… due to the dearth of Montana-based USDA-inspected facilities. Despite the expense and effort of the initial processing logistics, TPP has distributed over 100,000 pounds of local burger to Montana food banks, and ranchers receive tax benefits for their donations. To achieve long-term mission viability, TPP installed a modular meat … first federally inspected, nonprofit facility. However, Pierson had limited options for supplying energy to the new processing facility. The local utility company, …
… Marcus discussed one of the biggest obstacles in working with low-income communities: building trust. Working with PosiGen, he was able to reach low-income residents on how clean … of social justice. “A lot of energy disparities exist in low-income communities and it forces them to have to sacrifice either 50% or more of their total income to energy. One of the things that interested me with the work I was doing with PosiGen is that they are focused on providing low-income communities with clean energy while also helping them …
… to incorporate the past into the future. Yale College student Hilary Griggs was selected for the inaugural Planetary Solutions in Clean Energy (PSiCE) cohort. Hilary’s goals through … they have over the land. “Energy can be a tool for sovereignty. Native American tribes are technically sovereign but there are many ways in which, because of the history with the … future. It makes it sustainable in the long term because instead of just coming in and building a solar farm and then leaving, you're coming into a community and the community …
… black smoke billowing from a power plant in Houston one fateful road trip was all it took for Yale rising senior Marc Gonzalez to discover he wanted a future in clean energy. That … decision, coupled with the understanding of how our current energy system does not work for many low-income and BIPOC communities, led him to pursue a degree in Environmental … practice through policy change. “Our current energy system is broken. It does not work for many low-income and BIPOC communities. I want to better serve my community to get them …
… in India. Additionally, Pratima was a founding team member of Rocket Learning , an ed-tech startup focused on early childhood education in India. A lover of nature and hiking, the drastic … the PSiCE program, Pratima will be working with the City of Ithaca on their citywide building decarbonization initiative. She will focus on helping create a fund for low-income …
… Do you want to enact change and justice for the environment? Are you interested in collaborating with like-minded individuals, … share ideas and inspire equity in the transition to clean energy futures through a more informed and inclusive clean energy community. “We want to form connections and share learnings, to foster a broader, more equitable, more informed, …
… for a little over a decade, navigating the complex and evolving world of innovative technologies and the government policies like renewable portfolio standards that support … of clean energy at scale. My global cohort includes real estate developers, bankers, venture capitalists, engineers, project developers, senior executives, and more all at … I'm just getting started! 7399 Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Equity and Justice Building Professional Networks in the Pandemic Era … Mar 11, 2022 Building Professional …
… I decided to quit my job and move to Ithaca, N.Y. At the time, the city was looking for a director of sustainability to give life to the Ithaca Green New Deal (IGND), which, in … GHG inventories, developed climate action plans and even invested in a few climate-tech companies. All that was useful but, soon I realized, not sufficient to take on this … of emissions that needed to be mitigated. I was then in the process of designing a green building and electrification policy framework while assessing different technologies and …
… the years, and I can tell you this: what they lack in personality they more than make up for in intelligence. " Maybe IP attorneys score low on the charisma scale because they—like … fell into this trap: with clean energy, what could be as important as the underlying technology and the intellectual property that protects or stifles it? I just needed to get out more. Shortly after starting the FDCE program, it became clear that tech and IP are part of the renewables universe, but not the center of it—and that I’d learn …
… and Deployment of Clean Energy program. As an energy analyst and energy writer with no technical background, I was hopeful it could help beef up my knowledge and make me better at … today I was in last year. So I dug up that list of questions to see what answers I have for my younger self. Question 1: Will the program be helpful to someone already working in … of energy is contextual. This program does an excellent job of walking through the building blocks across the energy sector in a way that is accessible and coherent. While it …