… Studies: Air Pollution Control, Environmental Risk Assessment, and Introduction to Green Energy. Future Activities As a result of this project, the investigators are preparing a white paper to be presented to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh, PA to gain support for continuing this research. This funding will be essential for completing the wind turbine life cycle impact analysis and quantifying …
… When it comes 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 catastrophic effects on human … wildfires , the world’s first climate-induced war in Syria, PG&E’s climate-fueled bankruptcy , devastating hurricanes , and deadly heatwaves — among a litany of other …
… This project explores the mechanisms that allow actors in different settings to coordinate and create the institutions required to sustain a new market. What is interesting about renewable energy in general and offshore wind in particular is that, across settings, the issues that prevent market emergence are … where a deeper set of interviews, ethnographic observations, and archival data will be collected. The goal of these matched comparisons is to flesh out the specific …
… The objective of this project is to investigate ways that consumers make inferences about green product quality. The investigators found that consumers tend to infer that green … upon a “zero-sum” heuristic, whereby they assume that companies have a fixed amount of manufacturing resources. Thus, resources devoted to “making the product green” come at the … and in conjunction with a case on green products. Future Activities Additional data will be collected for the resubmission of the publication, and the investigators hope to …
… erosion prevention, crop yields, and carbon sequestration. These benefits - and the practices used to achieve them - vary by region, so state programs are uniquely positioned to … calling for the creation of soil health programs in their states. In response to this growing demand, the Soil Health Policy guidebook provides practical advice for anyone who is … in developing community-driven, state-level soil health policy or programs. Readers will learn how to build an effective and inclusive soil health coalition, logistics to help …
… yet many processes used to increase land productivity have deleterious effects that actually reduce the long-run usability of the land. More sustainable agricultural … overall, and those concentrated in an area — to increase the likelihood that one person will know several seed farmers. This next step involved training the extension workers in … of the data. Project Outcomes An additional $50,000 was also received from the World Bank Research Committee to help support this project. Related Presentations The results of …
… Development and the Global Network for Advanced Management, finds that: Corporations unwilling to act on environmental issues are increasingly punished by the men and women they would like to recruit. 44 percent of students are willing to accept a lower salary to work for a company with better environmental practices. …
… This report examines how coastal cities in the region are engaging with offshore wind companies to promote local economic development and jobs in their community. What kinds of planning and policy levers can city leaders pull to attract offshore wind industry players? How are developers and manufacturers responding? What other actors are involved in this process, and what community …
… Finance and ESG Equity and Justice Bridging the Gap: How Philanthropy Can Unlock Impact Investing … Bridging the Gap: How Philanthropy Can Unlock Impact Investing -by Abhishri … Network (GIIN) total global impact investing assets in 2018 grew more than 50% from 2017. Yet, that growth is tiny relative to the overall investing marketplace—comprising only … philanthropy as risk capital; and 4) target resources for catalytic potential. This report will be most helpful to organizations that seek to strategically deploy grant money that …
… report provides a comprehensive analysis of the feasibility of designing and financing a Green Resilience Hub (GRH). GRHs are physical facilities equipped with clean energy … a GRH. These steps include involving the community, determining what electrical loads will be backed up, sizing a battery, choosing a technology mix, and creating operational … and financial model, published with this report, is built using the Connecticut GreenBank campus as a case study. It is designed to be easily adapted to analyze other projects. …