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 […]
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 […]
New MA Energy Policy Signed into Law, Informed by ISE Research
Massachusetts has a new state energy policy enacted with the help of Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE). The new policy, signed into law by Governor Charles Baker, calls for the purchase of up to 1600 MW of offshore wind and 1000-1200 MW of onshore renewable energy, including possible hydroelectricity purchases from Canada. The […]
ISE Director Fox-Penner Testifies Before Massachusetts State Senate
On June 22nd, ISE Director Peter Fox-Penner joined co-authors of a white paper on Massachusetts energy policy options to testify before the Senate Oversight Committee on Global Warming. The hearing was chaired by Senator Marc R. Pacheco. Pictured from left to right are white paper co-authors Michael Haggerty, the Brattle Group; Professor David Cash, Dean […]
Michael Webber on his new book: The Energy-Water Nexus
Thursday, April 28, 2016 | 5:00 pm HAR Room 212, Questrom School of Business, 595 Commonwealth Avenue Introduced by Cutler Cleveland, College of Arts & Sciences professor of earth and environment and Institute for Sustainable Energy affiliate. Join Michael Webber, creator of popular energy literacy MOOC Energy 101 and PBS television special, Energy at the Movies, for a presentation of his new book […]
ISE Assists Green Ribbon Commission With 80×50 Scoping Study
The City of Boston’s Green Ribbon Commission and the City of Boston are preparing to revisit the City’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by the year 2050. The Commission has engaged the Institute to assist with scoping out the modeling and policy development needed for the updated study. We believe this work will […]
Utility companies to stockpile $8 million spare parts in case of disaster
Threats including terror attacks and mega-storms on the power grid scared people into action, thus eight of the nation’s largest utility companies plan to launch Grid assurance to stockpile what is most important components of the electricity system. Read the full article and hear what Peter says about this move.