• Nicholas Institute Earns Green Workplace Certification

    The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions achieved Duke's Green Workplace Certification, which recognizes work areas that formally assess how they are reducing their environmental footprint.

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  • Nicholas Institute Included on Think Tank Map

    The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions was included among 260 think tanks active in the field of climate governance by the International Center for Climate Governance.

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  • Study Evaluates Strategies for Generating Electricity From Hog Waste

    Capturing methane gas from hog farms and piping it into existing natural gas pipelines may be a cost-effective way to meet North Carolina's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS), according to a new Duke University study.

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  • Nicholas Institute Named to U.S. Water Partnership

    The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions is among the newest members of the U.S. Water Partnership, a public-private partnership designed to share knowledge and leverage resources to find solutions to global water accessibility challenges. 

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  • Poll: Americans Back Climate Change Regulation, Not Taxes

    A new national poll examines public attitudes regarding climate change and the major policy options President Obama might pursue in his second term It was conducted by Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and the Sanford School of Public Policy.

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  • A Spatial-Economic Optimization Study of Swine-Waste Derived Biogas Infrastructure Design in North Carolina

    This report by the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and the Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative highlights a comparative modeling... Read More
  • A Triple Bottom Line for Electric Utility Regulation: Aligning State-Level Energy, Environmental, and Consumer Protection Goals

    Energy infrastructure across the United States is aging, and plant retirements are increasing due to a combination of newly implemented and... Read More
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  • AERE Third Annual Summer Conference

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  • International Congress for Conservation Biology Symposium 2013

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  • Carbon Dioxide Milestone Revised by NOAA

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  • Arctic Experiencing More Than Just Melt

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