Cornell University experts are available to weigh in on New York City's proposed congestion pricing and its potential impacts on traffic congestion, public transit ridership, greenhouse gas emissions as well as equity implications and health benefits.

New York City

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner and assistant professor at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning, comments on a new U.S. strategy to help protect communities from climate disasters.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Architecture, Art and Planning

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Arthur Wheaton, an expert on the automotive industry, Christopher Ober, a materials engineering expert, and Ron Olson, director of operations for Cornell's Nanoscale facility, comment on a global shortage of semiconductors.

Industrial and Labor Relations

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Economics and Business

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Robert Howarth, an expert on the greenhouse gas footprint of methane emissions, comments on the Trump administration's decision to rollback regulations for methane-gas emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Following an announcement from the E.P.A. that it will bolster enforcement and monitoring of air and water quality in disadvantaged communities, Cornell University scientists, Jerel Ezell, Catherine Kling, and John Albertson offered their critiques of the new approach and signaled what the development could mean for the future of air quality monitoring technology. 

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Flavio Lehner, a climate scientist and assistant professor of earth and atmospheric science at Cornell University, comments on the the upcoming launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite that will measure Earth's sea level rise.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, comments on National Grid’s proposed 7.3-mile natural gas pipeline that would run through several towns in New York's Capital Region.    

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

New York State

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Arthur Wheaton, an expert on the automotive industry at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations comments on a new move by the State of California to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in 2035.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Esteban Gazel, an expert on the processes inside the Earth that produce magma and volcanoes, comments on threats posed by volcanoes such as Taal in the Philippines.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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Amanda Rodewald, professor and senior director of conservation science with Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology, comments on a new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule the excludes "incidental take" from Migratory Bird Treaty Act protections.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Lab of Ornithology

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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