Oil and gas companies use wells to extract the raw materials eventually sold to consumers as everyday goods. But what happens when wells begin to yield less product?
Large oil and gas companies transfer low-value wells to companies with smaller po...
When it comes to safeguarding the planet, alum Ben Zukowski (BA ‘13) believes not only in learning from science, but also from listening to those who live closest to the land.
Catie Hausman on the increased demand for electricity: "We’re seeing two years in a row after decades of flat demand growth, and that’s entirely consistent with what we know about data centers and also electrification and other broad market trends.”
New research on electricity market integration from Ford School professor and economist Catherine Hausman has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
The Ford School's Ben Green testified before members of Michigan's House Subcommittee on Oversight regarding the anticipated impacts data centers will have on Michiganders. Various networks have covered Green's expertise on this issue.
Molly Kleinman, managing director of the Science, Technology, and Public policy program, outlines the potential harmful environmental effects of data centers.
Ford School professor Ben Green's research on the impacts of data centers recently caught the eye of Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection, which asked him to deliver a presentation on the topic to its Citizens Advisory Council on Nov...
Ford School professor of practice Jennifer Haverkamp says, "What is challenging is that the United States is actively pushing a fossil fuel agenda when that's really hurting us, because the clean energy revolution is here . . . I think that other cou...
Decarbonization initiatives and renewable energy investments are compatible with the massive new energy requirements of the data center age, according to a panel of experts who spoke at the Ford School. What is needed is government policy that can gu...
Kara Swisher, the award-winning journalist and current Ford School Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, sat down for a conversation with Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to discuss “The State of U.S. Democracy,” for her On with ...
This inspiring fireside chat features Jennifer Granholm, former U.S. Secretary of Energy and former Governor of Michigan. Join us as she addresses the urgent sustainability challenges of our time, from clean energy transitions to climate change.