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New Study Finds Imported Solar Panels Deliver Major Climate and Health Benefits to the U.S.

New study published in One Earth showing that imported solar panels prevented nearly 600 premature deaths and delivered $28 billion in climate and health benefits to the…

Oct 8, 2025

Nature Comment: Can China Break the ‘Cost Curse’ of Nuclear Power?

Comment published in Nature shows escalating construction expenses threaten to derail global progress on atomic energy. China offers lessons on how to rein in costs.

Jul 28, 2025

New Study Shows Fewer Than 15% of China’s Coal Power Plant Workers Can Easily Transition to Green Jobs by 2060

Study published in One Earth shows less than 15% of China’s coal power plant workforce will find it easy to shift into green jobs, a coal power worker needs to travel 194…

Nov 6, 2024

New Grant: Exploring Energy Burden Among the Older Adults and People with Disabilities in New York City Public Housing Communities

Gang He, Kaifang Luo, Hilary Botein, and Frank Heiland were awarded a SSA grant

Nov 1, 2024

Baruch College Faculty Included in World’s Top Scientist List

Dr. Gang He is included in Stanford University and Elsevier’s “World’s Top 2% Scientists” list for 2024

Oct 22, 2024

Taking a Global Look at Dry and Alternative Water Cooling of Power Plants

Study published in Nature Water suggests integrating planning may reduce carbon emissions in the future

Aug 9, 2023

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Media

Why nuclear is now a booming industry

The Economist

The Economist covered the nuclear industry’s resurgence and highlighted our work—reproducing our figure and citing our Nature Comment article on nuclear costs.

Sep 4, 2025

What the U.S.-China Agreement Means for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Scientific American

The two nations announced limited steps to address climate change. But even a modest agreement could have far-reaching effects.

Nov 16, 2023

Can the U.S. and China Cooperate on Green Technology Again?

Foreign Policy

A study published in Nature last year found that if the United States, Germany, and China all decided to shift to fully domestic solar production starting in 2020, by 2030…

Sep 21, 2023

How Biden’s made-in-America solar strategy may backfire

E&E News

A new study in Nature concludes that policies similar to ones the administration is considering could make solar panels 30 percent more expensive by the end of the decade.

Oct 27, 2022

New energy transition guidance; Five coal plants approved; Energy-efficiency targets raised

Carbon Brief

Gang He told Carbon Brief: “There are other and better options: renewables are achieving grid parity which could accelerate a renewable-dominant pathway. Such a pathway is…

Feb 17, 2022

China creates vast research infrastructure to support ambitious climate goals

Nature

Carbon-neutrality institutes, and other initiatives to support a pledge to achieve net zero by 2060, are popping up like mushrooms across China.

Nov 22, 2021

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