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Yale E360: Nine in 10 U.S. Drivers Would Save Money on Fuel by Going Electric, Study Finds

Yale E360 covered the new study published in Environmental Research Letters. The study was led by Jesse Vega-Perkins, a MSc. graduate from the School for Environment and Sustainability and Urban Sustainability Research Group alumna. Jesse was co-mentored by Joshua Newell and Greg Keoleian, director of the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems. Read the article here

Grist: Switching to an electric car saves money. Unless you’re poor.

Lylla Younes from Grist covered the new study published in Environmental Research Letters. The study was led by Jesse Vega-Perkins, a MSc. graduate from the School for Environment and Sustainability and Urban Sustainability Research Group alumna. Jesse was co-mentored by Joshua Newell and Greg Keoleian, director of the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems. Read the article here

Michigan Radio: 90% of people who switch to electric vehicles will spend less on fueling up than before

Greg Keoleian, director of the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, discussed with Tracy Samilton from Michigan Radio about the new study on electric vehicles and their associated costs and energy burden. Jesse Vega-Perkins, a MSc. graduate from the School for Environment and Sustainability and Urban Sustainability Research Group alumna is the lead author of the study that was published in Environmental Research Letters.
Read the article by Tracy Samilton here

The Hill: Most US car owners would benefit from EV switch, but lowest-income Americans could be left behind: study

Coverage of the new study published in Environmental Research Letters led by Jesse Vega-Perkins, a MSc. graduate from the School for Environment and Sustainability and Urban Sustainability Research Group alumna. Joshua Newel, a co-author of the study gives an overview of the study’s key findings to Sharon Udasin from The Hill

Press release of new study led by Urban Sustainability Research Group alumna

New study led by Jesse Vega-Perkins, a MSc. graduate from the School for Environment and Sustainability and Urban Sustainability Research Group alumna.
The study considers the spatial variation of both EV energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions across the country. It’s the first study to examine EV energy costs through the lens of distributive justice by calculating the EV energy burden (percentage of income spent on EV charging) for the entire United States.
Read the story by Jim Erickson on Michigan News.
Read the article in Environmental Research Letters here.

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New Research on Remote Work Carbon Footprints: What HR Leaders Need to Know

Josh Newell was featured in a synthesis article by Peter Matuszak on remote work and its associated carbon emissions. Newell emphasized that well paid workers tend to have larger homes and thus larger carbon footprints according to recent research. Remote work means more energy for cooling and heating those large homes which exacerbates this issue and outweighs any efforts to clean the regional grid that might supply electricity.
Read the article online here.

Roadmap published: A guide to sustainable, equitable expansion of urban agriculture

A recent Urban Sustainability Research Group product takes on the practical side of expanding urban agriculture – what can policymakers do to promote sustainable, equitable growth of the practice in cities? Through a series of interviews and scenario planning exercises, the roadmap identifies policy recommendations for a desirable future for urban ag in 2050. Part of the FEW-meter multi-institutional project, this work also dives into how and to what degree policy can be developed to create synergies between urban agriculture & cities’ food, energy and water nexus.
 
Read the article full report here.