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This organization conducts interdisciplinary policy research across Duke University to accelerate solutions to critical energy and environmental challenges.
What is the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability?
While substantially reducing emissions, wind and solar energy require more of this resource than fossil fuels per unit of power produced.
What is land?
This Australian rock band is known for its lead guitarist's schoolboy outfits and for its hits, "Back in Black" and "Highway to Hell".
What is AC/DC?
This bill, signed into law in August 2022, contains $500 billion in new spending and tax breaks that aim to boost clean energy, reduce healthcare costs, and increase tax revenues.
What is the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)?
Scientific term for "originating in human activity," commonly used in conjunction with climate change.
What is "anthropogenic"?
This LEED Platinum-certified building on campus has a solar photovoltaic system and a garden on its rooftop.
What is Grainger Hall?
Fusion is one type of nuclear energy; this is the other.
What is fission?
The patriarch of this cartoon family serves as Safety Inspector for Sector 7G of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
What is The Simpsons?
An organization that regulates the transmission and wholesale sale of electricity and natural gas in interstate commerce and regulates the transportation of oil by pipeline in interstate commerce.
What is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)?
Body of the UN responsible for advancing knowledge on human-induced climate change.
What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?
The first LEED platinum-rated residence hall founded on campus.
What is the Duke Smart Home?
This energy source accounted for 66% of electricity generation retirements in 2024.
What is coal?
Her song "Big Energy" has been streamed over 350 million times on Spotify.
Who is Latto?
Among other responsibilities, this federal organization oversees the U.S. nuclear weapons program
What is the Department of Energy?
This greenhouse gas is more than 28 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.
What is methane?
The heat generated by this West Campus complex sterilizes equipment for the Duke Hospital, among other functions.
What is the Steam Plant?
The limited availability of this mineral may constrain the growth of electric vehicles.
What is lithium?
This song title from Lorde's 2021 album is related to renewable energy.
What is Solar Power?
He was the first U.S. president to install solar panels on the White House.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
These four areas serve as the four major carbon sinks. (Must get 2/4 for credit)
What are the ocean, atmosphere, soil, and plant life?
This organization's mission is to educate and empower the Duke community to create a more sustainable campus future through social, economic, and environmental change on our campus and beyond.
What is the Office of Climate and Sustainability?
This major driver of recent electricity demand growth accounted for over 4% of total US electricity consumption in 2024.
What are data centers?
This villain who can absorb and manipulate electricity was part of the Sinister Six from Earth-42 in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, released in 2023.
Who is Electro?
This legislation was enacted following the energy crisis of the 1970s and played a big role in the growth of North Carolina's solar industry
What is the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA)?
This percent of coral reefs will die if we reach 2 degrees C of warming compared to pre-industrial levels.
What is 99%?