Is the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill a Suitable U.S. Climate Policy?
According to a new BU Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) publication by a team of authors led by Peter Fox-Penner, ISE Director, the answer is no. The authors assert that a complete national policy will have three critical ingredients: 1.) it will set clear national net-zero targets for all major regions and emitting sectors; 2.) […]
Five Questions on Energy & Climate for 2021
IGS Blog | You asked, we answered. IGS experts pick up where we left off in our conversation on energy and climate policy under the new Administration and Congress with U.S. Representative Sean Casten.
Energy Policy Q&A with Congressman Sean Casten
IGS Events | Energy of the Future series
Spring 2021: ISE Energy of the Future Webinar Series
IGS Events | Energy of the Future series
On-Demand Webinar: Congressman Sean Casten on Climate Policy under Biden and the New Congress
IGS Events | Energy of the Future series
Vote to Save the World
IGS Blog | In 2009 climate activist Bill McKibben’s group 350.org had a day of action with rallies all around the world – sending the message that we need to keep the level of carbon dioxide lower than 350 ppm.
More Urgency, Not Less: The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Lessons for Local Climate Leadership
The first of three reports that will provide community leaders, inside and outside of local government, with guidance about navigating their climate-action priorities through the gauntlet of challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic crisis. Each report, based on a synthesis of expertise and analysis of local climate-action options and current research, […]
The Green New Deal: A Goal, Not a Date
Much has already been written and said about the climate policy parts of the Green New Deal, the policy package recently unveiled by Senator Ed Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Most of the commentary—including my own email traffic with many colleagues—falls into two camps. One group, which tends towards energy industry professionals, tends to belittle […]
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 […]
Climate Change Policy After Paris
In 2015 world leaders negotiated a major agreement, known as the Paris Agreement, to reduce climate change and committed to take action to keep global temperature rise below 2C by the end of the century. Watch the video below to find out what Ken Berlin, President & CEO of The Climate Reality Project, has to say about climate […]