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Caption Karimah Preston, a student in the Duke Climate & Sustainability Master of Engineering program, found that ...

The world is in a climate crisis — and in the waning days of what’s likely to be the world’s hottest year on record, a new United Nations report is weighing the ethics of using technological ...

The Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy (CPIP) explores policy aspects of infrastructure deployment: design, construction, operation, maintenance, procurement, funding, financing, and recycling ...

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Moonshot proposals to save the planet’s ice sheets, including giant underwater sea curtains and refreezing Arctic ice, are gaining popularity as the planet heats up. But none of the most high-profile ...

Jean-Marc Jancovici is a rare specimen: a climate and energy nerd who is also something of a rock star. In the early 2000s, the French author and engineering consultant devised a carbon accounting ...

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