Pamela Barclay worked in the EPAí¢â‚¬â„¢s Clean Energy and Climate Change Office developing a best practices guide for medium-and heavy-duty truck fleets to incorporate alternative vehicles and technologies into their vehicle pool to reduce diesel emissions.
Environmental Policy and Planning
President Mary Sue Coleman higlighted several programs of the School of Natural Resources and Environment in her address yesterday unveiling the progress and new goals behind the university's sustainability initiatives.
Benjamin Johnson interned with The Food System Economic Partnership.
Elizabeth Fox gathered waste and recycle generation data from top performing facilities at the University of Michigan.
During her internship, Michelle analyzed the potential of introducing a new renewable energy in Singapore and was involved in organizing an international conference focused on REDD+ and biodiversity.
Faced with increasing risks of intense storms, heat stress, clean water availability and economic hardship, municipal leaders are seeking high-quality, location-specific analyses to help plan for climate change impacts. That is the focus of a new $1.2 million University of Michigan research project called the Great Lakes Adaptation Assessment for Cities.
Jen worked in the City of Seattle's City Green Building program under the Department of Planning and Development to begin evaluating the success of Priority Green Expedited, an accelerated permitting process to incentivize and increase the number of sustainable buildings in the city.
As an intern in the NRDC Climate Center, Seth's overarching goal was to support the Climate Center's work to defend EPA's authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Seth's primary project was researching and writing a report and presentation regarding the effectiveness and feasibility of individual federal policies to reduce GHG emissions.
In this internship, Julia Raskin worked in the Sustainability Initiatives office on projects to lower the environmental impact of the Parks Department.