Several frameworks exist that allow urban park coordinators managing renovations in low-income and minority communities to maximize productive playspace activation and minimize gentrifying impacts. Although many of these ...

Change in U.S. electricity demand has been nearly flat over the past decade. In parallel, electric vehicle (EV) market growth offers opportunities for boosting the revenue and resilience of utilities, while supporting climate ...

Predicting and preventing negative environmental impacts from exposure to human-related chemicals stressors is necessary for long-term preservation of global biodiversity and ecosystem function. Anticipating the effects ...

Duke’s 2009 Climate Action Plan (CAP) has committed Duke to a carbon-neutral institution by 2024. In a recent update version published in 2019, Duke’s CAP focused on internal emission reduction strategies, especially on ...

Rural electrification in India is progressing rapidly, and most households nationwide are now connected to the electricity grid. However, the country's electricity consumption remains low, and poor electricity quality continues ...

This Masters Project was designed to review Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology’s current positioning in the market and to pinpoint necessary augmentations to economics and policy that must take place in order to improve ...

Land conservation is used to protect a variety of vulnerable ecosystem services and land uses in the United States and around the world. As of 2019, 12% of the total land in the US was protected for conservation by private ...

The global need to meet population housing needs through infrastructure development is at odds with the urgent necessity to mitigate the impacts of climate change. This investigation considers the relationships between ...

Transportation of regulated waste generates significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Reductions in the number of disposal locations in Massachusetts due to industry consolidation force wastes to be transported farther ...

The increasing risk associated with more frequent and severe hurricanes and flooding, coastal erosion, and sea level rise have led to more consideration of human migration away from the coast of the United States. The decision ...