Standing Rock and nation’s clean-energy future
News— Opinion By Philip Warburg | December 20, 2016 As we face the prospect of a climate-denying Trump presidency, the Sioux Nation’s triumph at Standing Rock is much more than a tentative local victory.
Climate Action Plan Task Force Website Launched
The CAP Task Force website is intended to help BU students, faculty, and staff stay abreast of the process and get involved in developing a plan for the University to reduce its impacts on climate change, and prepare the campuses for what a changing climate will bring.
ISE Tapped to head Carbon-Free Boston Work
The Green Ribbon Commission and the City of Boston have engaged Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) to use its technical expertise, project management capacity, and knowledge of climate and energy policy to advise the City on its decarbonization effort, including the technical modeling required to make effective strategic decisions. The Institute is now […]
Why Apple Is Getting into the Energy Business
By Peter Fox-Penner | November 25, 2016 Memo to CEOs who don’t consider themselves in the electricity business: You may not be in the power business today, but you’re more than likely to be in it tomorrow. Consider Apple, hardly a byword in the energy business. This summer, the company applied for federal licenses to sell […]
The Kelsey Cascadia Rose Juliana decision: A Ray of Light
Rick Reibstein, Lecturer, Environmental Law and Policy, Boston University November 14, 2016 On November 10, while we were all still absorbing the fact that the Republican candidate had won, Professor John Bonine of the University of Oregon School of Law and moderator of the Environmental Law Professor’s listserv, posted this message:
John Helveston, ISE Post-Doctoral Associate, Wins Competition at China Lindy Hop Championships in Beijing
While busily doing research in China, John Helveston also took the opportunity to participate in the Advanced Jack & Jill contest at the China Lindy Hop Championships in Beijing, a competition where one is randomly paired with a partner and completely improvise a dance, John won FIRST place with his partner Banban. Bravo, John! p.s. […]
Sub-national Climate Assistance for the World’s Least-Developed Nations
In collaboration with Oxford University’s Oxford Climate Policy, the Institute is helping the world’s most disadvantaged nations cope with the costs of climate change. The Oxford Climate Policy Subnational Finance Project’s goal is to utilize sub-national financing bodies – mainly states, regions, and provinces that have carbon taxes or cap-and-trade systems – to allocate funds […]
#BUCPUA Fall 2016 Keynote Lecture: Rob Thornton Presents “District Energy in Cities”
On October 13, 2016, Rob Thornton outlined how cities around the globe from Copenhagen to Dubai, Paris to Boston are investing in district energy thermal heating and cooling networks to enhance resource efficiency, conserve fuel and water, and strengthen energy resiliency for local economies.
Amory Lovins Presents “Disruptive Energy Futures”
Amory Lovins of Rocky Mountain Institute presented a bold vision of transformational changes that can dramatically reduce carbon emissions from transportation, buildings, and the electric grid on September 15th at Boston University Questrom School of Business. The event was co-sponsored by the Institute for Sustainable Energy, sustainability@bu, and the Energy & Environmental Sustainability MBA Concentration.
Peter Fox-Penner Presents New Developments in Sustainable Energy
Peter Fox-Penner, ISE Director, presents New Developments in Sustainable Energy: BU & Beyond to Questrom’s Executive MBA Alumni weekend Luncheon on October 1, 2016. Download the slides.