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Speaker Series

Climate Realism, Energy Optimism

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ZoomIn-Person
Apr 22 2024, 4:00pm

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News

WWU Window: The Energy Edition

April 16, 2024

In this special edition of Window:

  • Guest editor Amy Harder writes about How we know the energy transition in here 
  • IES Director Darrin Magee discusses Energy Studies at WWU
  • Student profile 'Everything is about energy': The many lives of Olivier Singbo

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Darrin Magee Writes Op Ed for Seattle Times

April 9, 2024

Young people, including college and university students, are pelted with bad news about the world they will inherit.

Vitally important fields such as ecology and environmental science paint a picture of the planet’s natural and physical systems under stress, and the negative impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly widespread, frequent, and irrefutable.

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Alumni Spotlight: Stella Bjånesøy

February 26, 2024

Originally from Anacortes, Bjånesøy (Pronounced b-yon-ne-soy) was one of the first WWU students to graduate with the BA in Energy Policy and Management, created in 2015. 

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Testimonials

"I chose to pursue a minor in Energy Policy after I came to the realization that energy production and consumption are two of the greatest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. We can’t expect to improve the environment without a significant shift towards energy efficiency, carbon pricing, and renewable technologies."

Stefanie Neale

Class of 2017

"Energy plays a critical role in most of the economic, environmental, and political policy challenges facing the world in the twenty-first century. Western’s Institute for Energy Studies is exciting to me because its goal is to equip students and help researchers to understand how energy-related issues affect these challenges."

Phil Thompson

Associate Professor, Economics