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Energy and the Environment

La Follette organizes climate change event for area high school students

Posted on May 13, 2022

Future climate leaders engaged in climate change simulations with the Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) at Madison West High School on April 26 and 28.

Posted in Energy and the Environment, News, Outreach

Nemet shapes United Nations report on climate change

Posted on April 4, 2022

The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report urges immediate action to limit greenhouse gas emissions in all sectors of the economy, including energy, transportation, construction, manufacturing, and agriculture.

Posted in Energy and the Environment, Faculty, News

Mikhaila Calice (MPA’19) Shares Climate Communication Expertise on UW Now

Posted on December 21, 2021

La Follette School grad Mikhaila Calice (MPA’19) played a starring role in a UW Now livestream presentation on climate, energy and geopolitics on November 9.

Posted in Alumni, Energy and the Environment, International Policy & Economics, News

Mikhaila Calice (MPA’19) Shares Climate Communication Expertise on UW Now

Posted on December 21, 2021

La Follette School grad Mikhaila Calice (MPA’19) played a starring role in a UW Now livestream presentation on climate, energy, and geopolitics on November 9.

Posted in Academics, Alumni, Energy and the Environment, News

High school students develop climate change simulations

Posted on December 20, 2021

To extend the reach of the La Follette Forum on Climate Policy, approximately 100 Madison West High School students participated in virtual climate change simulations with the Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) November 23.

Posted in Academics, Energy and the Environment, News

Grad student Tebbe finds inspiration at U.N. climate conference

Posted on December 17, 2021

La Follette School graduate student Nova Tebbe calls herself a climate newcomer. Yet, in early November, she joined 300 people who walked out of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (or COP26) to protest the lack of significant commitment to combat climate change.

Posted in Academics, Energy and the Environment, MPA News, News, Students

La Follette Forum 2022 delves into American Power, Prosperity & Democracy

Posted on December 13, 2021

The La Follette School will host its third annual La Follette Forum, funded by the Kohl Initiative, on Wednesday, May 4, 2022.

Posted in Alumni, Energy and the Environment, Health and Aging, International Policy & Economics, MIPA News, MPA News, News, Public Management, Social Policy, Students

Insightful discussions abound at Climate Policy Forum

Posted on October 19, 2021

Nearly 300 policymakers, practitioners, community leaders, and researchers attended the second annual La Follette Forum on October 6 in Madison.

Posted in Energy and the Environment, News, Outreach

Climate forum showcases alumni, diversity of voices

Posted on September 17, 2021

Four La Follette School alumni will be featured as panelists at the La Follette Forum: Climate Policy on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. The daylong conference also brings a diversity of voices, including youth, to one of the most important issues across the globe.

Posted in Energy and the Environment, News, Outreach

Weimer contributes to National Academies report on radioactive materials

Posted on August 13, 2021

La Follette School Professor David Weimer contributed to a new report on the uses of radioactive materials such as cobalt-60 and cesium-137 in the United States and around the world.

Posted in Academics, Energy and the Environment, Faculty, News
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