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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Mexico City runs short on water — a public good that’s ‘increasingly difficult’ to provide

February 27, 2024

Victoria Beard, a professor of city and regional planning and director of the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities, comments the growing threat of water shortages in cities around the world.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Architecture, Art and Planning

How a chocolate price hike is tied to climate change

March 14, 2024

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 climate stresses facing cacao and chocolate production.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
International
Economics and Business

‘We have a problem’: UN report on migratory species signals need for strategic action

February 12, 2024

Amanda Rodewald, professor and senior director of the Center for Avian Population Studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, comments on the United Nation's first-ever report on the state of migratory species.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Why bridge collapse recovery is ‘time to listen’ to Baltimore residents impacted by coal shipping

March 28, 2024

Chloe Ahmann, a historical and environmental anthropologist whose work focuses on Baltimore, industrialism and environmental justice, comments on Baltimore's role as a major coal exporter and argues that recovery from the Key Bridge collapse represents a time to listen to residents impacted by coal shipping.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Arts and Sciences

Despite bumpy rollout and ‘polarizing style’, Cybertruck stokes anticipation

November 29, 2023

Art Wheaton, an expert on transportation industries and director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on Tesla's first deliveries of its highly scrutinized Cybertruck.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Atmospheric rivers threaten neglected infrastructure, marginalized communities

January 30, 2024

Alistair Hayden, a professor of practice in public and ecosystem health and a former division chief at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, speaks to the threats posed by a series of atmospheric rivers expected to impact the U.S. West Coast.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Biden lead pipe replacement plan sorely needed, but funds lacking

November 30, 2023

Mildred Warner, a professor of city and regional planning and an expert on local government services, including urban water and sanitation services, comments on newly proposed federal restrictions that would require the removal of nearly all lead water pipes on the U.S.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Law, Government & Public Policy

Ford, UAW deal signals ‘in-house’ EV work with consistent terms, conditions

October 26, 2023

Cornell University labor and electric vehicle transition expert, Ian Greer, comments on a tentative deal reached between Ford and the United Auto Workers Union and its implications for workers and EV manufacturing.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Industrial and Labor Relations
Economics and Business

Mississippi saltwater incursion threatens farms, can exacerbate nutrient pollution

September 29, 2023

Catherine Kling, an environmental economist and water quality monitoring expert, comments on a saltwater incursion in the Mississippi River, resulting from a prolonged drought.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Idalia exposes Florida communications patchwork, limits to information access

August 29, 2023

Rebecca Brenner, a disaster policy expert and senior lecturer in the Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University, comments on disaster communications policy as Hurricane Idalia nears Florida.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Law, Government & Public Policy

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