The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and the Beneficial Electrification League (BEL) have launched a free resource to help utilities and their customers go electric: the Beneficial Electrification Toolkit.

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The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) congratulates Antoinette “Toni” Lorfils of Damascus, Maryland, who is the first recipient of EESI's $5,000 Future Climate Leaders Scholarship. Lorfils has demonstrated a commitment to climate action and environmental protection and is especially keen on protecting animals and wildlife. “Seeing how humans have had such a strong impact on our environment in more of a negative way than a positive one was the reason I wanted to be someone of change,” says Lorfils. “My goal is to educate others, be the change and help find better solutions to make the world a better place. Once we all understand that helping the Earth is for everyone’s greater good, the world will be a much happier place to call home.”

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"We are rapidly running out of time to avert the most catastrophic consequences of climate change,” said Daniel Bresette, executive director of the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), in response to a U.N. report released today about climate mitigation. “But with an all-in approach that starts with the rapid deployment of available technologies, it is still possible to limit warming to 1.5°C.”

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EESI is delighted to welcome a new member, Kurt Shickman, to its board of directors. Shickman is the director of extreme heat initiatives at the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht–Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, which has pledged to reach one billion people about climate resilience solutions by 2030.

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"The report released today by the United Nations is unequivocal in its findings—climate change presents a grave threat to the health and wellbeing of everything on this planet and will require accelerated action to avoid the loss of life, biodiversity, and infrastructure," said Daniel Bresette, executive director of the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI). "It makes crystal clear that there is an urgent need to cut our greenhouse gas emissions and prepare our communities to withstand the worsening impacts of climate change."

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"Now that the Paris Agreement rulebook is finalized, these plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions must be implemented with the urgency that comes with knowing that time is running out to avoid the worst outcomes of climate change," said Daniel Bresette, executive director of the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) at the conclusion of the 2021 U.N. climate talks in Glasgow.

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EESI welcomes the passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, an important step forward in our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and realize an equitable transition to a decarbonized, clean energy economy.

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As part of its commitment to promote and advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) is announcing a new scholarship for Future Climate Leaders. EESI will award up to $5,000 each academic year to an undergraduate student pursuing studies relevant to environmental, clean energy, and climate policy at a historically Black college or university (HBCU) in the mid-Atlantic or southern region.

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The Biden-Harris Administration unveiled America’s new greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments as part of its contribution to the Paris Agreement, which seeks to keep global warming significantly below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F). The United States, which announced it would rejoin the Paris Agreement on President Biden's first day in office, has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. "The Biden-Harris Administration means business,” said EESI Executive Director Daniel Bresette, welcoming the news. “Meeting this new goal will make a significant contribution to the global fight against climate change. It is much more ambitious than America's initial goal to cut emissions by 26 to 28 percent by 2025. Other countries, including China, Britain, and the members of the European Union, have also raised their ambitions in the runup to the next U.N. climate summit this year. I am more optimistic than I have been in a long time.

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The Environmental and Energy Study Institute's executive director, Daniel Bresette, welcomed President Joe Biden's executive order marking the return of the United States to the Paris Agreement. It was one of Biden's first actions as president following his inauguration today.

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