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Power struggle: Nuclear energy contends with climate change
Aerial view of Three Mile Island

Power struggle: Nuclear energy contends with climate change

Earth and Environmental Science Department Chair Reto Gieré explains how 40 years after the worst nuclear accident in the U.S., a global energy dilemma endures.

Penn Today Staff

When green ‘fixes’ actually increase the carbon footprint
The Amazon World Headquarters Campus Spheres terrariums

When Amazon announced plans to bring its headquarters (seen here) to Seattle a decade ago, it promised eco-friendly infrastructure and encourages a sustainability ethos to go along with it. But according to new research from Penn and others, its arrival likely led to gentrification and stable or increased carbon emissions.

When green ‘fixes’ actually increase the carbon footprint

New research shows that when tech companies move in, they often encourage a sustainability mindset, but lead to gentrification and stable or higher emissions.

Michele W. Berger

Bringing reliable power to all of India
Bringing reliable, sustainable power to India

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Bringing reliable power to all of India

Doing so requires a just and sustainable energy transition and common but differentiated responsibilities among nations to mitigate effects of energy systems on climate change.

Michele W. Berger , Lindsey Samahon

Five things to know about the new EPA acting administrator
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Five things to know about the new EPA acting administrator

Following Scott Pruitt’s resignation, will Andrew Wheeler stay the course or chart a new path for the agency, and what does it mean for the environment?

Michele W. Berger

Science fiction or the future of trucking?
Sociologist Steve Viscelli studies the trucking industry. A report publishing soon looks at what effect driverless trucks will have on the industry as a whole.

Sociologist Steve Viscelli studies the trucking industry. A report publishing soon looks at what effect driverless trucks will have on the industry as a whole.

Science fiction or the future of trucking?

Driverless trucks seem like science fiction, part of a far-off world where robots and humans live and work side by side.

Michele W. Berger

Energy podcast brings esoteric, provocative topics down to earth
Former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy talks with "Energy Policy Now" producer Andy Stone.

Former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy talks with “Energy Policy Now” producer Andy Stone. (Photo: Courtesy of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy)

Energy podcast brings esoteric, provocative topics down to earth

A little more than a year into its podcast series, the Kleinman Center has hit its stride, bringing interesting and intriguing energy-related topics to a broad audience. Now, the key is to keep the momentum going.