ERG’s Dan Kammen recently published an op-ed in TIME about the hazards of deep-sea mining. Kammen and co-author Sylvia Earle argue that deep-sea mining would greatly disrupt the natural sequestration … Continue Reading »
Study Led by ERG’s Jenny Rempel Finds High Levels of Arsenic in Prison Drinking Water
A new study led by ERG’s Jenny Rempel and researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Virginia Tech is among the first to examine how arsenic contamination affects the drinking … Continue Reading »
Pro-Health Fuels Agenda Could Advance Energy Justice: ERG’s Dan Kammen and Annelise Gill-Wiehl in Nature Energy
ERG’s Dan Kammen and Annelise Gill-Wiehl have recently been published in Nature Energy with a paper exploring a pro-health cookstove strategy that would help further energy justice. Read the full … Continue Reading »
ERG’s Esther Shears Co-Author of New Study Examining Government Investment in Energy Innovation
ERG PhD candidate Esther Shears is a co-author of a paper recently published in Nature Energy, which offers insight into the trajectory of energy research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) that … Continue Reading »
New Study by Coalition of ERG Researchers Reveals True Social Cost of Carbon
Researchers from Rausser College’s Energy and Resources Group (ERG) and Resources for the Future (RFF) have released a new estimate that the social cost of carbon (SCC), a key metric … Continue Reading »
ERG Alum Jamil Farbes Discusses Inflation Reduction Act in NPR Interview
ERG alumnus Jamil Farbes (MS ’10), now principal at Evolved Energy Research, was recently featured in an NPR interview explaining climate capture technology. View the full transcript or listen to … Continue Reading »
Q&A with ERG Researchers on Building a Climate Conscious Electrical Grid
ERG’s Liyang Wang and Andrew Jones were recently featured in a Q&A segment from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where they answered questions about how grid planners might build resilient and … Continue Reading »
ERG Researchers on Furthering Energy Equity in Africa Using Data Methods
ERG researchers Daniel Kammen, Sam Miles, Annelise Gill-Wiehl, and Hilary Yu at the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab (RAEL) published a piece in Clean Technica about the Congo Power initiative, … Continue Reading »
ERG’s Chelsi Sparti Recipient of the 2022 Switzer Environmental Fellowship
ERG Master’s student Chelsi Sparti has recently been chosen as one of the recipients of the 2022 Switzer Environmental Fellowship, a program of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation that … Continue Reading »
ERG’s Salma Elmallah on Justice Implications of Solar and Wind Energy Projects
ERG PhD student Salma Elmallah has recently been published in the Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning with an article that explores the drivers of solar and wind project siting … Continue Reading »