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Taking the Measure of Smart Cities in the Triangle

February 1, 2018

By Britanny Baporis and Andrew Jacober Britanny Baporis is a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill double majoring in Environmental Science and Geography. Andrew Jacober is a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in Environmental Science with a minor in Computer Science. According … Read more

UNC Study Taking a Closer Look at Jordan Lake

January 1, 2018

By Mike Piehler Mike Piehler is a professor at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences and the Technical Lead for the UNC Nutrient Management Study. The UNC Nutrient Management Study is conducting a comprehensive assessment of the condition of Jordan … Read more

Connecting University Research to Policy

December 1, 2017

By Steve Wall Steve Wall is a policy research associate with the UNC Institute for the Environment and the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory. In the summer of 2016 the North Carolina General Assembly established and funded the North Carolina Policy … Read more

Financing Nutrient Management in the Jordan Lake Watershed

November 1, 2017

Post by Erin Riggs  Erin Riggs is a Legal Advisor with the UNC Environmental Finance Center. In 2016, the NC legislature commissioned a six-year nutrient management study to be done through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), … Read more

Measuring Eastern North Carolina’s Lakes

October 1, 2017

By Grant Parkins Grant Parkins is the Watershed Education Coordinator with the UNC Institute for the Environment. The UNC Environmental Resource Program (ERP) has teamed up with a UNC researcher on a NASA-funded project designed to better understand how the … Read more

Solar Financing in a Changing Renewable Energy Landscape

September 1, 2017

By Heather Payne  Heather Payne is the Assistant Director for the Center for Climate, Energy, Environment, and Economics (CE3), and an Adjunct Professor of Law at UNC School of Law In late June as the legislative session was winding down … Read more

Environmental Restoration Helps Drive Economic Growth

August 4, 2017

Post By Todd BenDor Todd BenDor is an Associate Professor in the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning and affiliate faculty member of the UNC Institute for the Environment.  Earlier this year I was invited to speak at an … Read more

Helping Teachers Explore the Electric Grid of the Future

July 1, 2017

By Dana Haine Dana Haine is the K-12 Science Education Manager at the UNC Institute for the Environment. Gretchen Bakke, author of The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future, writes that while electricity “is situated squarely … Read more

Evolving Electric Industry Represents New Career Opportunities

June 1, 2017

Post by Jordan Kern Jordan Kern is a Research Assistant Professor at the UNC Institute for the Environment. You can learn more about his research and teaching portfolio at http://jdkern.web.unc.edu/. Eliminating greenhouse gas emissions in the electric power industry might … Read more

Community Engagement: A Necessary Component of Policy Creation

May 1, 2017

Post by Danielle Spurlock Danielle Spurlock is an Assistant Professor in the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning When creating local policy, community values and experiences can be marginalized if we limit public participation to unilateral flows of information … Read more