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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Amanda Rodewald, professor and senior director of conservation science with Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology, comments on a new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule the excludes "incidental take" from Migratory Bird Treaty Act protections.

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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.

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Anindita Banerjee is an associate professor of comparative literature at Cornell University and a faculty fellow at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. She says the ruling highlights the importance of invisible threats such as climate change, and harkens back to the 1960s debate over pesticides.

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Natalie Mahowald, a lead author of a U.N. report on global warming and faculty director of the environment at Cornell University’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Jonathon Schuldt, assistant professor of communication at Cornell University and a faculty fellow at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, and Karen Pinkus, professor of Italian and comparative literature at Cornell University and faculty fellow in the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, comment on what is needed to mitigate global warming.

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Natalie Mahowald says Mayor Bloomberg is on the right track for mitigating and adapting to climate change and will raise the profile of the topic now that he has entered the presidential race.

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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 plans to make it easier for energy companies to release methane into the atmosphere.

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