Aaron Rice, a research associate with the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, comments on a decision by the Trump administration to allow five companies to conduct seismic tests that could harm thousands of whales and other marine life.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Lab of Ornithology

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Paul Mutolo, a chemist and director of External Partnerships for the Energy Materials Center at Cornell University, comments on the world's first hydrogen-powered trains, which began service in Germany.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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Robert Howarth, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University and a faculty fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future comments on the Trump administration's plans to make it easier for energy companies to release methane into the atmosphere.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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Lara Skinner, executive director of the Worker Institute at Cornell University, says the Green New Deal plans should include sufficient planning, financial support and inclusion of workers' voices.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law and Policy

Cornell in DC

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Thomas O’Rourke, professor of engineering at Cornell University, comments on how utility companies and governments should handle power damage and outages after hurricanes.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Engineering

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A series of storms sweeping across the U.S. this week has brought heavy snow and ice, flooding rain and strong winds, putting states across the U.S. under storm alerts. Jessica Spaccio, a climatologist with the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, says that while the storm system is impacting western and central U.S., the Northeast can expect mild weather, warmer temperatures and rain.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Anindita Banerjee is an associate professor of comparative literature at Cornell University and a faculty fellow at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. She says the ruling highlights the importance of invisible threats such as climate change, and harkens back to the 1960s debate over pesticides.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Mark Wysocki, a meteorologist who specializes in forecasting and weather analysis at the Northeast Regional Climate Center, comments on a large fall snow storm moving into the Northeast, and future storm trends.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Arthur DeGaetano, director of the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, and climatologists Jessica Spaccio and Samantha Borisoff are available for interviews about Hurricane Florence and can discuss landfall probabilities, past similar storms, and anticipated impacts.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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Arthur Wheaton, professor of labor at Cornell University and an expert on the automotive sector, comments on the advantages of 3D printing for car manufacturers.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Industrial and Labor Relations

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