In 2020, the world banded together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, in 2021, the world continues to change, and we seem to be progressing forward. In turn, the spotlight shifts to another great calamity: climate change. The environmental crisis has made headlines with the Biden administration making climate mitigation and renewable energy top priorities.
With these advancements, researchers, corporations, innovators, and activists around the world are being tasked to follow suit. To stay united and take on another challenge: the transition to clean energy. But what does that entail exactly? How does a shift to renewables affect the average American household?
Scientists and engineers are hard at work creating systems that run efficiently, withstand various constraints, and won’t pollute the air. However, as this episode of Connect the Dots explains, it’s also important to look at how we implement these new innovations in a way that’s equitable and purposeful to all.
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More on Our Guests:
 | Flozell Daniels, Jr., is CEO and President of the Foundation for Louisiana. View bio. |
 | Lawrence Early is an engineering graduate at Yale University. View bio. |
 | Wendy Gao is an environmental activist and student at the University of Virginia. View bio. |
 | Cheryl Johnson is the executive director of People for Community Recovery in Chicago. View bio. |
 | Hannah Wiseman is a CPR Member Scholar and professor at the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and Institutes of Energy and the Environment at Penn State University. View bio. |
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Other resources:
- POLITICO: “Want Environmental Justice? Look to Energy Efficiency.“
- GreenBiz: “New York state directs more capital to solar power for low-income communities“
- Environment and Energy Leader: “More Than 100 of Apple’s Global Suppliers are Moving to 100% Renewable Energy“
- renews.biz: “Budweiser UK goes 100% wind and solar“
Special thanks to:
- The College of Law at Loyola University New Orleans
- The College of Music and Media at Loyola University New Orleans
We’re also grateful to the musical artists featured in this episode, who make their work available to us through a Creative Commons license. Please check them out!
