The recent paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) penned by Apoorv Lal, a graduate student from PEESE, titled “Climate Concerns and the Future of Nonfungible Tokens: Leveraging Environmental Benefits of the Ethereum Merge,” has garnered media attention. A selection of the coverage includes, but is not limited to:
- Cornell Chronicle: Unused renewable energy an option for powering NFT trade (also in ScienceDaily, Tech Xplore, AZoCleantech, Tech Times, News Azi)
Another 2023 paper from our team, led by Yanqiu Tao and in collaboration with Microsoft, was published in PNAS. The paper, titled “Climate mitigation potentials of teleworking are sensitive to changes in lifestyle and workplace rather than ICT usage” received extensive media coverage. Selected outlets include:
- Nature (Research Highlight): Another reason to love remote working: it’s good for the planet
- Cornell Chronicle: Lifestyle impacts green benefits of remote work
- Scientific American: Working Remotely Can More Than Halve an Office Employee’s Carbon Footprint
- The Washington Post: Working from home now has another powerful benefit
- Fortune: Another point for remote work: It’s better for the Earth
- The Hill: Working from home could cut carbon footprint in half: research
- The Guardian: People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office
- Bloomberg: The Rise of the Electric Two-Wheeler
- HuffPost: New Study Finds Working This Many Days At Home May Help The Planet
- Anthropocene Magazine: Working from home 1 day a week cuts carbon by 2%. 2-4 days up to 29%. Full-time 54%