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Looking northeast Desert Center in California, above I-10, at the Oberon solar monoculture. Boston University postdoctoral research scientist Alexander Dunlap has been studying solar panel sites across the country.

BU faculty uncover what is little known about the production and destruction of solar technology

By Lila Tallagnon October 22, 2025
When Alexander A. Dunlap and Benjamin Sovacool traveled across the country to investigate solar panel supply chains, they discovered the process behind producing clean solar energy was not so clean after all. 
A chalkboard at the Boston University Sustainability Festival where attendees can list the reasons they love the environment. The health of the ozone layer, one of the biggest indicators of global climate change, has steadily been improving, but many BU-based environmentalists have been advocating to continue the fight.

The ozone layer is recovering. Boston environmental educators, activists say the fight against climate change isn’t over.

By Isabelle Faulk and John Tatum October 2, 2025
In 1987, the United Nations ratified the Montreal Protocol, banning the production and consumption of CFCs for all member countries.  Nearly 40 years later, the ozone layer is showing signs of recovery, according to a Sept. 16 World Meteorological Organization report. 
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

OP-ED: Environmental racism is a legacy of white supremacy

By Editors April 6, 2021
BU, hen will you uphold your sustainability and anti-racist mission and divest from fossil fuels?
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