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California Democrats vote to increase gas prices

A report from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy in the Weitzman School of Design indicates that climate-goal rules in California could increase the cost of gas.

Penn Global Grants awarded to 16 new faculty-led projects

The Penn Global Research and Engagement Grant Program supports new or established projects that leverage Penn research and expertise to advance knowledge in and of communities around the world. Much of this year’s projects address urgent global challenges—including climate and public health.

Satellite image of Hurricane Helene, 2006

Paris Perdikaris led research on lifesaving and more cost-effective weather predictions

Penn professor Paris Perdikaris and collaborators developed Aurora, a machine-learning model that has predictive capabilities for air quality, ocean waves, tropical cyclone tracks, and weather.

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Lillian Miller: May grad turned Penn Ph.D.

Lillian Miller, a May graduate from the College, will begin graduate studies in the laboratory of Irina Marinov this summer, where she is leveraging big data to tackle ocean and climate-focused research.

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What behavioral strategies motivate environmental action?

A collaborative study from researchers affiliated with the Annenberg School for Communication, Annenberg Public Policy Center, and School of Arts & Sciences tested 17 strategies in an “intervention tournament.”

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Why the true water footprint of AI is so elusive

Benjamin Lee of the School of Engineering and Applied Science says that net zero climate pledges can’t be achieved under current infrastructure investment plans for generative AI data centers.

Fossil fuel companies caused $28 trillion in climate damage, study finds. These five are tied to the most harm

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says a recent study of the cost of climate damage caused by fossil fuel companies underestimates the damage.

The world’s biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the sheer number of variables makes $28 trillion a vast underestimate of the climate damage caused by the world’s largest companies.

A new hotel says it’s ‘carbon positive.’ Is that hype or reality?

Joseph Romm of the School of Arts & Sciences says that major companies have lost recent court cases in Europe for claiming carbon neutrality based on dubious carbon offsets.

News on climate change is more persuasive than expected

In a new paper, Computational Social Science Lab postdoctoral researcher Amir Tohidi and colleagues find that exposure to articles about climate change significantly increases climate change concerns among skeptics.

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