by cdunn | Jul 15, 2021 | Faculty and OAAs, News, Staff, Students
Polsky Accelerator and Chain Reaction Innovations alum Meati Foods is well on its way to changing the way the world thinks about fungus – specifically, a protein-rich mushroom root called mycelium. After recently announcing the new lease of a nearly 80,000 square foot...
by cdunn | Jul 14, 2021 | Faculty and OAAs, Funding, News, Students
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now accepting applications for a total of $9 million in grants to fund about 24 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative projects to address stormwater runoff pollution from land into water bodies. Applications must be submitted...
by cdunn | Jul 13, 2021 | Faculty and OAAs, News, Research, Staff, Students
Protecting spotted owls cost far fewer jobs than timber industry claimed “Last month, the Biden administration indicated it would reverse changes to the Endangered Species Act made by President Trump, who had opened up a large chunk of the threatened northern...
by cdunn | Jul 12, 2021 | Events, Faculty and OAAs, News, Staff, Students
The Aspen Institute will host their next Rural Opportunity and Development Session entitled, Pathfinders: Climate-Smart Solutions from Rural America and Native Nations on July 16, 2021 from 1:30 -3:15 PM ET. The impacts of climate change are worsening the...
by cdunn | Jul 9, 2021 | Faculty and OAAs, Publications, Research, Students
What green investing means for companies, shareholders, and society “During the coronavirus crash of the spring of 2020, global stock markets experienced one of the steepest drops in history. Worried investors turned to professional money managers to help them...
by cdunn | Jul 8, 2021 | Faculty and OAAs, Funding, News, Students
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is hosting an informational webinar on the American-Made Solar Prize Round 5 and how to compete in the Hardware and Software Tracks. The American-Made Solar Prize is a prize competition designed to energize U.S. solar innovation...
by cdunn | Jul 7, 2021 | Faculty and OAAs, News, Publications, Research
Dipesh Chakrabarty, the Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor in History, South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College recently spoke to Scroll.in about his new book, The Climate of History in a Planetary Age, published in March 2021. About...
by cdunn | Jul 6, 2021 | Events, Faculty and OAAs, Staff, Students
Yuen Lecture Series: One.5° Oceans Mini-Series with the Marine Biological Laboratory Rut Pedrosa Pàmies will talk about tropical cyclone activity, the impact of ocean warming on these extreme weather events, and some of the marine ecosystem responses to tropical...
by cdunn | Jul 2, 2021 | Faculty and OAAs, News, Research, Staff, Students
A scientist’s beef with the meat industry, with Impossible Foods’ Pat Brown (Ep. 72) Show Notes Even if you’ve never eaten an Impossible Burger, you’ve probably heard of them. But you may not know the science and story behind those meatless products. Pat Brown is a...
by cdunn | Jul 1, 2021 | News, Publications
“Published by the University of Chicago Press this year, ‘What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be?’ explores the challenge of climate disruption and ecological disaster through poems, essays and interviews. By offering diverse responses from a...
by cdunn | Jun 30, 2021 | Faculty and OAAs, News, Publications, Research
“Two years ago, researchers at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business started collecting data to determine the real social and environmental credentials of companies in the S&P 500. […] What they found was that companies generally received...
by cdunn | Jun 29, 2021 | Faculty and OAAs, News, Research
Cryptocurrency platform Gemini recently announced a partnership with Climate Vault as part of “Gemini Green, a long-term initiative to incorporate climate conscious practices into its business. The company is […] making contributions to purchase carbon...
by cdunn | Jun 28, 2021 | Events, Faculty and OAAs, Students
The Biden administration has pledged to achieve a carbon-free power sector by 2035. Meeting this goal will require not only enormous growth in U.S. clean power generation but also a significant expansion in transmission capacity to connect clean power to the grid and...
by cdunn | Jun 28, 2021 | Faculty and OAAs, News, Research, Students
UChicago scientists and engineers seek to transform plastics, electronics, transportation “Modern society is now starting to feel the real-world effects of climate change, after more than a century of unrestrained carbon emissions, overuse of natural resources,...
by cdunn | Jun 22, 2021 | Events, Faculty and OAAs, Staff, Students
Decarbonization Within Reach Director’s Special Colloquium Celebrating Argonne’s 75th Anniversary: How working together we can achieve a decarbonized economy For leaders across the globe determined to combat climate change, mitigation via decarbonization is key. In...
