Summer 2021 Earth Institute Internships
The Earth Institute is offering undergraduate, graduate and PhD students opportunities to intern in various departments and research centers in a variety of roles. Applications...
White House unveils $2 trillion infrastructure and climate plan
The White House’s unveiling of a $2 trillion jobs, infrastructure and green energy proposal to reshape the U.S. economy met a chorus of opposition late...
White House plan calls for large expansion of federal government’s role in transportation
President Biden’s infrastructure plan calls for the federal government to take on a vast new role in funding the nation’s transportation networks, seeking to rebuild...
Biden’s most important climate promise hinges on how his next big bill gets through Congress
America’s hopes of seriously putting a dent in greenhouse gas emissions have a lot to do with how climate legislation fares in Congress this year.President...
‘Every step of the way’: McConnell pledges battle over Biden infrastructure plan
President Joe Biden on Thursday faced the prospect of all-out political war with Republicans over his $2 trillion blueprint to revitalize America’s infrastructure, with a...
Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Would Make Electricity Carbon-Free by 2035
The backbone of President Biden's plan to use infrastructure spending to advance climate policy is a clean electricity standard for the power sector that has...
Halfway to Zero: Progress Towards a Carbon-Free Power Sector
Sharply reducing carbon emissions is imperative to prevent the worst effects of climate change. Yet even in the power sector—often viewed as the lynchpin to...It took the Suez Canal crisis to highlight the scale of the polluting shipping sector
The growing global shipping fleet is increasing the sector’s climate and environmental impacts. To rein it in, we need a global carbon price for shipping...