Does having 100% of your electricity come from clean and local energy sources sound too good to be true? It’s not. That is exactly what Mass Energy Consumers Alliance has been offering to rate payers for over a decade. Started as a community heating oil service in 1982, Mass Energy, …
When I started my internship at Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) back in June I was unsure of how I was going to handle my position since I went into with a limited knowledge of energy efficiency issues. Writing a report on energy efficiency resource standards is one thing, but …
Out of the several organizations I worked for during my internship, teaching and working with high school students was the highlight for me. If I was told I’d be doing this before I began my internship, I might have quit. I was pretty scared of them since they …
Future Economies Project, Starting Now by: Eban Goodstein, Bard Center for Environmental Policy Director Reposted from the Economics for Equity & Environment Initiative on November 12, 2013. Back in 2009, I had the chance to interview two Oregon policy experts about the emergent green economy in that state. The interview is …
A recent academic paper I read off-handedly mentions that trying to establish a collaborative water management group in California has a chance of success equivalent to a bunch of blindfolded people trying to find an elephant. After five months working for the Sierra Nevada Alliance. I optimistically disagree. Recently, there …
Discounting the SCC: “Wait, this isn’t a sale!” By: Ashley Brinkman MS ’15 and Anna McKeigue MS ‘15 This week’s National Climate Seminar at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy focused on the social cost of carbon (SCC). The guest speaker, Laurie Johnson of the National Resource Defense Council, asked …
Many avid travelers desire a rugged, awe-inspiring Alaska cruise experience. Where families might struggle to decide between Princess, Carnival, or Royal Caribbean, I spent the last month aboard the USCGC Healy , exploring the Arctic Ocean and contributing to the understanding of the chemistry of the Arctic Ocean. One of …
Crossposted from NRDC’s Switchboard Two weekends ago I stood in a room of over 7,000 fellow young people chanting that we believe that we will solve the climate crisis by ending our dependence on fossil fuels and transitioning immediately to 100% clean energy. It is clear that, as a movement, we are …
Written by Adelina Keshishian Originally posted at http://theoriess.tumblr.com, on October 27, 2013 I haven’t written in my log for a while, but i am starting again for a few reasons… For starters, I was inspired. I was inspired to be optimistic again. The majority of the people in my life think …
What do women’s solutions to climate change look like? What does resiliency mean for women and men alike? How can already fragile sectors and infrastructures overcome the impact of increasing disaster? In a country as at-risk to the impacts of a changing climate as Mozambique is (currently the country ranks …
