Starting March 1, 2020, New York’s ban on single-use plastic bags will take effect. Just this week, the state Department of Environmental Conservation released its final regulations to govern the ban. Mildred Warner is a professor of city and regional planning and an expert on how to promote environmental sustainability at the local level says while New York’s hybrid model for banning plastic bags with a fee on alternatives is key, if there are loopholes – such as thickness requirements – the plastic bag manufacturers and retailers will take advantage. 

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Law and Policy

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Mildred Warner, professor of city and regional planning, comments on the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference and the role of city and town leaders in building climate resilient communities.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Experts at Cornell University are available to discuss the coronavirus in terms of its many impacts on economic productivity, inequalities as well as specific disruptions to various industries. 

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David Kay, a senior extension associate with the Community and Regional Development Institute at Cornell University, says cities around the world can learn from "policy innovation" in Oxford and Paris.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Architecture, Art and Planning

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