Energy and Climate Change

"The answer is the Pacific Northwest, and probably especially west of the Cascades."

When fully operational, the plant will produce enough panels per year to generate a gigawatt of electricity, roughly the output of a nuclear reactor. The facility is expected to employ 1,450 people.

"There’s a new urgency imposed by the science. We have to orchestrate the end of the fossil fuel era in a very short time frame."

Solar cells made from polymers have the potential to be cheap and lightweight, but scientists are struggling to make them generate electricity efficiently.

"You can no longer have some countries go first and others come in later, because there is no more time. It needs to be all hands on deck now."

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"Transportation, driven by rapid growth in car use, has been the fastest growing source of CO2 in the world."

Advocates suggested that roughly 8 percent of UM’s $150 million endowment portfolio is invested in fossil fuels.

"They’re looking ahead. … They’re climate ready."

Tim Crawford, a longtime supporter of the Emerson, funded the project.