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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Acid rain, smog, toxic crops: Scientists fear impacts of EPA deregulation

March 18, 2025

Soil and crop scientist Murray McBride comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) newly proposed roll backs of environmental regulations and the potential impacts on air, soils, ecosystems and human health.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Food & Agriculture

Former CA emergency services division chief available on earthquake, tsunami warning

December 5, 2024

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

Steel tariffs could unlock innovations, emissions reductions

February 19, 2025

Greeshma Gadikota, Cornell University professor and director of the Sustainable Energy and Resource Recovery Group in the College of Engineering, comments on the potential impacts of steel tariffs.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Engineering

Not just coffee: Climate change impacts food ‘from abalone to zucchini’

March 3, 2025

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

‘Historic case’ in Montana model for future climate lawsuits

December 19, 2024

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

China mineral export ban to encourage processing innovations

December 4, 2024

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

Cornell experts on EPA regulations rollback

March 13, 2025

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

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Climate scientist: Cloud seeding in Delhi presents limited benefits

November 5, 2024

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

Cornell experts on L.A. water constraints, smoke impacts

January 9, 2025

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

Impact of Arkansas lithium discovery dependent on emergent tech

October 22, 2024

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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