NYU URBAN LAB
Schack Institute of Real Estate
Energy from a source that is not depleted when used, such as wind, hydro-electric or solar power.
December 29, 2025
COP30 and Emerging Global Trends in Resilient Infrastructure, Renewable Energy, and Climate Finance
November 12, 2025
China’s Green Triumph
November 10, 2025
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
China is Building the World’s First Underwater, Wind-Fueled Data Center
November 09, 2025
After Jamaica’s Disastrous Storm, Solar Power Is a Bright Spot
September 22, 2025
Judge Says Work on Wind Farm Off Rhode Island Can Proceed, for Now
September 02, 2025
Hochul Urges Trump to Back Offshore Wind, Protect Clean Energy Job Boom
August 21, 2025
The Fix for Solar Power Blackouts Is Already Here
August 05, 2025
EPA Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy
July 29, 2025
Climate Regulation Liberation Day
July 28, 2025
Wind Farms in Scotland Show How to Counter Nimbyism
The Country Where 76% of Cars Sold Are Electric
July 26, 2025
Opinion | Is Decarbonization Dead?
July 01, 2025
The Renewable-Energy Sector’s Relative Winners and Losers in the Megabill
April 21, 2024
WSJ: Underground Thermal Energy Networks May Be About to Have Their Moment
April 19, 2024
Crain’s: Brooklyn Navy Yard seeks new ideas for empty manufacturing space
NYT: Chinese Export Surge Clouds U.S. Hopes of a Domestic Solar Boom
WSJ: Bezos Earth Fund Commits to Continue Financing Climate Targets Group
WSJ: The Push to Store Renewable Energy in Massive Salt Caverns
April 17, 2024
WSJ: How to Make Climate Progress: Tie It to CEO Pay
April 04, 2024
NYT: Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?
April 01, 2024
NYT: The New Climate Tech
March 22, 2024
WSJ: Offshore Wind Industry Gets a Boost From New Tax Tweak
March 20, 2024
WSJ: Recharge as You Drive? The Future of EVs Could Be Wireless
March 14, 2024
NYT: A New Surge in Power Use Is Threatening U.S. Climate Goals
NYT: U.S. Approves $500 Million for Bahrain Oil Project, Despite Opposition
March 13, 2024
NYT: Brazil’s Clashing Goals: Protect the Amazon and Pump Lots More Oil
WSJ: Corporate Bond Issuance Is Booming—but Not Sustainability-Linked Bonds
March 12, 2024
NYT: A Pop Star’s Wonky Climate Campaign
March 08, 2024
NYT: Biden Vows to ‘Save the Planet From the Climate Crisis’
March 07, 2024
The Economist: Why Africa is crypto’s next frontier
NYT: Biden Makes the Case on Climate
Financial Times: Brighter skies for US offshore wind
NYT: How China Came to Dominate the World in Solar Energy
February 22, 2024
WSJ: The New Hot Climate Investment Is Heat Itself
February 21, 2024
WSJ: U.S. Renewable Power Growth is Setting New Records on the Back of Federal Support
February 11, 2024
NYT: The Planet Needs Solar Power. Can We Build It Without Harming Nature?
February 08, 2024
NYT: Iceland Is Living in our Future
January 29, 2024
The Economist: Data centres improved greatly in energy efficiency as they grew massively larger
January 27, 2024
WSJ: For the Osage, This Century’s Fight Is Over Wind Turbines
January 26, 2024
WSJ: Bipartisan Backing to Explore Fast Tracking Solar and Wind on Oil-And-Gas Lands
NYT: Biden Administration Faces Pushback on Another Gas Project, This Time Overseas
January 25, 2024
WSJ: Tesla Makes It Harder for Investors to Ignore Its Problems
The Economist: Can MSCI drag private markets out of the shadows?
Crain’s: What to know about New York’s nascent offshore wind industry
Crain’s: New York eyes joining with nearby states to regionally plan offshore wind projects
January 24, 2024
WSJ: Some Private-Equity Firms Stick With Natural Gas Despite Climate Concerns
WSJ: Global Emissions From Electricity Set to Fall Even as Power Demand Climbs, IEA Predicts
January 23, 2024
WSJ: Rio Tinto Inks Power Deal With European Energy for Giant Australia Solar Farm
The Economist: Can scientists save your morning cup of coffee?
NYT: ‘We’re All Climate Economists Now’
NYT: To Slash Carbon Emissions, Colleges Are Digging Really Deep
Crain’s: Con Edison advances $1.2B Queens energy project at ratepayers’ expense
January 11, 2024
NYT: As Utility Bills Rise, Low-Income Americans Struggle for Access to Clean Energy
January 10, 2024
NYT: Electric Roads Could Be a Path to a Driverless Future
NYT: Missing Profits May Be a Problem for the Green Transition
January 04, 2024
NYT: Massachusetts Switches On Its First Large Offshore Wind Farm
December 31, 2023
WSJ: Why Manufacturing Is in a Slump, Despite Signs of a Renaissance
WSJ: Volkswagen’s Elusive Quest to Make an EV for the Masses
December 28, 2023
WSJ: A Fracker Tries to Produce ‘Guilt-Free’ Gas
December 27, 2023
WSJ: Can America Reach Its Clean Energy Goals? Here’s Where It Stands
December 22, 2023
NYT: BYD, a Chinese Powerhouse in Electric Cars, Will Build a Plant in Hungary
December 19, 2023
WSJ: Clean-Energy Investment Likely to Fall in 2024, SEB Warns
December 18, 2023
WSJ: The Impossible Energy ‘Transition’
WSJ: Biden Pushes Strict Climate-Subsidy Rules Despite Energy Producers’ Warnings
December 05, 2023
NYT: Air-Conditioning Use Will Surge in a Warming World, U.N. Warns
November 14, 2023
NYT: U.S. and China Agree to Displace Fossil Fuels by Ramping Up Renewables
November 13, 2023
WSJ: China’s Spending on Green Energy Is Causing a Global Glut
Crain’s: The Manhattan Downtown Heliport aims to be the country’s first electric air taxi hub
Crain’s: It’s boom times for startups trying to electrify aviation
NYT: Polluting Industries Say the Cost of Cleaner Air Is Too High
NYT: Exxon Mobil Plans to Produce Lithium in Arkansas
October 23, 2023
NYC Mayor Adams Signs Bill Paving Way for Electrification of All City Government Vehicles
October 17, 2023
The New York Times: The hope and hype of hydrogen
The New York Times: Electric Grids Are a Hidden Weak Spot in World’s Climate Plans, Report Warns
NYT: Electric Grids Are a Hidden Weak Spot in World’s Climate Plans, Report Warns
October 11, 2023
The Economist: A huge Norwegian phosphate rock find is a boon for Europe
Bloomberg: Cape Town’s Demand for Home Solar Panels Surges on Power Outages
October 05, 2023
DOE Announces Prize Winners in the First-Ever HBCU Clean Energy Education Prize
September 20, 2023
NYT: Looking to Space in the Race to Decarbonize
September 19, 2023
NYT: Biden’s Green Energy Money Is Sugar on a Poison Pill
September 08, 2023
NYT: No Bidders in British Offshore Wind Auction
September 04, 2023
WSJ: The Coming Green Energy Bailout
August 25, 2023
NYT: At 30%, Solar Panel Tax Credits Are at a High Point for Now
August 23, 2023
WSJ: ESG Busters Need a New Playbook
August 21, 2023
WSJ: Solar Boom Spreads to Timberlands and Self-Storage Rooftops
August 02, 2023
WSJ: Virtual Healthcare Has Green Benefits
July 31, 2023
WSJ: Solar Startup GlassPoint Lands $8 Million After a Reboot
WSJ: The U.S. Clean-Energy Company That Hit the Subsidies Jackpot
July 21, 2023
Crain’s: Hefty utility increases set to hit New Yorkers’ wallets in August
July 20, 2023
WSJ: How AI Might Change the Way We Supply and Consume Energy
WSJ: The Biggest Winners in America’s Climate Law: Foreign Companies
The Economist: Letters to the editor: On deep-sea mining, water regulation in Britain, the Italian left, working from home
July 19, 2023
The Economist: As Spain prepares to vote, its Socialist prime minister sets out the case for continuity
July 18, 2023
The Economist: Tesla’s surprising new route to EV domination
The Economist: Why Africa is poised to become a big player in energy markets
July 17, 2023
WSJ: Tesla Outlines Plan to Create Largest Auto Factory in Germany
July 14, 2023
WSJ: EPA Launches Green Bank for Climate Funding in Low-Income Areas
July 12, 2023
NYT: The Energy Transition Is Underway. Fossil Fuel Workers Could Be Left Behind
July 08, 2023
WSJ: The Professor Helping Guide Billions in Climate Spending
July 06, 2023
WSJ: New York State Built Elon Musk a $1 Billion Factory. ‘It Was a Bad Deal.’
July 05, 2023
New York Law Journal: New York City Zoning for Carbon Neutrality
Politico: Biden’s hydrogen bombshell leaves Europe in the dust
WSJ: Utility Companies Sell Wind, Solar Farms to Shore Up U.S. Power Grid
June 28, 2023
New York State Government: Governor Hochul Announces $18 Million Next Generation Buildings Innovation Challenges for Advanced Building Technologies
June 14, 2023
WSJ: Big Companies on Verge of New Market for Clean-Energy Tax Credits
WSJ: Shell’s New Strategy Avoids the Toughest Questions
June 13, 2023
WSJ: Old Electric-Vehicle Batteries Are Getting a Second Life
June 09, 2023
WSJ: Electricity Transmission Plan Likely to Get New Look in Washington
June 05, 2023
WSJ: Underground Hydrogen Could Supercharge Green Energy. First, Scientists Have to Find It
May 30, 2023
The New York Times: The New York Climate Law is Working. The Clean Energy Investments Are Soaring
AMNY: Con Edison Initiatives Lead the Way in New York’s Transition to Clean Energy
May 08, 2023
Crain’s New York: New York just took a landmark step toward publicly owned renewable energy
January 01, 2023
The Economist: Can the North Sea become Europe’s new economic powerhouse?
WSJ: Rockland Targets Gas-Fired Backup Power Plants With New $700 Million Fund
NYT: Energy Tax Credits, Meant to Help U.S. Suppliers, May Be Hard to Get
