Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Offshore drilling ban would protect vulnerable marine, bird species

September 10, 2019

Aaron Rice of Cornell University's Bioacoustics Research Program and John Fitzpatrick of the Lab of Ornithology say that a series of bills proposing to ban oil and gas drilling off the U.S. coastline would protect vulnerable and endangered wildlife.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Law and Policy
Lab of Ornithology

Seismic tests in Atlantic threaten ‘entire species’ of endangered Right Whale

November 30, 2018

Aaron Rice, a research associate with the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, comments on a decision by the Trump administration to allow five companies to conduct seismic tests that could harm thousands of whales and other marine life.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Lab of Ornithology

Florida ban on offshore drilling protects marine life, but threats remain from across state waters

November 9, 2018

Aaron Rice, a research associate with the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology , comments on Florida's recent ban of offshore drilling.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Lab of Ornithology