David Vetter
Freelance writer David Vetter is a Forbes senior contributor who writes about climate change, sustainability, and renewable energy.
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
Every feature of our built environment has a relationship with climate; we can no longer separate fields of learning into rigid, prescribed pathways.
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Redressing the Balance: Equitable Approaches to Sustainable Real Estate
Sustainability in real estate is about more than energy efficiency; environmental justice for communities requires looking at a far broader picture.
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Dynamic Properties
From investment opportunities to risk protection and energy savings, climate change awareness is sparking transformation in real estate.
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Castles in the Sand
A look at how climate change is impacting the places we live and work and how we should be preparing for the changes to come.
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Electric Uprising: EVgo charges forward to create a network of EV charging stations
The U.S. has more than 150,000 gas stations but only 43,000 EV charging stations. EVgo aims to change that, says VP Nell Oliver ’88, MBA ’93.
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Electric uprising: How American companies are accelerating the drive to EVs
EVs should make up 50% of all car sales by 2030 to help achieve Paris Agreement decarbonization goals. Cornell faculty weigh in on what it will take.
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Electric Uprising: Factorial Energy—New lightning, new bottles
Factorial Energy’s new battery mitigates range anxiety by increasing EVs’ driving range says CEO and founder Siyu Huang ’11, PhD ’13, MBA ’14.
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Electric Uprising: GM—Transforming an industry
Vinod Kumar, MBA ’08, says GM wants to put everyone in an EV. GM will invest $35 billion and launch more than 30 all-new EV models by the end of 2025.
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Electric Uprising: Schneider Electric—EVs’ starring role in an all-electric world
Schneider Electric envisions EVs, with their large batteries, becoming components of electricity generation and storage grids.