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Join Penn Climate for a discussion on Environmental Law and the First Amendment between Wharton Professors Sarah E. Light and Amanda ShanorEnvironmental law and policy intersects with the First Amendment in many ways, ranging from claims that laws compelling firms to disclose their emissions or climate-related risks constitute compelled speech in violation of the First Amendment, to concerns that recent terminations of federal Department of Energy grants in some states but not others are improperly retaliatory in violation of the First Amendment. Penn Climate is excited to welcome Wharton Professors Sarah E. Light and Amanda Shanor, who will engage in

Join Penn Climate for a discussion by Karen Golberg titled "Developing Alternatives to Oil as Feedstocks for our Chemicals and Liquid Fuels"Penn Climate welcomes Karen Goldberg, Vagelos Professor in Energy Research and Chemistry, and the inaugural Director of the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology, for a seminar titled "Developing Alternatives to Oil as Feedstocks for our Chemicals and Liquid Fuels."It is widely accepted that decarbonization of our energy systems will have the largest impact on mitigation of climate change. But, with a move away from oil as a primary energy source, we will need to develop other sustainable

Join Heather Boushey to learn about how the United States can embrace the clean energy transition without leaving communities behind.Penn Climate, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, and the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media, welcome Heather Boushey, Professor of Practice at the Kleinman Center and former Chief Economist to President Biden’s Investing in America Cabinet, for a conversation during Energy Week.One of our nation’s most pressing economic challenges is embracing decarbonization as a strategic opportunity for shared growth and security. There is a need to rapidly transition from a carbon-intensive economy, to adapt to the real-time physical