Greeshma Gadikota, director of the Sustainable Energy and Resource Recovery Group at Cornell University’s College of Engineering and Max Zhang, a sustainable energy systems expert who studies the effects of pollutants on air quality, comment on the EPA's new limits on soot and fine particle emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Max Zhang, a professor of engineering at Cornell University, says we’ve seen wildfire smoke pollution in New York before, but the exposure this June could point to future concerns.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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The European Union will reportedly look into blocking rays from the sun as a possible option to combat climate change.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Alistair Hayden, a professor of practice in public and ecosystem health and a former division chief at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, says many more people die from wildfire smoke than from the fire itself.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Greeshma Gadikota, director of the Sustainable Energy and Resource Recovery Group at Cornell University’s College of Engineering, and Phillip Milner, professor of chemical and chemical biology at Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences, comment on the Biden administration's push to support carbon capture technology.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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Fengqi You, a professor of energy systems engineering, comments on renewable energy tax credits and a forthcoming decision from the Biden administration about how much American-made equipment to require. 

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Engineering

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Alistair Hayden, a professor of practice in public and ecosystem health and a former division chief at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, comments on an atmospheric river event that is expected to bring dangerous flooding across California.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Gennady Schvets, an expert on fusion and plasma physics, comments on the first ever fusion reaction to generate more energy than used to start the reaction.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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Murray McBride, a soil and crop scientist who studies the behavior of soil and water contaminants, comments on the repercussions of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and the need for farmers and residents to test soils and water.

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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John Tobin, professor of practice at Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business and a former Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability at Credit Suisse and Glen Dowell, a corporate sustainability researcher and professor of management and organizations at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, comment on a measure in California that would require corporations to disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Economics and Business

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Law, Government & Public Policy

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