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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Mississippi saltwater incursion threatens farms, can exacerbate nutrient pollution

September 29, 2023

Catherine Kling, an environmental economist and water quality monitoring expert, comments on a saltwater incursion in the Mississippi River, resulting from a prolonged drought.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

A movement to reclaim urban waters? River Seine cleanup shows perks

April 17, 2023

Catherine Kling, a water quality monitoring expert and an environmental economist, and Jennifer Minner, a professor of city and regional planning, comment on an effort to clean up Paris' River Seine.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Architecture, Art and Planning

Ian threatens pollution from fertilizer mining ‘stacks,’ calls into question the practice

September 28, 2022

Catherine Kling, an environmental economist and an expert in water quality modeling, and Johannes Lehmann, a professor of soil and crop sciences, comment on sustainable agrowaste management practices and the threat of commercial fertilizer pollution as Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Agriculture and Life Sciences

Supreme Court’s EPA ruling puts human health and ecology at risk

June 30, 2022

Catherine Kling, an environmental economist and an expert in water quality modeling, comments on the Supreme Court's ruling in West Virginia v. EPA, which curtails the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce carbon emissions from power plants.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Scientists critical of E.P.A.’s new air, water protections for poor, but see promise in tech

January 26, 2022

Following an announcement from the E.P.A. that it will bolster enforcement and monitoring of air and water quality in disadvantaged communities, Cornell University scientists, Jerel Ezell, Catherine Kling, and John Albertson offered their critiques of the new approach and signaled what the development could mean for the future of air quality monitoring technology. 

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Law, Government & Public Policy

Trump pollution control cuts ‘not consistent with science,’ will cost Americans

January 23, 2020

Catherine Kling, an environmental economist, and Amanda Rodewald, a conservation scientist, comment on the Trump Administration's plans to remove environmental protections for streams and wetlands.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Five ways to make sustainability a resolution

December 16, 2021

Cornell University experts from a variety of fields shared their recommendations for individual actions – large and small – that can make an impact locally and globally.


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