by Amanda Smeigh | Dec 22, 2015 | Industry, Policy, Research, Science
November 10th, 2015 Lux Research hosted the webinar: “The New Carbon Economy: Evolution of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reduction”. If you didn’t get a chance to listen to Yuan-Sheng (Ur) Yu in real time, we highly recommend taking 30 mins to watch the webinar. You can find it here: http://web.luxresearchinc.com/download-webinar-alternative-fuels-11_10_15-0...
by Elizabeth Lukehart | Feb 10, 2015 | Policy
The Washington Post recently featured this map which shows how countries across the world fare in terms of vulnerability when it comes to climate change. It’s not entirely a surprise, but what really struck me was that the countries most vulnerable are also some of the ones least responsible...
by Elizabeth Lukehart | Dec 16, 2014 | Policy
Let me start off by acknowledging that the agreement hammered out in Lima on Sunday is truly a huge step forward. Almost 200 nations have agreed to cut back on burning fossil fuels; even the U.S. - greenhouse gas emitter extraordinaire. This really is tremendous. No doubt the recent...
by Elizabeth Lukehart | Nov 12, 2014 | Policy
You may have already heard the big news that China and the U.S. have come to an ambitious agreement to cut carbon emissions and fight climate change. It’s a major achievement, and a welcome surprise after so many years of inaction. It also provides some much needed hope after...
by Elizabeth Lukehart | Oct 5, 2014 | Policy, Research
President Obama recently gave a speech on the economy while he was visiting Northwestern University. Big deal, right? Well, it was to us, because he gave a special shout out to solar fuels research. Northwestern is one of SOFI’s core members, and we were thrilled when President Obama mentioned...
by Elizabeth Lukehart | Jul 5, 2014 | Policy
You may have seen Hank Paulson’s recent op-ed in the New York Times making a case for approaching climate change from a risk management perspective, and touting a tax on carbon dioxide as the most sensible policy to deal with the impending burst of the “climate bubble.” The Risky...