Joseph McFadden, a professor of dairy cattle biology, studies ways to measure and reduce methane emissions from livestock. He says Denmark's methane tax places an “unnecessary burden” on farmers who need better tools to mitigate and measure emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Sabrina Karim is an assistant professor of government at Cornell University and studies police and peacekeeping in post-conflict states. She notes that the U.N.-backed mission, led by Kenya, must have full understanding of the local context before engaging in any political or police action. 

International

Foreign Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

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The Supreme Court has sided with the Biden administration over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts. The following Cornell University are available to provide comment.

Law and Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Steve Reiners, professor of horticulture at Cornell University, shares key steps you can take immediately to help your garden vegetables survive this heat wave.

New York State

Food & Agriculture

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Social media app TikTok announced new generative AI avatars of creators and stock actors for branded content and ads on its platform. The company says these new “custom avatars” are designed to represent a creator or a brand spokesperson.

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Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology at Cornell University and an expert on international populism, says Macron’s decision was a “political mistake” that could hand control of France’s government to Marine Le Pen’s right-Wing National Rally (RN) party.

International

Foreign Policy

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Cornell University experts weigh in after Governor Kathy Hochul announced an indefinite delay to congestion tolling in New York City, weeks before the first-in-the-nation system was set to launch.

New York City

New York State

Architecture, Art and Planning

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As the European Union (EU) prepares to vote for the next members of the European Parliament, experts anticipate significant gains for the far-right, populist parties. Mabel Berezin is a professor of sociology whose work explores challenges to democratic cohesion and solidarity in Europe and the United States. She highlights the prominent women leading the right in the upcoming EU elections.

International

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Social media platform, X, has added clauses to its rules formally allowing users to post adult and graphic content.

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Mexicans will cast their votes on Sunday to elect thousands of congressional and local officials, as well as the successor to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Gustavo Flores-Macías is a professor of government at Cornell University and an expert in Latin American politics. He discusses the significance of this vote and the upcoming challenges for Mexico’s next president.

International

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