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A flare burns natural gas at an oil well on Aug. 26, 2021, in Watford City, N.D.

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Despite the relatively modest scale of investment in clean energy by oil and gas companies so far, there are several business reasons oil companies…
An arial photo of the SPRUCE experiment.

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A new study is unearthing how and why peatlands are producing carbon dioxide and methane. 
Car exhaust (Adobe: elcovalana)

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Scientists team up to better understand how certain types of air pollution increase the risk of developing dementia. 
2025 SEI External Faculty Fellows with their Georgia Tech Hosts

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The Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) at Georgia Tech concluded its third cohort of Energy Faculty Fellows in August, welcoming a diverse…

Tech Tower

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Ryan Lively and Matthew McDowell are recognized for pioneering work in sustainable chemical engineering and advanced battery technologies.
Drawdown dashboard

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The climate solutions tracker features a county-by-county breakdown of which technologies could most benefit the environment.
Rampi Ramprasad

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The project addresses one of the world’s most pressing challenges in sustainability: eliminating plastic waste.
stock image of people planting trees in a forest

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Agriculture is the largest cause of deforestation. So, it follows that forest expansion efforts would displace agriculture — but new research from…
A tractor applying lime

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Liming, a centuries-old agricultural practice, can improve crop yield and greenhouse gas reduction.
An AI rendering of a rapidly charging battery.

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Charging batteries quickly was thought to degrade them. Georgia Tech’s findings flip that logic and open new doors for energy storage.

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Omar Asensio, visiting fellow, Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society
Harvard Business School

What’s your area of research and what led you to it? As a climate scholar, I focus on the intersection of technology and public…

Researcher working on battery technology
The Cool Down

Georgia Tech researcher Gleb Yushin is quoted about recent innovations in battery technology.

Transformative Industry: Tim Lieuwen, professor and interim chair, the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech: photo Kevin Garrett.
Georgia Trend

A fleet of innovative new companies working at the limits of advanced technology could reshape the aerospace industry – and…

How to cool down a city - heat map of singapore
NY Times

Georgia Tech's Brian Stone weighs in on this feature looking at how Singapore could be a model for dampening the effects of climate…

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Business Wire

The Greenhouse Accelerator is announcing the launch of the Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub, a public-private-academic…

Streets crack under heat because higher temperatures create more space between vibrating molecules, causing the material to expand and deform. Priscila Zambotto/Moment via Getty Images
The Conversation

Not only people need to stay cool, especially in a summer of record-breaking heat waves. Many machines, including cellphones,…

The utility Pacific Gas & Electric acknowledged responsibility for equipment that started the deadly 2018 blaze that burned through Paradise, Calif. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images
The Conversation

Maui County is suing Hawaiian Electric, claiming the utility was negligent for not shutting off power as strong…

Benoit Montreuil speaking to the Axios roundtable group. Credit: Shay Richards for Axios
Axios

On Wednesday, August 23, Axios hosted an Expert Voices roundtable discussion in Atlanta, featuring local leaders and experts in…

Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background
Duke Nicholas Institute

Development of the portal–in collaboration with Georgia Tech and the SETRI network–was recently recognized as part of the White…

After more than 10 years, construction of Plant Vogtle Unit 3 is complete and has achieved full power output. (Courtesy of Georgia Power)
WABE

The first new nuclear reactor built in the U.S. in more than 40 years is now up and running in Waynesboro, Georgia.…