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Morgan chairs National Academies reports

Over the past decade, CEDM Director Granger Morgan has chaired three consensus studies by the US National Academies on issues related to electric power. The work of these studies has both been informed by and has informed work going on in CEDM. Each of these can be downloaded for free from the national academies

By February 23, 2021 Read More →

Morgan to lead The Future of Electric Power in the US: Report Release Webinar

CEDM Center Principal Investigator Granger Morgan will take part in the Virtual Release Event for The Future of Electric Power in the United States on Thursday, February 25, 2021 from 3-4pm ET. The Future of Electric Power in the United States, officially launching on February 25th, presents an extensive set of policy and funding recommendations […]

By January 21, 2021 Read More →

Biden Administration wastes no time, rejoins Paris climate agreement

The newly inaugurated President Joseph R. Biden Jr. made his priorities clear by recommitting the United States of America to the Paris climate agreement on his first day in office. In addition to recommitting the US to the agreement, Biden also ordered federal agencies to start reviewing and reinstating more than 100 environmental regulations that were […]

By September 16, 2020 Read More →

CMU Examines Sustainability Across All University Activity

When Carnegie Mellon University established the Sustainability Initiative in September 2019, they did so with the explicit recognition that at its core, sustainability, even when focused on our environment, is about equity and inclusion. As part of that initiative, CMU made six commitments, which included conducting the world’s first Voluntary University Review (VUR). The VUR identified thousands of university […]

By March 31, 2020 Read More →

CEDM Annual Meeting 2020 Postponed

Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are not going to hold the face-to-face CEDM Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh on May 19-20. We considered doing it via Zoom, but because there are real advantages to being physically together so we can have lots of side conversations we are simply going to postpone until it is […]

By February 20, 2020 Read More →

Victor Rodriguez talks about climate resilience

Current PhD candidate in the department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, and CEDM affiliate, Victor Rodriguez joined the Big Picture Science podcast to talk about climate resilience. The overarching question of the podcast was, “The climate has changed and will continue to do so… how can humans become more resilient?” Click […]

By January 10, 2020 Read More →

Registration for the CEDM Annual Meeting now open!

Registration for the 2020 CEDM Annual Meeting is now open! Please contact Granger Morgan, Parth Vaishnav, or Lucas Valone for more information about the meeting and how to register.

By December 12, 2019 Read More →

ORISE fellowship research opportunity

A postgraduate research opportunity is currently available at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation (OAR). This research opportunity is with the Climate Protection Partnership Division (CPPD) located in Washington, DC.  The selected participant will join CPPD’s State and Local Branch (SLB), whose policy experts work cooperatively with state and local governments to help […]

By September 9, 2019 Read More →

CEDM affiliate Peter Tschofen speaks at Austrian Ministry

On Friday, June 14, 2019 EPP PhD student and CEDM affiliate Peter Tschofen spoke at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism (BMNT), which is responsible for, “key quality-of-life issues and for questions which are essential in creating a livable future for our children.” Tschofen visited the Ministry to speak about his recently published […]

By August 14, 2019 Read More →

SUCCEED 2019

The Summer Center for Climate, Energy, and Environmental Decision Making (SUCCEED) was held this year on campus on July 8-12 for high school students and on July 15 and 16 for teachers. Supported by the Center for Climate and Environmental Decision Making (CEDM), SUCCEED connects students and teachers with EPP PhD students and faculty members […]