Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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As Texas fires burn, future risk in the region is uncertain

March 21, 2022

Climate scientist Flavio Lehner comments on wildfires in Texas and the difficulties associated with modeling future fire risk in the region. 

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

COP 26 ushers ‘new domain of geopolitics’ as Russia demands sanction relief

October 26, 2021

Sanctions historian Nicholas Mulder comments on Russia's demands for sanction relief for green energy projects.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Law and Policy
Arts and Sciences

Census shows city growth trends that could threaten climate efforts

August 12, 2021

Sara Bronin, an architect and attorney who studies how law and policy can foster more equitable, sustainable, well-designed, and connected places, comments on newly released 2020 census data.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

As banks waver on climate plans, EU and ECB devise plan to keep them liable

November 23, 2021

Andrew Karolyi, dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and a scholar specializing in international financial markets, comments on a warning from the European Central Bank that most of the lenders it oversees have not produced strategies to respond to climate change.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Economics and Business
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

US, EU plan to redirect gas poised to shift infrastructure priorities

March 24, 2022

Jesse LeCavalier, professor of architecture and an expert in infrastructure planning, comments on an initiative to direct liquified natural gas (LNG) shipments to Europe — an effort to ease the continent’s dependence on Russian energy.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Architecture, Art and Planning

Infrastructure bill comes amid all-time high distrust of water

November 15, 2021

Jerel Ezell, professor of Africana studies and an expert in health disparities and social inequality in post-industrial communities, comments on President Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure bill.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Arts and Sciences

Scientists anticipated Alaska quake, but when and where proved elusive

July 30, 2021

Geoff Abers, chair of earth and atmospheric sciences at Cornell University, comments on an 8.2-magnitude earthquake that struck off the southern coast of Alaska.

Engineering
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Uncertainty for farmers after water pollution rule scrapped

August 31, 2021

Brian Rahm, director of the New York State Water Resources Institute and senior research associate with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, comments on the scrapping of a Trump administration rule that limited federal protections for streams, marshes and wetlands.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Food & Agriculture

Biden’s EV pitch gives auto industry a vital boost to all-electric goal

May 18, 2021

Arthur Wheaton, an expert on the automotive industry at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on President Biden's proposed $174 billion investment in electric vehicles.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Industrial and Labor Relations

Biden’s offshore wind goals ‘exactly what US needs’

March 30, 2021

Lara Skinner says the Biden administration’s goal to build a large offshore wind industry demonstrates his commitment to tackling climate change and creating high-quality jobs for Americans.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Industrial and Labor Relations
New York State