… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using RenewableEnergy Credits (RECs) to track and … used. RPSs have been unable to achieve these goals due to inherent limitations of a market for RECs. In states with the most aggressive clean energypolicies, the shortcomings of RPSs are becoming more acute. In areas of high solar …
… to estimate Southern New England residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for local forest products, clean drinking water from forested watersheds, and access to … Estimates indicate that there is potential for decision makers to create new markets or policies that create economic incentives for private forest owners by drawing upon … authorities, and recreation managers can utilize the results of this research to inform new policies and markets for ecosystem services. For example, the investigators intend to use …
… that actually reduce the long-run usability of the land. More sustainable agricultural technologies exist, designed to minimize the adverse effects of farming and improve … moisture retention. The project was designed in two phases to test different methods of information diffusion. In the first phase, a baseline survey was conducted with 3800 farming … characteristics of the households as well as their farming practices and production levels. For the first round of interventions, information was provided to treatment households on …
… and Nature Based Solutions Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Mobilizing Finance for Land Conservation at the Energy-Land-Agriculture Nexus … Mobilizing Finance for Land … solar has a sizable land footprint — one that is only expected to grow as solar and renewables meet a larger share of U.S. energy needs. Given the climate imperative to … structures to advance land use best practices on solar sites. Our hypothesis is that efficiently integrating the value of ecosystem services with conventional solar project …
… production and agricultural operations. Combining these practices into one space creates an efficient and sustainable land-use system that benefits farmers, solar developers, rural communities, and the earth itself. This emerging form of renewableenergy blends complementary land uses and eliminates the false “food or energy” …
… to climate change, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise for decades, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities. This will have … Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the RenewableEnergy 100 (RE100), the Business Roundtable, B Corps, and benefit … can more effectively vote with their dollars, select their employers, and support climate policies. The report is structured around nine data visualizations that communicate the …
… is growing interest across various stakeholder groups in adopting land use best practices for new projects. Pollinator-friendly solar, which incorporates native grasses and … services that pollinator-friendly solar projects provide. Additionally, site-specific policies, which would drive maximal benefit from increased crop yields and ecosystem … crops if their land abuts a pollinator-friendly solar site. As Minnesota pursues its renewable portfolio standard target of 10% of energy produced from solar by 2030, there is …
… financing a Green Resilience Hub (GRH). GRHs are physical facilities equipped with clean energytechnologies and strategically located to offer vital services to local communities before, during, and after emergencies such as natural disasters. The primary goal of this …
… Rates of mental health concerns for children and adolescents are high across the United States and potentially rising as, simultaneously, young people are spending less time outdoors than ever before. These trends are especially pronounced for children of color and low-income urban youth, who face multiple barriers to accessing …