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The Battle over Ballona: Wetlands, SoCalGas and Protestors

22Jun

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Community, Energy, Loyola Marymount University, Video

The Battle over Ballona: Wetlands, SoCalGas and Protestors

https://youtu.be/frRi643dfQU Edited by Cristobal Spielmann. Just outside the front gate to LMU, the Ballona Wetlands are the site of more than just flora and fauna. A SoCal gas reserve on the wetlands is drawing concern from activists and L.A. politicians alike. Watch to learn more about natural gas and the battle at Ballona. Check out more about the use of natural gas here, and why people oppose it here.

Nine LSU professors aid governor in reducing Louisiana’s greenhouse emissions

14Jun

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Energy, Louisiana State University, Policy

Nine LSU professors aid governor in reducing Louisiana’s greenhouse emissions

By Josh Archote Louisiana is fifth among states in total carbon emissions and emissions per-capita, according to 2015-16 U.S. Department of Energy statistics. Courtesy of Joshua Archote. This piece was originally published on April 6, 2021, by The Reveille. Nine LSU researchers joined committees and advisory groups for Gov. John Bel Edwards’s Climate Initiatives Task Force, an executive order signed in August of last year to reduce Louisiana’s greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. By February 2022, the Task Force will submit a detailed plan to reduce Louisiana greenhouse gas emissions 26-28% by 2025, 40-50% by 2030 and net zero emissions by mid-century. “Just as we have done with coastal protection and restoration, we are building an inclusive, science...

LSU researchers are building a one-of-a-kind quantum device to increase solar cell efficiency

14Jun

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Energy, Louisiana State University, Technology

LSU researchers are building a one-of-a-kind quantum device to increase solar cell efficiency

By Josh Archote This piece was originally published on March 15, 2021, by The Reveille. Dr. Chenglong You works with a quantum simulator on Mar. 11, 2021 in a Nicholson Hall basement lab. Courtesy of Matthew Perschall. LSU researchers are building a quantum simulator to study how light interacts with different materials in solar cells to increase their efficiency. LSU Physics professor Omar Magana-Loaiza and postdoctoral researcher Chenglong You received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a one-of-a-kind quantum device. Their research could help scientists find better materials to build solar cells and make them more efficient. The sun emits light made up of speeding photons that travel to the Earth, and solar cells convert the energy of those ph...

‘The real threat is not taking action’: Experts say renewable energy poses an opportunity, not a threat, to Louisiana

14Jun

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Economy, Energy, Louisiana State University, Policy

‘The real threat is not taking action’: Experts say renewable energy poses an opportunity, not a threat, to Louisiana

By Sydney McGovern This piece was originally published on April 19, 2021, by BIZ Magazine. Since last October, Entergy has been purchasing power from this solar facility in West Baton Rouge Parish. In his first week in office, President Joe Biden signed executive orders to eliminate many federal subsidies for fossil fuels starting next year and pause new oil and gas permits on federal lands. Louisiana congressional delegation expressed outrage about Biden’s decision. Sen. John Kennedy, a Republican, said the changes would be “devastating to Louisiana,” and Sen. Bill Cassidy, called Biden’s use of the term “Cancer Alley” a “slam upon our state.” Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is leading a lawsuit against Biden’s moratorium on oil and gas leases. But local economic and...

When did climate change become political?

11Jun

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Energy, Loyola Marymount University, Policy, Video

When did climate change become political?

By Veronica Backer-Peral This piece was originally published on October 29, 2020, by the Los Angeles Loyolan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXP8OBLmOd0&feature=emb_title Some topics should be political, but when it comes to climate change and rising global temperatures, it's remarkable how even basic facts and science continue to be disputed. Renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben speaks to reporter Veronica BP on the topic of when and how climate change became so politicized.