BLOGS

These blog posts have been written by members of our team with the goal of providing perspective on current environmental events and policies.

Energy

The Environment

5 Co-Benefits of Decarbonizing Maritime Shipping

In the wake of the recent IPCC report, climate change is at the center of many conversations on Earth Day this year. Currently emitting close to 1 billion ...

BY Taylor Goelz

Blog Post

04.22.2022
The Environment

Companies Aim to Use Only Zero-Carbon Ocean Shipping by 2040

The Energy and Environment’s coZEV initiative releases a new ambition statement.

BY Ingrid Irigoyen & 2 more

Blog Post

10.19.2021
The Environment

5 Steps for Ocean Climate Action Across the Biden Administration

With more than 94 million Americans living near oceans and coasts, it is essential that the plan includes related risks and solutions.

BY Taylor Goelz & 3 more

Blog Post

04.22.2021
The Environment

The Opportunity to Transform Maritime Shipping

We can push for more ambitious decarbonization goals and explore potential contributions to the data and science goals.

BY Taylor Goelz

Blog Post

04.21.2021
The Environment

Aspen Shipping Decarbonization Initiative

Accelerating shipping decarbonization will need to involve a range of solutions and significant public and private sector investment.

BY Ingrid Irigoyen & 1 more

Blog Post

02.24.2021
Energy

The Future of Carbon Capture

Carbon removal at the scales imagined by forecasts of climatic futures remains an untested and unproven proposition.

BY Jaylene Salas

Blog Post

09.10.2020
The Environment

Corporate Buying Power Can Decarbonize Shipping

Shipping vessels are still powered by fossil fuels, making the oft-forgotten industry a massive emitter of greenhouse gases.

BY Ingrid Irigoyen & 4 more

Blog Post

08.12.2020
Energy

A Perspective on Hydro Power

An intern’s research on transitioning toward a more sustainable hydro future: Climate change has the potential to impact all aspects of life, including h ...

BY Josh McGhee

Blog Post

07.12.2019
Energy

Necessary, but not Sufficient: Getting on the right path for climate action

It might be cliché, but we are at a crossroads as a species. If we decide we want to decarbonize the economy, it is widely believed that electrification ...

BY Greg Gershuny

Blog Post

11.02.2018
Energy

Why Donald Trump’s Plan to Bring Back Coal Jobs Won’t Work

But with real investment in carbon capture and sequestration, coal could contribute to a clean energy economy.

BY Greg Gershuny

Blog Post

03.28.2017
Climate Change

North American Carbon Pricing

When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government took over in late 2015, he had a mandate to act on climate change. In the US meanwhile, little movement has happened on a carbon price.

BY Greg Gershuny

Blog Post

11.04.2016
Energy

Cuba’s Energy and Infrastructure Revolution

On September 1-2, the Aspen Institute’s Energy and Environment Program took part in the Cuba Energy & Infrastructure Summit in Havana, Cuba, by organ ...

BY Greg Gershuny & 1 more

Blog Post

09.21.2016
Energy

Forty Years of Energy Policy

Forty years ago, in August 1977, more than three dozen distinguished policy makers and other experts gathered in Aspen, Colorado to discuss the state of en ...

BY Greg Gershuny

Blog Post

06.29.2016

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