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Using Market-Based Tools to Achieve Meaningful Carbon Emissions Reductions in the United States
(2017-05)Carbon emissions are directly and unequivocally linked to anthropogenic climate change. Reducing carbon emissions will mitigate the effects of anthropogenic climate change, which include immediate and sustained harm to ... -
Characteristics of Oil and Gas Pipeline Accidents Caused by Climate Change Intensified Hurricanes
(2017-12)Scientist now believe with more confidence that human activities contribute substantially to the observed upward trend in hurricane activity. An occasional casualty of hurricanes is energy infrastructure like hazardous ... -
Developing Policy for Beneficial Use of Waste Heat Energy for Low-Carbon Impact Thermal Desalination
(2017-12)This study proposes that policy—supported by innovative technologies in desalination and cogeneration—can be used as a mechanism to facilitate thermal desalination for the relief of water stress without the burden of ... -
Using 2012 State Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Annual Payroll Data to Understand United States Sector Emissions
(2017-12)The completion of this paper is an excellent summation of my time in the EPC program. I came into the program hoping to compliment my work at the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, which revolves around the implementation of a federal ... -
Quantifying Changes in Retail Electricity Rates Resulting from a Microgrid Deployment
(2017-12)Understanding how a proposed microgrid would affect customers is critical to deciding whether to deploy such a system and this paper seeks to assess how a microgrid deployment would affect retail electricity rates for ... -
China's Renewable and Nuclear Energy Agenda: A Geopolitical Strategy?
(2017-12)This study is a culmination of research performed during the Master of Science in Energy Policy and Climate Program at Johns Hopkins University. Through questioning, research accumulation, aggregation, analytical review, ... -
Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Generation: A Comparative Analysis Between the United States and the European Union and its Implication for Developing Economies Using the Example of China
(2016-12)In this study, it will be examined how these technologies, including coal, natural gas, nuclear, and renewables (wind, hydro, solar, biomass, and geothermal), are currently generating greenhouse gas emissions in the ...
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