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10 Years of Cap and Trade: A Comprehensive Review of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
(2018-04)The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was the first greenhouse gas-focused cap-and-trade program in the United States. Encompassing nine states in the northeast region of the country, the program covers carbon dioxide ... -
Adaptive Renewables: Energy at the Mitigation-Adaptation Nexus
(2020-12)As the clean energy transition accelerates, the challenges of climate impacts are being seen worldwide. Because energy is a leading source of carbon emissions, renewable power production offers a tremendous opportunity ... -
Analysis and Comparison of the Scope, Impacts, and Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Climate Change as Major Crises in the United States
(2020-12)The COVID-19 pandemic has become the global crisis of 2020 and the focal point of much public attention. Climate change is the ongoing crisis of the industrial and post-industrial ages. The United States and the rest of ... -
Analysis of Solar Power as Single Source of Electricity for Middle East and North Africa Countries
(2018-04)The power sector is living a revolution. The cost of clean technologies is declining faster than expected and deployment targets are being achieved with relative easiness. However, as of today, to think of an entire renewable ... -
AN ANALYSIS OF THE BARRIERS TO DEPLOYMENT AND SUPPORTIVE POLICIES FOR THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2021-12)Hydrogen technology was created in the 1830s and is considered a versatile and mature technology, but it has not scaled to achieve the commercial hydrogen economy many supporters of the industry envisioned. Recently, ... -
Analyzing Solar Photovoltaic Farm Suitability for Properties in North Carolina & South Carolina
(2019-05)As we witness the impacts of the climate crisis continue to become more severe, it is essential for the public and private sectors of the United States to begin rapidly transitioning to clean energy sources to meet its ... -
Analyzing the Effects of COVID-19 in Fairfax County Parks and on Climate Change Communication
(2020-12)In 2019, a zoonotic disease jumped from animals to human and spread rapidly through respiratory droplets. It came to be known as COVID-19. The pandemic led to closures of universities, movie theaters, fitness centers, and ... -
Analyzing the Potential for Interstate Collaboration to Catalyze the Offshore Wind Industry in the U.S. Southeast
(2020-05)The U.S. Southeastern states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina possess the resource potential, port infrastructure, and interest from developers necessary to become a hotbed for offshore wind development ... -
ASSESSING THE ENERGY IMPACT OF PANDEMIC-RELATED VENTILATION UPGRADES ON WASHINGTON, D.C.-AREA COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
(2022-03)The COVID-19 pandemic revolutionized our relationship with indoor spaces. The respiratory nature of the SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission resulted in greater emphasis on adequate ventilation and air purification as effective ... -
Assessment of the Development of an Offshore Wind Energy Project in the Archipelago of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina from a Cost-Efficiency Perspective
(2020-12)This report could have not been done without the knowledge gathered during the master’s degree in Energy Policy and Climate. In particular, this work leverages the knowledge gathered on courses related to wind energy policy, ... -
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 ...