La Follette Professor @GregtNemet commented on the impact that carbon dioxide removal could have on global climate efforts. Once development is completed, scaling up technologies to effective levels presents the real challenge. Learn more from Salon. salon.com/2024/07/18/wil…

My esteemed colleague Greg Nemet on mitigation of the #ClimateCrisis Climate Solutions for Health World Economic Forum World Bank Project Drawdown Prof. Katharine Hayhoe

New book “Climate Change and Public Health 2nd ed.” by Drs. Barry Levy, Jonathan Patz Up to date overview of a wide range of ways in which health and climate interact w contributions by many, on multiple impacts and ways to address them global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Nice overview of the challenges of upscaling Direct Air Capture to become big enough to be relevant to the climate challenge by Alec Luhn Scientific American “Can Pulling Carbon from Thin Air Slow Climate Change?” scientificamerican.com/article/can-th…

Learn about the hidden environmental cost of artificial intelligence in this UW-Madison L&S article featuring La Follette Professor Greg Nemet. He explains how AI could play a role in the nationwide increase in demand for renewable energy. Read more. ls.wisc.edu/news/the-hidde…

It’s time for Tracking the Sun, our annual report that analyzes distributed solar trends! We collect price, technology and other data from 3.7 million PV systems, representing 78% of the total US installed. Here are some topline findings --> emp.lbl.gov/tracking-the-s…

Good overview by Catherine Clifford of clean energy policy in midwestern swing states: MI, PA, WI. MI is a clear leader WI has lagged, can look to MI PA a fossil-state producer, limited clean, but 35% RPS proposed Cipher News ciphernews.com/articles/looki…

We're hiring! The Climate Action Lab at UW-Madison is recruiting up to two postdocs in energy transitions and climate policy. Priority deadline October 2 and start dates flexible. More details here: climateactionlab.com/lab-news/hirin…