Energy & Environment
Apr 18th, 2013 |
By Louise McLarnan
Authors investigate how women’s bargaining power in the household can influence the success of public health interventions.
Posted in Energy & Environment, International Affairs, Research in Brief |
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Tags: A. Mushfiq Mobarak, air pollution, Bangladesh, Biolite stove, BRAC, cookstoves, developing world, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, Grant Miller, Human capital, low-income households, rural districts, Technology, women, World Health Organization
Apr 5th, 2013 |
By Jeremy Klavans
The former Chairman and CEO of Chicago-based Excelon, John W. Rowe discusses the future of energy production, pricing, and policy.
Posted in Child & Family, Energy & Environment, Policy in Practice |
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Tags: Baltimore, Cap-and-Trade, carbon tax, Charter Schools, Chicago, Exelon Corporation, Fukushima, liquefied natural gas, natural gas, Philadelphia, Yucca Mountain
Mar 19th, 2013 |
By Jeff Gerlach
Dimiter Kenarov discusses the emerging shale gas industry’s impact on residents in surrounding communities, particularly in Poland and Pennsylvania
Posted in Energy & Environment, Policy in Practice |
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Tags: civic activism, Coal, ConocoPhillips, Eastern Europe, energy independence, energy security, Exxon, Global Shale Gas Initiative, Global Warming, hydraulic fracturing, liquefied natural gas, Marcellus shale, Middle East, natural gas, oil, Poland, Shale Gas, U.S. Department of Energy
Mar 7th, 2013 |
By Jeff Gerlach
New research suggests economic growth plays a larger role in climate change than population growth
Posted in Energy & Environment, International Affairs, Policy in Practice |
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Tags: Climate Change, CO2 emissions, El Nino Southern Oscillation, ENSO, GDP, population growth, volcanic eruptions, volcanoes, WGDP, world population
Feb 21st, 2013 |
By Lindsay Haymes
A Russian official discusses her mission to create a more transparent government
Posted in Energy & Environment, International Affairs, Labor & Finance, Law & Justice, Policy in Practice, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: accounting, civil society, corruption, Energy, financial disclosure, Freedom of Information Act, monopolies, Moscow, political activism, Russia, transparency, utilities
Feb 15th, 2013 |
By Maggie King
San Diego’s Chief Operating Officer discusses clean technology and business in California’s second largest city
Posted in Energy & Environment, Policy in Practice, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: Chief Operating Officer, clean technology, Clean Technology Initiative, enterprise zones, free enterprise, Jay Goldstone, Municipal CFO Series, permitting, PUC, San Diego, San Diego Gas and Electric, San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant, Scripps, Solar, UC systems, utility providers, zoning changes
Feb 8th, 2013 |
By Yiren Xie
Albuquerque’s CFO discusses the city’s focus on sustainability and energy conservation
Posted in Energy & Environment, Policy in Practice |
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Tags: Albuquerque, E85 biofuels, energy conservation, energy. financing infrastructure, HEC, INSEAD Business School, Lenovo Energy Conservation, Lou Hoffman, Martin Chavez, Municipal CFO Forum, Municipal CFO Series, New Mexico, Renewable Energy, solar panels, sunshine, University of New Mexico, wind, wind farms
Jan 1st, 2013 |
By Nicholas Epstein
Can old fashion farming practicies replace chemicals without harming yields?
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief |
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Tags: Adam S. Davis, Agrichemicals, Agriculture, Ann M. Johanns, Craig A. Chase, Crop Rotation, Cropping System Diversification, Environment, Farming, Food Policy, Industrial Farming, Jason D. Hill, Marsden Farm Experiment, Matt Liebman, Sustainability
Nov 29th, 2012 |
By Matthew Stedl
Azerbaijan’s ambassador to the U.S. discusses international energy policy in an increasingly complex geopolitical atmosphere
Posted in Energy & Environment, International Affairs, Policy in Practice |
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Tags: Azerbaijan, Caspian Sea, Elin Suleymanov, Europe, Georgia, hydropower, Iran, Iranian oil embargo, Islam, Israel, Jennifer Lopez, natural gas, oil, Renewable Energy, Russia
Nov 23rd, 2012 |
By Jeff Gerlach
Climate policies and their restriction on carbon emissions will have a direct impact on the expansion and growth of the Canadian oil sands industry
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief |
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Tags: bitumen, Canada, carbon emissions, CCS, CGE, Climate Change, CO2, oil sands