Samitha Samaranayake, an assistant professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a hybrid transit expert, comments on the transportation implications of the climate deal awaiting a vote in the Senate.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Engineering

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As oil and gas drillers ask the EPA to exempt small wells from forthcoming rules requiring producers to find and fix methane leaks, Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology and a faculty fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for Sustainability, comments on the impacts of methane emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Elizabeth Buckles, an expert on emerging diseases in avian and non-domestic animals, comments on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's move to reclassify northern long-eared bats as endangered.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Veterinary Medicine

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Sara Bronin, an architect and attorney who studies how law and policy can foster more equitable, sustainable, well-designed and connected places, comments on new census data showing significant population loss in the country’s largest cities.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Architecture, Art and Planning

Law and Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

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As the United Nations observes World Water Day, Mildred Warner, a professor of city and regional planning and an expert on how to promote environmental sustainability at the local level, comments on new research on water affordability in U.S. cities.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Architecture, Art and Planning

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Arthur Wheaton, an expert on the automotive industry and director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on the Biden administration's plans to restore California’s authority to set its own auto emission rules for cars and trucks.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Economics and Business

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Jacob Mays, an assistant professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, comments on a global energy crisis making gas prices soar in Europe.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Arthur Wheaton, an expert on the automotive industry and director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on a new electric vehicle battery swapping policy in India.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Climate scientist Flavio Lehner comments on drought and low water levels impacting the Colorado River and its basins.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Max Zhang, a sustainable energy systems expert, comments on France's decision to invest €1bn in nuclear power by 2030.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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