Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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'GoGreener' TV show offers simple conservation tips

'GoGreener,' a motivational PBS TV special that offers simple ways to save money and make the most of available resources, premiers this month on PBS stations in New York City and nationwide. (March 5, 2010)

Students help Cayuga Nature Center be warm and 'green'

Engineering students helped plan for and install the new heating system for Cayuga Nature Center, which uses wood chips for fuel. (March 2, 2010)

Innovative livestock insurance program launched in Kenya

A newly launched insurance program designed by Cornell postdoctoral researcher Sommarat Chantarat and colleagues could help herders in northern Kenya climb out of poverty. (March 2, 2010)

Northern New York team promotes local foods

A team of extension educators are working in northern New York to promote local foods by organizing a conference, workshop, symposium, calendar and 'Meet the Farmer' dinners. (March 2, 2010)

Agrawal is first Cornell professor to receive prestigious David Starr Jordan Prize

Anurag Agrawal has become the first Cornell professor to receive the prestigious David Starr Jordan Prize in the prize's 20-year history.

Professor: Cutting IPM program could endanger public health and safety

The NYS Integrated Pest Management program has been cut from the proposed New York budget. Yet it saves farmers millions of dollars and keeps New Yorkers safer and healthier, says a Cornell expert.

Scientists collaborate to help sequence aphid genome

The sequenced genome helps researchers better understand the biology of the aphid, which may allow them to design new strategies to control these pests. (Feb. 23, 2010)

Blog sorts info: The good, the bad and the ridiculous

A new Cornell Cooperative Extension blog, written by a Cornell professor and a consumer scientist, tries to help consumers decipher good science information from bad.

Dust in the wind -- and the atmosphere -- affects climate and habitation, Mahowald says

Natalie Mahowald, associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, said the concentration of dust in the atmosphere could affect global systems including climate, precipitation and vegetation.