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December 2014

 
Happy New Years from your friends at EPIC! To all our new and old followers, thanks for your interest in 2014. Stay tuned for all the energy news and events you've come to love, along with exciting changes in 2015! 

NY Times Op-Ed: The Next Big Climate Question: Will India Follow China?

EPIC's Michael Greenstone writes about the future of India's climate policy.




 

Quartz Chart of the Year: Catastrophic Costs, Natural and Financial

Chart by EPIC's Amir Jina, along with Solomon Hsiang of UC Berkeley, named Chart of the Year by Quartz.



 


Energy @UChi

Chicago Harris, Argonne Partner on Environmental Science Degree

Via Harris School

The Harris School of Public Policy will partner with Argonne National Laboratory to enhance its Master of Science in Environmental Science and Policy degree program.
 

Buy One, Get One: Air Quality Co-Benefits of US Carbon Policies

Via Chicago Policy Review

Jenny Gai discusses an article which argues that air quality improvements accompany U.S. investment in carbon policy.

How do Americans Think About Energy in the Age of Global Warming?

A recap of Stephen Ansolabehere's talk about Americans' views on energy, as part of the EPIC Seminar Series. 

Maintaining a Reliable Value of the Cost of Climate Change

A group of researchers, including EPIC's Michael Greenstone, discuss in Science improvements that can be made to the Social Cost of Carbon.


 


Affiliates

Paulson Institute:


Virgin Unite: A city of the future in China

How China Can Hit Renewable Energy Targets

Three must-reads on Xi Jinping and China's climate goals

Nine Fixes for China's Water Risks
 

Computation Institute: 


RDCEP Irrigation Project Joins White House Climate Data Initiative
Scientists from the Robust Decision Making on Climate and Energy Policy (RDCEP) focusing on irrigation in agriculture, hydrology, and climate. 

 

Look Ahead


Jan. 7, 3:30pm
(Saieh Hall 112)

EPIC Seminar Series: US Climate Action in an Era of Congressional Hostility
Featuring: Michael Gerrard, Columbia Law

Jan. 9, 8:30am
(Saieh Hall 112)

China's Pollution: The Costs, Challenges, and Steps Forward

Jan. 28, 3:30pm
(Place TBD)

EPIC Seminar Series: Cynthia Giles
EPA Assistant Administrator, Enforcement and Compliance

Stay tuned for a list of more EPIC Seminars! 
 

Application Deadlines


Post-Doctoral Scholars  Due Feb. 2 

Clean Energy Challenge  Due Jan. 13


Beyond UChi

Argonne National Lab:


Argonne/EPA system captures mercury from air 

Argonne, Convergent and Cummins cooperate to discover the secrets of fuel injectors

Forbes: Innovating a New Innovation Model

NY Times: Betting on the Need, Scientists Work on Lighter, Cleaner Nuclear Energy

R&D Magazine: Storing hydrogen underground could boost transportation, energy security
 

Marine Biological Lab:


Huntington Willard Named President & Director of MBL
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