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Can Climate Change Increase the Likelihood of State Fragility?
(2018-04)It was concluded that climate change can influence the fragility of a country. The existing academic literature has found that it can be as nuanced as the displacement of people due to drought, flooding, storms, forest ... -
Carbon Neutral Food Menu for Restaurants
(2018-04)An individual’s carbon footprint consists of all the greenhouse gases from the meals produced as they wind their way through the food system. Shrinking this individual carbon footprint can help improve environmental and ... -
The Challenge to Develop the Lithium Industry in the World's Biggest Lithium Deposit - A Roadmap for the Triangle Countries
(2020-12)This paper addresses the challenge that the lithium triangle countries have to add value to the lithium chain. Despite having the largest global lithium reserves and medium levels of development, Chile, Argentina and Bolivia ... -
Challenges and Opportunities for Electric Vehicle Changing in Multifamily Properties
(2020-05)The transportation sector is now the largest emitter of CO2 due to the use of gasoline in cars and trucks. With today’s technology, electric cars provide a clear path forward to ending our reliance of fossil fuels to drive ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Climate Silence, Moral Disengagement, and Self-Efficacy: How Albert Bandura's Theories Inform our Climate-Change Predicament
(2017-04)Although Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about climate change, only one in five Americans hear people they know talk about the issue at least once a month. This has been described as a “spiral of silence,” ... -
Constructing Resilient Wetlands at Poplar Island: A Comparative Case Study
(2020-12)Sea level rise has been impacting coastal wetlands along the Chesapeake Bay since the last century. This report looks to evaluate the key lessons learned at Poplar Island in order to develop a plan for Eastern Neck Island’s ... -
Correcting Energy Injustice in Los Angeles: Social Impacts of Grid Alternatives' Solar Programs
(2019-12)ertain climate change responses have the potential to be mitigation strategies as well as adaptation plans. These solutions can also have secondary effects that benefit populations economically, socially and environmentally. ... -
A Cost Benefit Analysis of Electrification of the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bus Fleet
(2020-12)Cities and municipalities all over the world are currently considering the decarbonization potential of electrifying part or all of their public bus fleet. Bus fleets, with their planned routes, mileage, and life spans may ... -
Cost Recovery for Multiple Use Storage Resources
(2020-05)My goal at the outset of this Capstone Project was to determine how electric storage resources (“ESRs”) can be compensated for the services they can provide and whether ESRs can actually stack the value they offer in ... -
Cost-Efficiency of Offshore Wind Farms for Great Lakes Coastal Cities in the US
(2019-12)This capstone project analyzed various aspects of freshwater turbine benefits and impacts in the Great Lakes to determine if offshore wind farms are a cost-efficient source of renewable energy for coastal cities in the ... -
Developing a Heat-Related Social Vulnerability Index for Correctional Facilities
(2020-12)Climate change, driven by increasing greenhouse gas emissions, has caused and will continue to cause increasing temperatures across the United States (Hayhoe et al. 2018). Extreme heat contributes to a variety of health ... -
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 ... -
Do Millennials See Climate Change as More Than Just a Meme?
(2018-04)This paper compares the climate change public opinion of Millennials—born between the years 1981 and 2000—to those of other generations (Generation X, Baby Boomers, the Silent Generation). Recent social and political ... -
Electric and Fuel Cell Forklifts in Mexico: A Comparative Life-Cycle Assessment
(2017-05)A recent overhaul of Mexico’s energy sector launched by a Constitutional reform in 2013 started the decarbonization of the economy by tapping into Mexico’s vast renewable resources and through the deployment of new energy ... -
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas: Coal Plants vs. Marked Conditions
(2018-04)Coal-fired power plant retirements are important to understand as energy systems and energy markets evolve. Three base-load coal-fired power plants that were operational within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas ... -
Electric Vehicle Implementation in Rural New Hampshire
(2018-12)This Capstone integrates the uniqueness of rural transportation in the Upper Valley Region of New Hampshire and the future of electric vehicles (EVs) in rural areas centered in Lebanon, New Hampshire. The focus of this ... -
Electricity Transmission and the State Utility Commission Approcal Process- What's Taking So Long?
(2018-04)Electricity transmission lines connecting widely dispersed renewable energy resources and other electricity generators to load centers are a vital piece of the electric grid of the future. Building transmission infrastructure ... -
Energy Reliability through Solar Public-Private Partnerships in India and Bangladesh for Sustainable Community Development
(2019-12)As rapidly growing economies, India and Bangladesh’s energy needs have become stressed due to availability and reliability constraints, especially in rural regions of the country. Renewable energy is an important resource ...