Remembering Mario Molina, Nobel Prize-winning chemist who pushed Mexico on clean energy -- and, recently, face masks
Molina, who died on Oct. 8, 'thought climate change was the biggest problem in the world long before most people did.' His research on man-made depletion of the ozone layer won the 1995 Nobel Prize.
Elena Delavega, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Memphis
• conversation
Oct. 10, 2020 • ~6 min
Oct. 10, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: nobel-prize climate-change fossil-fuels atmospheric-science face-masks wind-energy green-jobs mexico ozone-layer clean-energy nobel-prize-in-chemistry montreal-protocol clean-air
What the world can learn from clean energy transitions in India, China and Brazil
Our research identified three key lessons.
Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy, Harvard University •
conversation
Oct. 2, 2020 • ~8 min
Oct. 2, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: china brazil solar-power india energy-transition biofuel ethanol clean-energy leds solar-photovoltaics
Conservation could create jobs post-pandemic
The Trump administration is rolling back environmental regulations, claiming it's good for the economy. But research shows that conservation is better both for public health and for job creation.
Heidi Peltier, Research Professor in Political Science; Faculty Research Fellow at the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University •
conversation
June 18, 2020 • ~6 min
June 18, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: energy environment conservation politics funding donald-trump economy jobs parks trump-administration research clean-energy forestry job-creation environmental-protections
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