Cornell University experts are available to weigh in on political and industry developments that signal a shift to a clean energy economy.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Natalie Mahowald, professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, comments on a Saharan dust plume making its way into the Gulf Coast region.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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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.

Law and Policy

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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President Trump is delaying decision on the U.S. participation in the Paris climate accord, a deal brokered by Obama which Trump has repeatedly criticized. Natalie Mahowald a professor in Cornell University’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty Director of Environment at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University and an expert on global and regional impact of climate change says it would be unfortunate if the Trump administration chose to forgo leadership on climate change.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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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.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Dozens of mayors from across North America, including at least 36 U.S. cities are expected to sign an agreement on Tuesday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and meet the commitments laid out on a global scale in the Paris Climate Accord. The Chicago Climate Charter, to be signed at the North American Climate Summit in Chicago, signals an important step towards reducing emissions and creating jobs of the future, according to sustainability researchers at Cornell University.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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Arthur Wheaton, an automotive expert with Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, says that while the ban makes sense in a country plagued by pollution, obstacles remain.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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President Trump is expected to announce that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Paris climate accords, a global pact designed to fight climate change. Two experts at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University say that withdrawing from the accords would be a major mistake, both environmentally and economically. 

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Engineering

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President Trump is expected to announce that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Paris climate accords, a global pact designed to fight climate change. The following Cornell University experts, including COP21 delegates, discuss the ecological, economic, health and political impacts of this move.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Veterinary Medicine

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