Kathryn March is a graduate professor of anthropology who has worked with communities in Nepal's Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts since 1975. She says local environmental knowledge and community traditions should guide that effort. 

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However, Vidya Mani, a visiting professor at Cornell University whose research focuses on global supply chains, says geopolitical alignment does not automatically change business economics.

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David Silbey, a professor of history specializing in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis, says Houthi gains are increasing pressure on global oil supplies.

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Yesterday, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights joined a growing list of national and international organizations calling on Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to commute Christa Pike’s death sentence. Pike, who would be the first woman executed by lethal injection in Tennessee, is scheduled for execution on September 30.

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Following President Trump’s banning of MS NOW, Politico, and CNN from the White House, the news organizations are expected to file a joint complaint in federal district court in Washington alleging, in part, the president’s actions are in violation of the outlets’ First Amendment free press rights.

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Allen Carlson, an associate professor of government and an expert on Chinese foreign policy, says the United States enters next week's meeting with less leverage than it had earlier this year.

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Amanda Rodewald, senior director of the Center for Avian Population Studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, says a change in enforcement of the Endangered Species Act follows similar patterns by the Trump Administration of weakening laws protecting animals.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Congress convened its first-ever hearing on menopause yesterday.

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Cornell University experts comment on how this year's weather will impact fall colors.

New York State

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Ayham Boucher, executive director of AI Strategy and Innovation at Cornell University, explains why the same people behind the AI boom are now calling for its potential slowdown.

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