Historic Solar Deal Powers Duke U. Toward Carbon Neutrality
Effort to become carbon neutral by 2024 expands solar component
Topic Energy & Environment
Duke scholars are exploring new frontiers in such areas as renewable energy, sustainable food and carbon capture to forge a more sustainable relationship between humanity and the global environment.
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Central Bank Leaders Embrace Climate Concerns as Key Policy Objective
Quotes Sarah Bloom Raskin, a former Federal Reserve governor and Treasury official, now a visiting professor of the practice of law
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Features comments by Sven-Eric Jordt, a researcher at Duke’s School of Medicine
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‘Our House Is Burning’: Student Climate Protesters Urge Their Universities to Go Carbon Neutral
Features comments by Claire Wang, a recent Duke alumna and Rhodes scholar
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52 Technologies to Fight Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans
Mentions Duke’s involvement in project
Trump Is Leaving Biden a Broken Government
Features Duke-sponsored researchers’ “Climate 21” proposals for future climate policy
GOP Control to Linger Over Agency Key to Biden Climate Goals
Features comments by Kate Konschnik, director of the Climate and Energy Program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke
How Plastic Pollution Got Out of Control
Quotes Duke student Caroline Gordon
How East Asia Can Drive the Fight Against Climate Change
Commentary co-authored by Jackson Ewing, a senior fellow at Duke’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Water Contamination by PFAS Still Plagues NC and the Cape Fear Region
Interview with Lee Ferguson, an associate professor of environmental engineering and science
‘A Historic Commitment’: John Kerry Tapped as Climate Czar as Biden Links Issue to National Security
Features comments by Tim Profeta, the director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke
Coastal Harm From Invading Saltwater ‘Happening Right Now’
Features comments by Emily Bernhardt, an ecosystem ecologist and distinguished professor at Duke
NCI Should Be Upfront About Chemical Exposure and Cancer Risk
Commentary co-authored by Linda S. Birnbaum, scholar in residence at Duke
MCAS Working to Reintroduce Native Oyster, Restore Neuse River Shore After Florence
Reports on a partnership between Duke and Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station