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Optimizing Battery Storage Participation in PJM Markets

Interview with Andrew Hoffman

COP27 Dispatch: The Struggle for Agricultural Sustainability Under Climate Stress

Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

The accomplishments by the 2022 recipients of the Green Purchasing Award align with Penn’s Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 3.0.

Penn’s 2022 Green Purchasing Award recipients

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Open-pit mines like the one seen here generate millions of tons of waste each year. Researchers in the Clean Energy Conversions Lab are working on technologies that could turn this waste into carbon-storing rocks, potentially keeping a substantial amount of CO2 out of the atmosphere. (Image: Peter Psarras)

Turning carbon emissions into rocks

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Whitehouse joined scientists Michael Mann and Joseph Francisco in a panel on political dark money moderated by Kathleen Morrison. (From left to right: Michael Mann, Sheldon Whitehouse, Joseph Francisco, and Kathleen Morrison)

How dark money fuels climate denialism

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Penn researchers say that there are more sustainable alternatives to eucalyptus plantation and charcoal production sites like this one in Kyegaliro, Uganda. (Image: Courtesy of Catherine Nabukalu).

Where does charcoal come from—and is it sustainable?

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An electric Penn Transit shuttle heading west on Walnut Street.

New electric vehicles jolt Penn toward sustainability goals

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On the boathouse in FDR Park in South Philadelphia, a mural now hangs, a visual representation of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #7, which is aimed at ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, modern energy for all. It’s one of 17 such murals in various stages across the city.

Through public art, the U.N. sustainability goals come to life

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Multilateral spaces like the United Nations climate change conference—an event that brought together nearly 200 nations—provided a unique opportunity for Penn to share its climate research with the world. (Image: Gehad Hamdy/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images).

At COP27, Penn showcased its diverse climate expertise on the world stage

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As part of the pilot program for PGRI, Penn students like Victoria Moffitt (right) conducted research in the Galápagos with GERA, a research organization co-led by Ernesto Vaca (left). (Image: Victoria Moffitt)

New Penn Global program fosters ethical research around the world

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Historian Jared Farmer’s new book Elderflora published this week. It looks at the complex history of the world’s oldest trees, and how they can help us address the climate crisis. (Image: Courtesy of Basic Books)

A modern history of ancient trees, through the lens of climate change

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During the 2018 Montecito mudslides, powerful flows of debris pushed boulders out of creek-carved canyons toward homes, causing destruction and 23 deaths. New findings from a Penn-led team leveraged recent developments in physics to understand the forces that govern the mudslides. (Image: Douglas Jeromack)

Physics of disaster: How mudslides move

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Richard M. Leventhal, (left) executive director of the Penn Cultural Heritage Center of the Penn Museum, moderated the discussion with Cristina Coc (second from left), Pablo Mis (third from left), and Filiberto Penados. (Image: Courtesy of Perry World House)

Decolonize the future: Defending Indigenous rights and lands

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Penn Vet’s Zhengxia Dou, Laurel Redding, Meghann Pierdon, and Dipti Pitta, together with Parsons, will help lead work in five areas related to the Center’s mission: Animal Welfare, Regenerative Agriculture, Food Security, Climate Mitigation, and Human Health Interfaces. (Image: Penn Vet)

Meeting a ‘generational challenge’: Feeding the world and doing it sustainably

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Joseph S. Francisco

Joseph Francisco Wins Philadelphia Section Award from the American Chemical Society

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Morondava, Madagascar is one of three cities studied by The McHarg Center's team. Photo: Morondava Autrement

Where Biodiversity, Climate Risk, and Urban Growth Collide

Weitzman School of Design

Climate Week 1.5 Minute Lectures from Faculty 2021 Credit Eric Sucar

A week of building climate knowledge, awareness, and action

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