Jessika Trancik

Texas could become a major producer of another source of renewable energy

Jessika Trancik (Institute for Data, Systems, and Society) weighs in on the developing energy transition infrastructure in Texas and the potential incorporation of green hydrogen: “There's a lot of efforts to try to grow that industry and take it in new, innovative directions.”

‘It symbolises rugged individualism’: The bumpy road to electrify the pickup truck

Jessika Trancik (Institute for Data, Systems, and Society) discusses the future of EVs and her research lab’s online tool, Carboncounter, that analyzes the climate impact of different vehicles: “A shift to an electric vehicle is one of the single most impactful decisions that someone can make if they want to reduce their own emissions.”

Many climate policies struggle to cut emissions, study finds

Jessika Trancik (Institute for Data, Systems, and Society) describes two ways a climate policy can be effective: by reducing emissions and by creating pathways for technological advancement. "Many of the technological tools that are needed to address climate change are now available," states Trancik, "and ready to be adopted at scale because of a host of different types of policies that came before."