The fossil fuel industry uses universities to authenticate themselves as players in developing climate solutions, while they expand extraction and grow profits. Universities must disclose their ties.
- Professor of Climate Justice, Maynooth University
A focus on economic stability in the near-term makes the climate crisis worse in the long-term.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell bristles at talk of managing climate change, but the damage it is doing the US economy is hard to ignore, as the latest National Climate Assessment shows.
The coal, oil and natural gas industries are also connected with human rights violations, public health disasters and environmental devastation.
Many students and professors at US colleges and universities want their schools to divest holdings in fossil fuel companies, but it’s a hard sell for school administrators.
Women are underrepresented in the energy sector at a time of rapid change and demand for new talent. Hiring more women could make energy companies more innovative and speed the shift to clean fuels.
Les États-Unis ont pris le chemin de la transition énergétique. Le prochain président soutiendra-t-il les énergies renouvelables ou tentera-t-il de maintenir la suprématie des combustibles fossiles ?
The U.S. energy system is gradually transitioning away from fossil fuels and toward renewables. Will the next president speed up America’s shift to renewable energy or step on the brakes?
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