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Golden Discusses the Use of Heat Pumps as an Energy Efficient Upgrade for Homeowners in CNBC Article

December 22, 2022

Rather than generating heat, these devices transfer heat from the cool outdoors into the warm indoors and vice versa during warm weather. Heat pumps rely on electricity instead of natural gas or propane, both of which have a higher carbon emission than renewable electricity such as wind or solar, says Jay S. Golden, Pontarelli Professor of Environmental Sustainability and Finance.

See related: Energy, Sustainability

Popp Quoted in CNY Central Article on NY Gov. Hochul’s Plan to Have All New Cars be Electric by 2035

October 20, 2022

“The environmental benefits are largely going to impact disadvantaged communities if you think typically about tailpipe pollution,” says David Popp, professor of public administration and international affairs.

See related: Climate Change, Energy, State and Local

NSF Awards $750K for Research Project Examining Electric Vehicles’ Impact

September 7, 2022

Siddiki, associate professor of public administration and international affairs and Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and Democracy, is co-principal investigator on the project, titled “Strengthening American Electricity Infrastructure for an Electric Vehicle Future: An Energy Justice Approach.”

See related: Energy, Grant Awards, Inequality

Murrett in the IBT: Chinese Imports of Discounted Russian Oil 'No Surprise'

July 11, 2022

Robert B. Murrett, professor of practice of public administration and international affairs and deputy director of the Institute for Security Law and Policy at Syracuse University spoke with the International Business Times for the article "Oil Market: China And India Help Russia Beat US And EU Sanctions."

See related: China, Energy, India, Russia, Trade, Ukraine

Huber Piece on the Politics of Big Public Power Published in Jacobin

April 6, 2022

"In Defense of the Tennessee Valley Authority," co-authored by Professor Matt Huber, was published in Jacobin.

See related: Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability

Popp cited in New York Times article on green jobs

July 16, 2021

David Popp, professor of public administration and international affairs, is included in the New York Times article, "Building Solar Farms May Not Build the Middle Class."

Van Slyke talks to Capital Tonight about fighting climate change

May 10, 2021

Coffel discusses his thermal power and climate research in Ecological Society of America journal

March 4, 2021

Ethan Coffel, assistant professor of geography and the environment, discusses his recent study on thermal power and climate change in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, a journal of the Ecological Society of America.

Siddiki paper on net metering in the United States published in The Electricity Journal

February 28, 2021

See related: Energy

Popp talks to CNN, Washington Examiner about effects of Obama's Recovery Act

February 2, 2021

Professor David Popp talks to CNN, Washington Examiner about effects of Obama's Recovery Act.

See related: Energy, Infrastructure, Labor, Sustainability

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