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Putting Climate into the Infrastructure Law

To significantly cut pollution and climate-disrupting CO2 emissions via the new Infrastructure Law, we need to spend the money wisely. If we spend it poorly, we could actually add to pollution and climate-disrupting CO2 emissions. By Deron Lovaas  Transportation investments from the bipartisan infrastructure bill could be either a boon … [continued]

Georgetown University To Divest From Coal

Georgetown University announced last week that it intended to divest from all coal mining businesses, but proponents of the University’s full divestment are still unhappy. According to a resolution passed by the Georgetown’s board of directors, “the University will not make or continue any direct investments of endowment funds [worth … [continued]

Georgetown University & DOE To Boost Local Energy Efficiency

Originally published on the US Department of Energy Website The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Georgetown University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement on September 17 to collaborate on the Georgetown University Energy Prize, a competition to encourage innovative, replicable, and scalable approaches to reducing energy use in … [continued]