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“Raising the emissions standards for ship fuel is a good way to reassess the cost of shipping products internationally and may push more regional and local manufacturing."
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
Related Tip Sheet:
Deal to curb shipping emissions may boost regional manufacturing (10/20/20)
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“Ford is facing some possible fines in Europe if they are unable to find a partner to meet emission standards. There is a very common practice for companies to pool sales in order to meet emission standards. Tesla has been doing this from the beginning as they have no truck sales and have excess CO2 or emission credits to trade, sell or pool with other automakers.”
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
Related Tip Sheet:
Ford needs to make ‘quick deal’ to meet EU emission standards (10/15/20)
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“The impending layoffs by the airlines are only the beginning of job cuts in the sector. Through no fault of their own, tens of thousands of workers will lose their jobs, as the payroll protection plan deadlines ended today.”
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
607-255-6035
Related Tip Sheet:
Amid broader industry impact, airlines slash workforce (10/01/20)
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“Based on the last few months of jobs reports, upward trends in infections and the withdrawal of fiscal relief, I expect the pace of recovery to show further slowing, with fewer jobs gained and a smaller decline in unemployment than last month.”
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
607-255-6035
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“With New York’s unemployment rate already at four percentage points higher than the national average, news of relatively sticky unemployment levels and small jobs gains suggest that the Empire State will continue to be among the states hardest hit by the pandemic, thus putting it on one of the longer timetables for recovery.”
Media:
Lindsey Hadlock
lmh267@cornell.edu
607-269-6911
Related Tip Sheet:
September jobs report to show ‘sticky’ unemployment levels in NYS (09/29/20)
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“In both cases, public and private, prospects of lower revenues mean that additional job losses are possible if appropriate actions are not taken to stimulate the economy. Renewing the extra UI benefits and providing additional direct cash support to households are two components of a people-centered recovery. Additional federal aid to state and local governments is another one.”
Media:
Lindsey Hadlock
lmh267@cornell.edu
607-269-6911
Related Tip Sheet:
Second stimulus bill needed to prevent additional job losses (09/11/20)
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“In the household survey, look at the change in the number and composition of the unemployed and what happens to the number of people who are out of the workforce. How much of the COVID-19-related increase in unemployed or underutilized workers comes from those who retain a connection to their employers – because they are on temporary layoff, working short hours, or on leave – versus those who have permanently lost their job and are unemployed or have left the labor force?”
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
607-255-6035
Related Tip Sheet:
July’s jobs report to map industries’ recovery, recession (08/07/20)
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"It is easy to yell 'reopen, reopen' from the sidelines, but what every school district in America needs are additional financial resources to purchase safety equipment; to convince bus drivers, chefs and teachers that a very serious safety first regimen is occurring in their schools; to hire more paraprofessionals to assist our administrators in monitoring and ensuring school safety; and to create a continuum of schooling that will allow 40-50 million parents go back to work in one piece. Without federal money, even Mayor de Blasio’s modest effort to reopen the schools will have much difficulty.”
Media:
Lindsey Hadlock
lmh267@cornell.edu
607-269-6911
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“Mayor de Blasio and his superintendent of schools need to immediately make clear how they plan to support the low-income Black and Latinx children and their families who will be greatly impacted by this news, as their children make up a majority of the students educated in the school system.”
Media:
Lindsey Hadlock
lmh267@cornell.edu
607-269-6911
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"Jobless claims are falling but are doing so very slowly. More important, they are falling down from an unprecedented spike in March. Other OECD countries have done a far better job at preserving employment than the U.S., with larger, more generous incentive programs grated to large and small companies."
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
607-255-6035
Related Tip Sheet:
June’s jobs report to show companies not in ‘hiring mode’ (06/29/20)
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