President Donald Trump delivered his sharpest rebuke yet of the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act in his joint address to Congress, telling lawmakers to “get rid” of the law.

science

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Cornell experts, including some attending COP30, comment on the US decision not to send high-level representatives to the gathering.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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Uriel Abulof, a visiting professor in Cornell University’s government department and a professor of politics at Tel-Aviv University, published a case study in the journal Politics and Policy:  Nuclear Diversion Theory and Legitimacy Crisis: The Case of Iran

Foreign Policy

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Kim Weeden, a Cornell University professor of sociology and the director of the Center for the Study of Inequality, says the real economic and social value of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) won’t show up in DOGE’s metrics.

education

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Climate scientist, Flavio Lehner, comments on layoffs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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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

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Ivan Rudik is as associate professor of applied economics and policy at Cornell University and a former Chief Environmental Economist in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy during the Biden administration. He says the proposed NOAA cuts will cost lives.

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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Preservationists are pushing for the restoration of Syria's damaged and looted historical sites, hoping to attract tourists and revitalize the country's decimated economy.

Arts & Humanities

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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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