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  1. student viewing the windmills off of Block Island from a boat
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    Connecticut’s Path Forward for Offshore Energy

    December 1, 2025

    YSE experts discuss the state’s strategies for advancing renewable energy in a shifting federal landscape.

  2. smokestacks at a waterfront steel plant
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    More Scientific Analysis Needed on Impacts of Industrial Decarbonization

    October 23, 2025

    Yale economists call for deeper analysis of the economic spillover effects of the clean energy transition on jobs, trade, and supply chains.

  3. Dadzie near a windmill in a forested hillside setting
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    Christian Dadzie ’25 MEM: Engineering a Cleaner Future

    May 12, 2025

    Christian Dadzie aims to use data science, policy insight, and collaborative leadership to advance equitable clean energy solutions in the Global South.

  4. Cort and Esty
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    Is Net-Zero Banking Dead?

    January 13, 2025

    Todd Cort, co-director of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, and Daniel Esty, the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, discuss the potential impacts of big U.S. banks pulling out of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance.

  5. Parked cars beside curbside EV chargers
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    Advances in Technology Are Driving Popularity of EVs

    May 28, 2023

    New research by YSE Professor Kenneth Gillingham found that the recent increase in electric vehicle adoption is due largely to technological improvements such as increased battery range and faster charging.

  6. Lesai Danyliuk and Oleg Skrynyk
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    YSE Sponsors Environmental Research by Two Ukrainian Scientists

    December 2, 2022

    The Yale School of the Environment is sponsoring research by two Ukrainian scientists who are exploring how the war with Russia has impacted the country's environment.

  7. Mountainside overlook with solar array and windmill in the foreground
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    Examining the IRA's Impact on a Clean Energy Future

    November 2, 2022

    Industry leaders and energy experts gathering at the Yale Clean Energy Conference this week weigh in on how the Inflation Reduction Act will impact their individual sectors and the U.S. transition to clean energy.

  8. Photo showing alternative energy sources
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    Debunking the Myths that Discourage Public Funding of Clean Energy

    July 15, 2022

    To spur decarbonization, governments must move beyond the myths surrounding public investment in clean energy that discourage the use of public funds.

  9. rodriguez-square
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    Switzer Fellow Helping Disadvantaged Communities Lead Transition to Clean Energy

    June 30, 2022

    Gabriela Rodriguez ’23 MEM has been named a recipient of the Switzer Environmental Fellowship, a prestigious program that supports future environmental leaders.

  10. lovinia-reynolds
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    YSE Class of ’22: Lovinia Reynolds is Headed Home to Fight for Climate Justice

    May 13, 2022

    Returning to her native Brooklyn, Lovinia Reynolds is graduating from YSE with an eye on climate justice in the largest city in the U.S.

  11. Akshyah Krishnakumar
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    YSE Class of ’22: Akshyah Krishnakumar Seeks to Make Change from the Inside

    May 10, 2022

    Akshyah Krishnakumar is seeking to achieve clean energy goals by working from the inside — starting with the fourth largest corporation in the world.

  12. Dar es Salaam
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    Latest IPCC Report Highlights How ‘Smarter’ Cities Can Mitigate Climate Change

    April 4, 2022

    Providing some hope in the push for climate action, the IPCC report’s chapter on urban mitigation, led by Yale School of the Environment Professor Karen Seto, outlines how cities have an opportunity to increase resource efficiency and significantly reduce GHG emissions through smarter design and greener infrastructure.

  13. Electric cars charging
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    PNAS Study: Promise of EVs Depends Critically on Electricity Generation Sources

    February 14, 2022

    Shifting to electric vehicles in the future will reduce emissions due to less burning of gasoline in internal combustion engines. But a significant share of this benefit will continue to be offset without complementary policies designed to lower emissions from the sources of electricity that come online to meet additional demand.

  14. Car production line
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    YSE Study Finds Electric Vehicles Provide Lower Carbon Emissions Through Additional Channels

    December 19, 2021

    A recent YSE-led study published in Nature Communications found that the total indirect emissions from the supply of chain of electric vehicles pale in comparison to the same indirect emissions from fossil fuel-powered vehicles.

  15. Solar panels at sunset in a rural setting
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    Solar in the American Mind

    December 1, 2021

    A grant from the U.S. Department of Energy has YSE Professor Ken Gillingham examining what influences the decisions Americans are making regarding solar energy and electric vehicles.