Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Urban planning experts aid first US city decarbonizing all buildings

November 4, 2021

Felix Heisel, an architect focused on the systematic redesign of the built environment, and Timur Dogan, an energy modeling expert and director of the Environmental Systems Lab, are helping the City of Ithaca with a plan to decarbonize and electrify all buildings.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Architecture, Art and Planning

Biden green goals attainable, but electric vehicle purchasing moves ‘at glacial pace’

December 8, 2021

Arthur Wheaton, an expert on the automotive industry and director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on an executive order requiring the federal government to become carbon neutral by 2050.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Industrial and Labor Relations

Buffett’s resistance to climate disclosure tarnishes reputation

April 26, 2022

Christopher Marquis, a professor in sustainable global enterprise, and Glen Dowell, a corporate sustainability researcher and professor of management and organizations, comment on renewed pressure for Berkshire Hathaway to be more transparent about greenhouse gas emissions, and an upcoming shareholder vote on a climate proposal from investors.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Economics and Business

Ida highlights urban flash flood risks, disparities

September 2, 2021

Brian Rahm, director of the New York State Water Resources Institute, comments on the devastating floods in the Northeast caused by Hurricane Ida.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

New York City

New York State

Global solar grid risks solar inequity across developing world

November 4, 2021

Eilyan Bitar, a renewable energy integration expert, comments on a new initiative aimed at creating a solar grid across the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Engineering

Electric buses can be ‘mobile batteries,’ keeping lights on when power cuts

October 26, 2022

Eilyan Bitar, professor of electrical and computing engineering, and Arthur Wheaton, transportation industries expert and director of labor studies, comment on newly announced grants from the Biden administration, awarded to school districts, to purchase electric school buses.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law and Policy

California oil-worker debate may have implications nationwide

January 31, 2022

Mary Nichols, a senior visiting fellow at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and a former chair of the California Air and Resources Board, comments on efforts in California to help oil industry workers transition to green jobs.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

‘Rapidly closing window to act’ as climate change disrupts food systems

February 28, 2022

Rachel Bezner Kerr, an author of the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, comments on its findings and implications.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Food & Agriculture