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Flood adaptation: What California can learn from Washington, Texas

January 10, 2023

Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner, comments on flooding in California and what's needed to build more resiliency to future storms.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Architecture, Art and Planning

US, EU plan to redirect gas poised to shift infrastructure priorities

March 24, 2022

Jesse LeCavalier, professor of architecture and an expert in infrastructure planning, comments on an initiative to direct liquified natural gas (LNG) shipments to Europe — an effort to ease the continent’s dependence on Russian energy.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Architecture, Art and Planning

Biden plan to boost housing lacks critical zoning data

May 16, 2022

Sara Bronin, a professor of planning, an architect and attorney, comments on a new White House plan to ease housing costs and bolster housing supply.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Architecture, Art and Planning
Law, Government & Public Policy

A million new trees: NYC leaders must look at where — not just how many

February 14, 2022

Cornell University experts are available to interview on the benefits and risks associated any new tree planting initiative. New York City’s five borough presidents are calling on Mayor Eric Adams to plant a million new trees by 2030.

New York City
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Cities are different now, but new census data not a ‘death knell’

March 24, 2022

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

Experts call for regulations to ensure water affordability in US cities

March 22, 2022

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

New flood insurance rates may drain key municipal revenue streams

September 27, 2021

Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner and assistant professor in city and regional planning, comments on plans from the Biden administration to substantially raise flood insurance rates for many coastal homeowners beginning on Oct. 1 — an effort to better reflect the cost of growing flood risks.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Architecture, Art and Planning

Urban planning experts aid first US city decarbonizing all buildings

November 4, 2021

Felix Heisel, an architect focused on the systematic redesign of the built environment, and Timur Dogan, an energy modeling expert and director of the Environmental Systems Lab, are helping the City of Ithaca with a plan to decarbonize and electrify all buildings.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Architecture, Art and Planning

Ida’s aftermath reveals resiliency voids on Gulf Coast

August 30, 2021

Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner who studies how cities adapt to climate change, comments on the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Architecture, Art and Planning

Biden’s $10B climate adaptation move vital, but ‘a drop in the bucket’

January 28, 2021

Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner and assistant professor at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning, comments on a new U.S. strategy to help protect communities from climate disasters.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Architecture, Art and Planning

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