (Environmental Social & Governance) is back at the forefront of discussion as an investment tool. Put ESG into this blog’s search box and you will get a few entries. The May 24, 2022 blog provides some details and connections … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Sustainability
Tagged assets, China, Climate Change, Economics, Economy, environmental, ESG, ethical, Future, Gas, governance, Government, green, greenwash, Investment, Market, Milton Friedman, oil company, renewable energy, social, social capital, Sustainability, Sustainable, value
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Campus as a Lab: Part 1
Source: Rutgers Living Laboratories Campus as a lab (CAL) is becoming a teaching and organizational tool across campuses. I am including a schematic diagram of the dynamics of the concept, taken from the Rutgers University site, above. If you Google … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Energy, Sustainability
Tagged academic, Adaptation, Brooklyn College, CAL, campus, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Columbia, CUNY, curriculum, decarbonization, diversity, Duke, Education, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmental studies, Florida State, Future, Interdisciplinary, lab, Mitigation, Net-Zero, offset, plastic, Princeton, Research, Sustainability, transportation, Water
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Analyzing Global Energy Inflation
In almost every news broadcast, fuel inflation holds the top spot. This is not surprising. With an energy inflation growth of around 30% per year (see Figure 1) and the average price of gasoline at around $5/gallon (occasionally up to … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged Adaptation, Biden, Brazil, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, CO2, CO2 emissions, covid, COVID 19, CPI, decarbonization, decarbonize, economic, Economy, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, EU, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, GHG, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, inflation, Infrastructure, LNG, Military, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Oil, oil company, pandemic, petrostate, politicians, politics, Power, Price, renewable energy, Russia, sanctions, security, Solar, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, Turkey, Ukraine, US, vaccination, vaccine, Wind
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The IEA, Heat, and Net Zero
Summer has officially started. Over the last week or so, I’ve been keeping track of which large US cities have experienced temperatures above 100oF, according to the New York Times weather report (see August 18, 2020 blog for descriptions of … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Biofuel, Brazil, Carbon, carbon emissions, carbon zero, China, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, decarbonization, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, IEA, India, Indonesia, Mitigation, OECD, Solar, South Africa, Sustainability, Utility, Wind
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The American Jobs Plan & Power Generation by Source
Last week, when I discussed the new $2.3 trillion “American Jobs Plan,” I listed the costs of items that directly address climate change mitigation. The second most expensive item was the $174 billion program for electric vehicle incentive. A few … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Electric Cars, Sustainability, US
Tagged Adaptation, American jobs plan, Biden, carbon emissions, carbon zero, Climate Change, CO2, Coal, coronavirus, economic, Economy, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, fossil fuel, fuel, Gas, Global Warming, IEA, Infrastructure, low carbon, Methane, Mitigation, NOAA, Nuclear, Oil, Power, power plant, renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Sustainable, temperature rise, Wind
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Two Contradictory Versions of “Too Expensive”
I’m still in lockdown but I have the resources to communicate with the world. I have the opportunity to expose myself to different kinds of information while avoiding exposure to the pandemic. The piece below came from Forbes magazine, which, … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability
Tagged California, cherry picking global energy transition, choice, Climate Change, Coal, consequence, disease, Electricity, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmental, fire, fire storm, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, Germany, Global Warming, goals, Hydroelectric, hydroelectricity, individual bias, Insurance, Kenya, mitigating, Mitigation, Oil, Oregon, paradigm, phase-out, Policy, probability, prospect theory, Renewable, renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Sustainable, UN, unlivable, Washington, wild fire, wildfire, Wind, World Bank
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School Energy Use: Smart Grids & the Long Term
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
Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability
Tagged Brooklyn College, Calgary, conversion, covid, COVID 19, CUNY, Electricity, Energy, energy distribution, energy transition, EU, Europe, Future, Microgrid, New York, NY, NYC, PG&E, Portland, Power, power source, School, smart grid, Solar, sustailable, Sustainability, Technology, Weather, Wind, zero carbon
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Using COVID-19 to Measure Energy Consumption at Brooklyn College
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
Posted in Electricity, Energy
Tagged a/c, base load, Brooklyn College, carbon neutral, Climate Change, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, CUNY, Electricity, Energy, Energy Consumption, energy transition, Global Warming, law, lockdown, New York, NYC, pandemic, peak load, Sustainability
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Negative Energy Pricing
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
Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy
Tagged Battery, carbon emissions, CO2, Coal, conservation of energy, conversion, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, crude oil, Demand, Economics, Economy, Electricity, Energy, energy transition, fossil fuel, GDP, Germany, greenhouse gas, Hydroelectric, lockdown, negative energy pricing, Oil, pandemic, Physics, Power, power company, power plant, power prices, primary energy, Renewable, Solar, Supply, Sustainability, Sustainable, US, Weather, Wind
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