Alistair Hayden, a former division chief of the California Earthquake Early Warning Program at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and a professor of practice in public and ecosystem health, comments on a magnitude 7 earthquake struck off the coast of California.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Michael Hoffmann, professor emeritus at Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and lead author of Our Changing Menu: Climate Change and the Foods We Love and Need, comments on the rising price of coffee and climate change's impacts on foods.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Food & Agriculture

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Climate and environment legal scholar, Leehi Yona, comments on a Montana Supreme Court ruling that affirmed youth plaintiffs have a right to a “stable climate system.”

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law and Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

Law School

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Buz Barstow, a physicist using synthetic biology to build sustainable energy technologies, comments on China's move to ban exports of rare minerals to the U.S.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law and Policy

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Sheila Olmstead, Talbot Andrews, and Art Wheaton comment on steps to roll back environmental regulations at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Daniele Visioni, a climate scientist specializing in geoengineering, or climate interventions, comments on a proposal to reduce pollution in India's capital by turning to artificial rain.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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As devastating wildfires burn in Southern California, firefighters are managing low water resources and, beyond the blazes themselves, residents deal with the impacts of worsening air quality. Cornell experts can discuss water management challenges in the region and wildfire smoke impacts on air quality and human health. 

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Greeshma Gadikota, director of the Sustainable Energy and Resource Recovery Group at Cornell University’s College of Engineering, comments on the discovery of lithium reserves in Arkansas and the role of emergent tech in sustainably extracting the element.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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Bruce Tracey, professor of human resource management at Cornell University, says employers should start developing pre-emptive natural disaster plans. 

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and says EV’s are a “double-edged sword” in a disaster

Economics and Business

Law, Government & Public Policy

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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