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Advancing Ideas through ActionPECC Fellow Pioneers a Sustainability Law Center
Akinola Afolarin, a Fellow of the Institute for Energy Democracy at the Pace Energy and Climate Center has led a group of sustainability experts to launch the Center for Global Sustainability Law (CGSL), an interdisciplinary research and policy Center that focuses on...
Forward-Thinking Environmental Leader Michael Hamersky Appointed Executive Director of Pace Energy and Climate Center
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is pleased to announce that Michael Hamersky was appointed to serve as the Executive Director of the Pace Energy and Climate Center. In addition to leading the Center, he will teach Natural Resources Law at the Law...
Pace Energy and Climate Center Files Submission with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to Address Potential Conflict Stemming from Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Actions
On June 2, 2025, the Pace Energy and Climate Center (PECC) filed a submission with the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in response to a call for inputs on the potential impacts of greenhouse gas reduction measures. ...
Pace Energy and Climate Center Issues Report on Thermal Energy Networks and Related Permitting Regime Strategies for Municipalities in New York
By Opeyemi Naimot Dawodu, Legal Intern, Pace Energy and Climate Center Introduction The Pace Energy and Climate Center (PECC) is happy to announce the publication of the report, Expanding Municipal Options for Thermal Energy Networks (“the Report”), —developed for...
Pace Energy and Climate Center Fellow, Ryan McEnany, Receives Prestigious Honor for His Work on Clean Energy
The Pace Energy and Climate Center (Center) is happy to announce that Ryan McEnany, one of the Center’s Institute for Energy Democracy Fellows, has been named a New York City & State Trailblazer in Clean Energy. This prestigious honor recognizes New York’s clean...
Pace Energy and Climate Center Advances District Geothermal Energy through Issuance of Regulatory Reviews for Feasibility Study Reports
By Elizabeth Wescoe, Legal Intern, Pace Energy and Climate Center Since 2021, the Pace Energy and Climate Center (the Center) has issued 10 regulatory and permitting reviews for feasibility studies developed by Endurant Energy, a leading distributed energy...