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Opportunities for Cost-Effective Residential Heat Pump Adoption in Massachusetts

June 26, 2024

By Roxana Shafiee and Dan Schrag Electrification through heat pumps is a primary strategy for decarbonizing residential heating in Massachusetts. The state has announced ambitions for 65% of residential-scale heating to be heat pump equipment by 2030 and...

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The Reach of Wildfire Smoke Is Going Global and Undoing Progress on Clean Air

September 20, 2023

In the United States, smoke from wildfires is undoing progress from the Clean Air Act. In poorer countries, the situation is even worse. By Delger Erdenesanaa and Noah Weiland, The New York Times On the heels of an exceptionally fiery and smoky summer...

HUCE 2023-24 Environmental Artist John Sabraw

September 12, 2023

The Center for the Environment is excited to unveil its newest environmental-themed art installation, "Vital," showcasing the captivating creations and pigments of the renowned artist and activist John Sabraw. The Center for the Environment is excited to...

A Changing Climate for Environmental Lawyers

June 27, 2023

A new course examines the wide-ranging implications of law for climate change By Rachel Reed, Harvard Law School One of the first things students learn in Richard J. Lazarus’ new Climate Lawyering course is that if climate law was ever a niche field, it...

14 Projects Confronting Climate Change Win Salata Institute Grants

September 04, 2023

Researchers across disciplines team up to tackle problems ranging from inefficient buildings to fragile healthcare systems By Salata Institute Communications The Salata Institute Seed Grant Program, launched in April to enable new interdisciplinary...

Wildfires Are Much Worse Than a Sign of Climate Change

August 23, 2023

Expert explains the dual threat posed by a crisis spreading beyond our control By Alvin Powell, The Harvard Gazette Summer headlines have screamed of climate extremes: Record temperatures, an ocean heat wave, and rampant wildfires, including Canadian...

Let’s Not Fry the Planet, but Let’s Not Stoke Resentment, Either

August 22, 2023

Clean-energy transition will hurt some communities more than others. Inclusive policy and investments are crucial, says ‘Uncertain Futures’ co-author By Christy DeSmith, The Harvard Gazette Thanks largely to the Inflation Reduction Act, US policy has...

What Drives Four Future Climate Leaders

May 22, 2023

Harvard College seniors—including two former HUCE Summer Undergraduate Research Fund grant recipients—represent diverse backgrounds, concentrations, and perspectives on finding solutions to our climate change crisis By Christy DeSmith, The Harvard Gazette...

Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change

May 19, 2023

A detailed account of two Harvard Climate Action Week events, organized by Harvard’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and HBS’s Business and Environment Initiative By Jennifer Nash, HBS Business & Environment Blog When I arrived at Klarman...

Deadly Heat Waves Threaten Older People as Summer Nears

April 30, 2023

HUCE Faculty Associate Aaron Bernstein discusses the personalized attention that should be paid to older people during heat waves and other extreme weather events By Anita Snow, AP News Paramedics summoned to an Arizona retirement community last summer...

Harvard Climate Leaders Program

April 25, 2023

Three members of the Climate Leaders Program, all HBS students, discuss their experiences as part of the student-led, faculty-advised program for Masters and professional students across all Harvard graduate schools, developed in partnership with HUCE HBS...

When Your Office Is Water, Woods, and Sky

April 21, 2023

Students, including Environmental Science and Public Policy concentrators, share their experiences working outdoors as rangers and interns at national parks and forests By Nina Foster, The Harvard Gazette Serena Wurmser was 12 when she attended an...