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Fire and Smoke: How Communities’ Health Suffers From Climate Change—And How the Energy Transition Can Help
This blog post was originally published in Health and Climate Solutions Blog: George Mason University. Rocky Mountain Institute, the nonprofit I lead, has been a part of the community of Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley since its founding 37 years ago. Our Innovation Center headquarters is there, and the people…
Learning Extreme Energy Efficiency at Rocky Mountain Institute
For me, the best spring break is not on a beach; it’s in the mountains. High up in the Roaring Fork Valley in Western Colorado, amid the snowcapped peaks, there’s a river that babbles past the small towns and their quirky residents. There’s not a lot out there. It feels…
Cities in Red and Blue States Act for a Clean Energy Future
As the two-year anniversary of President Trump’s announcement to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement approaches on June 1, cities across the country are demonstrating leadership in the face of uncertainty about the administration making the exit official in November. And while various efforts such as the Green…
An Analysis of Deep Decarbonization Trends in China’s Industrial Sector
The industrial sector is a major energy consumer and carbon emitter in China. For years, China’s industrial sector has been responsible for more than 65 percent of the nation’s energy consumption and more than 70 percent of the nation’s carbon emissions, and thus has always been the main focus of…
Opinion | A Market-Driven Green New Deal? We’d Be Unstoppable – The New York Times
Any serious energy transformation will need to harness America’s powerful and creative economic engine.
