Boston University

Climate Change

The first new geothermal wells—each 1500 feet deep—have been drilled into the subterranean layers of the new BU Data Sciences Center. Courtesy of Chris Kenney

Science & Technology

Historic, and Loud, Geothermal Drilling Gets Underway

February 27, 2019

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS’11) (D-N.Y.) unveiled the Green New Deal earlier this month, a plan to decarbonize the economy within 10 years. Photo by Alex Edelman/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

Earth

Student Environmentalists on Alum Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal: Yes, Please

February 22, 2019

wind farm

University News

University Announces Massive Wind Power Purchase

September 18, 2018

John Kerry

Sustainability

Fixing Climate Change Is Good Business, Whatever President Trump Says

June 11, 2018

University News

BU Trustees Approve Aggressive Climate Action Plan

December 8, 2017

Boston University skyline

Climate Change

POV: How BOLD Is BU?

December 5, 2017

Donald Trump makes and announcement in the White House Rose Garden that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord

Science & Technology

The Fallout from Trump’s Paris Accord Withdrawal

June 7, 2017

Anthony Janetos giving presentation

Sustainability

Climate Task Force Meets Tonight

January 31, 2017

Rex Tillerson

Earth

Taking Stock of the New President’s Foreign Policy Proposals

January 20, 2017

Jennifer Soukup (CAS’18) in her scuba gear in the water looking at a field guide

Marine Science

One Class, One Day: Scientific Diving

October 27, 2016

Professor Anthony Janetos gives a presentation at the BU ACSRI Forum on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Science & Technology

Trustees Adopt Broad Climate Change Strategy

September 20, 2016

Matt Thacker holds a blow horn at the Divestment Rally at Marsh Plaza

University News

Students Rally for Fossil Fuel Divestment

September 15, 2016

Science & Technology

POV: Beyond the Clean Power Plan

May 10, 2016

U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz

Science & Technology

US Secretary of Energy Moniz to Receive Honorary Degree

May 9, 2016

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) discusses climate change to Pardee School faculty at Pardee School May 4, 2016. At right is Pardee Dean Dr. Adil Najam

Climate Change

US Senator Addresses Politics of Climate Change

May 6, 2016

Sustainability@BU

Sustainability

BU Celebrates Earth Day 2016

April 21, 2016

Professor Anthony Janetos gives a presentation at the BU ACSRI Forum on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Trustees

ACSRI Proposes Creation of Broad Climate Plan

April 20, 2016

Fossil Fuels

Earth

POV: Why BU Needs to Divest from Fossil Fuels

February 22, 2016

Boston University Sustainability Fest

Science & Technology

BU Talks Climate Action at the White House

November 20, 2015

Richard Primack, a CAS professor of biology, is one of 18 international researchers who received a 2015 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award.

Awards

Biologist Primack Wins Humboldt Award

August 6, 2015

Biologist Primack Wins Humboldt Award