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YSE NewsConnecticut’s Path Forward for Offshore Energy
December 1, 2025YSE experts discuss the state’s strategies for advancing renewable energy in a shifting federal landscape.
YSE NewsMore Scientific Analysis Needed on Impacts of Industrial Decarbonization
October 23, 2025Yale economists call for deeper analysis of the economic spillover effects of the clean energy transition on jobs, trade, and supply chains.
YSE NewsChristian Dadzie ’25 MEM: Engineering a Cleaner Future
May 12, 2025Christian Dadzie aims to use data science, policy insight, and collaborative leadership to advance equitable clean energy solutions in the Global South.
YSE NewsIs Net-Zero Banking Dead?
January 13, 2025Todd 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.
YSE NewsAdvances in Technology Are Driving Popularity of EVs
May 28, 2023New 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.
YSE NewsYSE Sponsors Environmental Research by Two Ukrainian Scientists
December 2, 2022The 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.
YSE NewsExamining the IRA's Impact on a Clean Energy Future
November 2, 2022Industry 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.
YSE NewsDebunking the Myths that Discourage Public Funding of Clean Energy
July 15, 2022To spur decarbonization, governments must move beyond the myths surrounding public investment in clean energy that discourage the use of public funds.
YSE NewsSwitzer Fellow Helping Disadvantaged Communities Lead Transition to Clean Energy
June 30, 2022Gabriela Rodriguez ’23 MEM has been named a recipient of the Switzer Environmental Fellowship, a prestigious program that supports future environmental leaders.
YSE NewsYSE Class of ’22: Lovinia Reynolds is Headed Home to Fight for Climate Justice
May 13, 2022Returning to her native Brooklyn, Lovinia Reynolds is graduating from YSE with an eye on climate justice in the largest city in the U.S.
YSE NewsYSE Class of ’22: Akshyah Krishnakumar Seeks to Make Change from the Inside
May 10, 2022Akshyah Krishnakumar is seeking to achieve clean energy goals by working from the inside — starting with the fourth largest corporation in the world.
YSE NewsLatest IPCC Report Highlights How ‘Smarter’ Cities Can Mitigate Climate Change
April 4, 2022Providing 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.
YSE NewsPNAS Study: Promise of EVs Depends Critically on Electricity Generation Sources
February 14, 2022Shifting 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.
YSE NewsYSE Study Finds Electric Vehicles Provide Lower Carbon Emissions Through Additional Channels
December 19, 2021A 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.
YSE NewsSolar in the American Mind
December 1, 2021A 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.