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DHS Announces First Winners Awards for Clean Power for Hours Challenge

DHS announced the five winners of the Clean Power for Hours Challenge, awarding a total of $835,000 to recipients for their innovative clean energy solutions to keep essential services functioning during power outages.

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Open Geospatial Consortium Strategic Partnership Fact Sheet

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will, as a member, build a strategic partnership with the Open Geospatial Consortium, allowing DHS to gain insight into innovative global climate change adaption and resilience research. This knowledge helps better inform DHS climate research and development initiatives.

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Earth Systems Sciences

Earth Systems Sciences (ESS) is the transdisciplinary study of the structure and functioning of the Earth as an adaptive, integrated system and the interactions between environments and human and technological systems. Its goal is to produce concepts and analytical frameworks that can address issues of global change in a holistic manner.

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S&T-Harvard Climate Workshop

Extreme weather events are foreshadowing over the horizon eventualities and implications to managing risks and safeguarding our future. This paper details opportunities for improved prevention and response in the U.S. Arctic and Alaska. By better understanding the impacts on diverse communities across this region, the Department can enhance preparedness to changing threat environments – for all parts of the country.

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DHS Section 106 Agreement for Climate Resilience and Sustainability Undertakings on DHS-Owned Assets

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has drafted a proposed NPA in coordination with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, and is soliciting comments from the public for 45 days which must be received no later than October 30, 2023.

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Feature Article: Using Hydrogen to Power Disaster Relief

S&T worked with the Department of Energy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop H2Rescue, a prototype response vehicle capable of powering disaster scenes with zero emissions.

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Emergency Relief Truck Fact Sheet

Through an interagency collaboration between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Defense, and Cummins, Inc., an advanced hydrogen (H2) fuel cell truck prototype—known as H2@Rescue—is being developed and tested. 

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DHS Prize Winners Announced in Challenge to Counter Extreme Temperatures

DHS announced the winners of the Cooling Solutions Challenge prize competition who were awarded funding for their innovative and creative ideas that sought climate-friendly cooling solutions to protect people in extreme heat conditions.

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Climate Adaptation and Resilience

S&T plans to foster affordable, innovative technologies for climate adaptation and resilience optimization.

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DHS Announces Cooling Solutions Prize Challenge Finalists in Celebration of Earth Day

In celebration of Earth Day, DHS announced the finalists in the Cooling Solutions Challenge prize competition.