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‘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

In face of pandemic, Barclays climate resolution reflects long-term climate threat

March 30, 2020

Corporate finance expert John Tobin comments on Barclays' newly announced climate finance resolution.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Trump floodplain buyout plan bold, but ‘uncoordinated’

March 12, 2020

Linda Shi, urban environmental planner and assistant professor in architecture, art and planning, comments on the Trump administration's reliance on eminent domain to remove homeowners from flood zones.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Architecture, Art and Planning

Ida’s aftermath reveals resiliency voids on Gulf Coast

August 30, 2021

Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner who studies how cities adapt to climate change, comments on the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Architecture, Art and Planning

Freeze in NYC sea wall study delays funding, solutions for at-risk coastline

February 26, 2020

Linda Shi, urban environmental planner and assistant professor in architecture, art and planning, comments on the Trump administration freeze of a climate resiliency study for New York City.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

California wildfires threaten grapevines, wine production

October 30, 2019

As the Kincade Fire continues to blaze in Sonoma County, vintners and winery owners are facing devastating impacts to vineyards and infrastructure for the third consecutive year. Justine Vanden Heuvel, associate professor of horticulture and viticulture expert, says while 90% of fruit was harvested before the Kincade Fire started, smoke taint, vine damage and loss of infrastructure and wine in storage continue to be major challenges in regions where wildfires are becoming more common.

Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

‘Overarching concern’ for new EU green bonds: investor appetite

September 22, 2020

Andrew Karolyi, an expert on investments and international markets and John Tobin, an expert on environmental and energy economics, comment on the European Union's plan to create 225 billion euros of green debt by increasing the number of available green bonds.

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

‘Windshield effect’ taken to new extremes in U.N. biodiversity report

May 6, 2019

Scott McArt, a professor of entomology at Cornell University, comments on a new United Nations report, which says up to 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction due to human activity.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Not too late: UN report bleak for wildlife, but solutions remain to prevent extinctions

May 3, 2019

Steven Osofsky, professor of wildlife health and health policy at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, comments on an upcoming United Nations report which is expected to say that up to 1 million species face extinction as a result of human activity.

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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