HEEP Director Robert Stavins Moderates Climate Action Week Panel on “Strategies for Mitigating Global Methane Emissions”
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Thu, Jul 11, 2024
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Crossed Wires: A Salata Institute-Roosevelt Project Study of the Development of Long-Distance Transmission Lines in the U.S.
A new Salata Institute-Roosevelt Project study examines the regulatory, political, and social factors that shape long-distance transmission development and offers five core findings.
Tue, Jun 11, 2024
Don’t ignore local communities: How grid projects get stuck
Stephen Ansolabehere explains why electricity transport projects take so long to build, the subject of his expansive new study.
Wed, Jun 5, 2024
Research Brief: African Rice Cultivation and Methane Emissions
The Harvard Initiative on Reducing Global Methane Emissions, supported by the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, has released a Research Brief titled “Updating Estimates of Methane Emissions: Rising Emissions in Africa from Rice Agriculture.” The Brief summarizes research by Professor Daniel Jacob and postdoctoral fellow Zichong Chen, atmospheric scientists at Harvard University, with their colleagues. The researchers found that rapidly increasing lowland rice agriculture in Africa could be contributing significantly to the current rise in global methane emissions.
Mon, Apr 29, 2024
The Nile Delta: Where Science, Policy and Politics Collide
Harvard workshop discusses how to communicate the urgency of climate change to policymakers juggling multiple crises.
Fri, Apr 26, 2024
How to pay for climate adaptation in Africa
Researchers at Harvard Business School are examining how to unlock private capital and cut the cost of future climate disasters.
Fri, Apr 12, 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission Finalizes a Narrower Climate-Related Risk Disclosure Rule
On March 6, 2024, the SEC narrowly voted to release its long-awaited final climate-related risk disclosure rule requiring public companies to report on material climate-related risks that affect the business and, for some large companies, greenhouse gas emissions. Sara Dewey, senior staff attorney with the Harvard Law School Environmental & Energy Law Program, reviews key components of the rule, including its legal authority, changes from the proposal, and the legal challenges already underway.
Wed, Mar 27, 2024
Litigation Updates on California’s New Climate Disclosure Laws
In late 2023, California passed two laws that will require public and private companies that do business in California to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and their climate-related financial risks. In January 2024, business groups filed a complaint challenging the laws. Sara Dewey and Abby Husselbee, attorneys at the Harvard Law School Environmental & Energy Law Program, explain the First Amendment, federal preemption, and dormant Commerce Clause challenges to these laws.
Wed, Mar 27, 2024
A New Era in Space-Based Methane-Emissions Detection
On March 4, 2024 MethaneSAT – an innovative space-based system for detecting methane emissions and identifying their sources – launched on a SpaceX rocket from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California.
Thu, Mar 14, 2024
Methane sensors are finding dangerous pollutants in low-income neighborhoods
When methane leaks, it is often accompanied by other toxins more hazardous to human health. New remote sensing technologies help stop both at the source.
Wed, Mar 13, 2024
Research Brief: EPA’s Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Methane Emission Rules
The Harvard Initiative on Reducing Global Methane Emissions has released a research brief titled “EPA’s Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Methane Emission Rules.” The brief provides an account of the recent evolution of regulation in the United States to address methane emissions from landfills. An earlier version of the brief was prepared in support of a convening on methane emissions from landfills conducted by the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program (EELP) in January 2024. The workshop –and the brief – were supported by the Salata Institute through the Harvard Initiative on Reducing Global Methane Emissions. The brief was written by Carrie Jenks and Hannah Dobie, Executive Director and Staff Attorney, respectively, at EELP.
Mon, Mar 11, 2024
Hooking a new livelihood? Collapse of West Africa fisheries forces adaptation
As fish stocks in the Gulf of Guinea fail, Harvard researchers are studying how young people can adapt to the market upheaval.
Tue, Feb 20, 2024