Jose Andres is a Faculty Fellow at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability who studies ecological and conservation genomics/environmental DNA.  He comments on the Trump administration's team-up with Colossal Biosciences, a private company, to preserve cells, tissue and DNA from threatened and endangered species. 

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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The New York State Legislature passed a one-year moratorium on data center permits, but the governor has yet to sign it. If she does, it would be the first statewide moratorium in the nation. Cornell experts weigh in on the potential pause.

New York State

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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John Tobin-de la Puente is a professor of practice at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business, and a former managing director and global head of sustainability at Credit Suisse. He says he doesn’t expect companies to make long-term plans based on the Trump administration’s actions.

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Economics and Business

Law, Government & Public Policy

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Lindsay Anderson is a professor in environmental engineering and interim director for the Cornell Energy Systems Institute. She comments on the EPA decision to change the language on some of its web pages, removing the fact that human activity is causing climate change.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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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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Cornell University climate scientist Flavio Lehner notes that the Smokehouse Creek fire, like the Eastland County fires of 2022, sits geographically near a dividing line between regions of the country that are forecast to experience either more or less precipitation in the future.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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Max Zhang, a professor of engineering at Cornell University, says we’ve seen wildfire smoke pollution in New York before, but the exposure this June could point to future concerns.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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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, says many more people die from wildfire smoke than from the fire itself.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Robert Howarth, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University and a faculty fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, comments on the Trump administration's plan to ease regulations for methane emissions.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Timur Dogan, an architect, building scientist, and a faculty fellow at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University, comments on New York City legislation that would set greenhouse gas emission caps for buildings.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Architecture, Art and Planning

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