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Passed in 2021, this government spending bill allotted billions of dollars for clean energy development.
What is the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act?
This 2019 Megan Thee Stallion hit inspired Rep. Sean Casten to coin the #HotFERCSummer hashtag
What is Hot Girl Summer?
This energy source will account for over 85% of electricity generation retirements in 2022.
What is coal?
This Duke degree program represents the Energy Initiative’s largest group of student stakeholders
What is the Nicholas School Master of Environmental Management program?
What is anthropogenic?
Construction of this German pipeline was put on hold in February as a sanction in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
What is Nord Stream 2?
Latto has currently spent 22 consecutive weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 with this song
What is Big Energy?
While electric vehicle batteries rely on this mineral, care must be taken to prevent environmental damage from its extraction and disposal.
What is lithium?
EI founding director Richard Newell ran this federal agency specializing in energy data from 2009 to 2011
What is the Energy Information Administration?
Body of the UN responsible for advancing knowledge on human-induced climate change.
What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?
During the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russia has been targeting and capturing this type of energy production in Ukraine, including the largest plant of its kind in Europe.
What is nuclear power?
This material was used variously by the Transformers as a fuel, currency, and foodstuff
What is energon?
In addition to reducing emissions, clean energy leads to much lower levels of these small pollutants that can cause short-term and long-term health effects.
What is Particulate Matter?
Throughout its history, the EI has frequently been confused with this major utility
What is Duke Energy?
This industry rivals electricity production in terms of emissions and pollution levels.
What is agriculture?
This state, which joined the RGGI emissions trading program just last year, is now attempting to withdraw from the program.
What is Virginia?
The title track from Lorde's 2021 album
What is Solar Power?
While substantially reducing emissions, wind and solar energy require more of this resource than fossil fuels per unit of power produced.
What is land?
Name of the new merged institute the EI will form with the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
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These 4 areas serve as the 4 major carbon sinks. (Must get 2/4 for credit)
What are the ocean, atmosphere, soil, and plant life?
Washington state has recently made a legislative push to end gasoline car sales by this year.
What is 2030?
This 1970s children's television series starring Morgan Freeman was created for children who had outgrown Sesame Street
What is the Electric Company?
While this fuel is often characterized as renewable, its energy production emits greenhouse gases and it can lead to deforestation in some cases.
What is biomass?
Our level of commitment to supporting the student energy community and providing resources that enrich your Duke experience
What is 100%?
This percent of coral reefs will die if we reach 2 degrees C of warming compared to pre-industrial levels.
What is 99%?