Special Webinar: Pathways to utilize locally available biomass residues in materials production

Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 | 1:00 – 2:00 pm Seth Kane, Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Davis Materials Decarbonization and Sustainability Center Watch Video Global materials production, as of 2019, exceeded 42.8 Gt and was responsible for over 25% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Simultaneously, global forestry and agriculture resulted in 9 Gt of underutilized biomass […]

Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism

Thursday, February 27th, 2025 Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor of Political Science, Providence College Watch Video Will green capitalism save us from the climate crisis? “Clean” technologies and renewable energy are certainly growing sites of capitalist investment, with government policies playing a key role in making these sectors profitable. But the supply chains that produce the technologies pose […]