Gennady Schvets, an expert on fusion and plasma physics, comments on the first ever fusion reaction to generate more energy than used to start the reaction.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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John Tobin, professor of practice at Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business and a former Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability at Credit Suisse and Glen Dowell, a corporate sustainability researcher and professor of management and organizations at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, comment on a measure in California that would require corporations to disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Economics and Business

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Murray McBride, a soil and crop scientist who studies the behavior of soil and water contaminants, comments on the repercussions of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and the need for farmers and residents to test soils and water.

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Tamson Yeh, pest management and turf specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension Suffolk County, provides lawn mowing best practices and ideas of more permanent measures to support pollinators rather than temporary ones like pausing mowing for the month of May.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

New York State

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Arthur Wheaton, a transportation industry and supply chain expert and director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on the Biden administration's newly proposed rule for contractor emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law, Government & Public Policy

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Jesse LeCavalier, an expert in infrastructure planning and a professor of architecture, Paul Mutolo, a chemist and director of External Partnerships for the Energy Materials Center, Rick Geddes, professor of policy analysis and management and founding director of the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy and Art Wheaton, an expert on transportation industries and director of labor studies, comment on the Biden administration's new infrastructure plan for electric trucks.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Juan Hinestroza, professor of fiber science and apparel design, comments on the role of personal protective equipment following a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which resulted in toxic chemicals spilling into land, air and water.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Human Ecology

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Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner, comments on flooding in California and what's needed to build more resiliency to future storms.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Architecture, Art and Planning

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Richard T. Clark, a political scientist who studies policymaking at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, comments on the expected confirmation of Ajay Banga as World Bank President and how he may alter the way the bank approaches climate change.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Climate scientist Flavio Lehner, who has monitored water supply in the Southwest for about a decade, says scientists need to better understand precipitation in order to better grasp the American West's water future.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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