Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Dust plume may mean weaker hurricanes, heartier ocean ecosystem

June 25, 2020

Natalie Mahowald, professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, comments on a Saharan dust plume making its way into the Gulf Coast region.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Britain’s ambitious shift to electric vehicles poised to have dramatic health, environmental impacts

February 6, 2020

Oliver Gao, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of Cornell’s Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health, comments on Britain's plan to ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars beginning in 2035.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

EPA to ease methane regs for industry, ‘single largest culprit’ of emissions spike

August 29, 2019

Robert Howarth, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University and a faculty fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, comments on the Trump administration's plan to ease regulations for methane emissions.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Mekong river faces ‘irreversible risks’ due to dam projects

December 5, 2019

Patrick Reed, professor of civil and environmental engineering, comments on environmental changes in the Mekong River system and the dams that are widely seen as the culprits.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

‘Innovator’ cities take climate action while global leaders gather

December 2, 2019

Mildred Warner, professor of city and regional planning, comments on the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference and the role of city and town leaders in building climate resilient communities.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Google worker climate demands signal growing activism in tech

November 5, 2019

Glen Dowell, a corporate sustainability researcher and professor of management and organizations at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, comments on recent environmental activism among tech workers.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Economics and Business

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

WOTUS rollback threatens half of US wetlands, fifth of streams

September 13, 2019

Amanda Rodewald and Brian Rahm comment on the rollback of the WOTUS rule that expanded protection for U.S. waterways.

Law and Policy

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

‘It makes no sense’: Trump pipeline proposal undercuts climate progress

January 9, 2020

Robert Howarth, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University and a faculty fellow at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, comments on a White House proposal to ease the approval of pipelines and energy infrastructure projects.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

EPA decision on toxic chemical compounds expected soon

February 12, 2019

Damian Helbling, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Cornell University, comments on the environmental impact of chemical compounds known as PFAS.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

Energy, Environment & Sustainability