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Amanda Rodewald, senior director of conservation science with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, comments on the impacts from a new Environmental Protection Agency rule that strips federal Clean Water Act protections for U.S. waters.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Lab of Ornithology

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Carole Boyce Davies, professor of Africana studies and English, says that the selection of Senator Harris as candidate for vice president builds upon years of gains in the areas of women’s and black rights.

Arts & Humanities

Law and Policy

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Robert Howarth, an expert on the greenhouse gas footprint of methane emissions, comments on the Trump administration's decision to rollback regulations for methane-gas emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release figures for unemployment in the month of July. Erica Groshen is a senior labor economics advisor at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She is a former commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and has written extensively on how economies can recover from recessions.

Economics and Business

Industrial and Labor Relations

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On Wednesday, CEOs from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google will testify in front of the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust on their business practices that the committee says may be stifling competition. George Hay, professor of law at Cornell University and an expert on antitrust, says that while the hearing will be – to some extent – for show, it will also be a chance for the executives to put a human face on their companies.    

Law and Policy

Law School

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This week, one of the country’s most powerful national teachers’ union announced that its leadership would support "safety strikes" if schools were to reopen without appropriate safety measures in place. Angela Cornell, professor of law and director of the Labor Law Clinic at Cornell University’s Law School, says that ensuring workplace health and safety is one of the unions most important goals – especially as coronavirus cases continue to spike across the country.

Law and Policy

Law School

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On Wednesday, the U.S. government ordered China to close its consulate in Houston saying the decision was made “to protect American intellectual property.” Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government at Cornell University and an expert on Chinese politics, says the Trump administration seems to be pushing the narrative of China as the bogeyman as a distraction from its disastrous response to the pandemic.

International

Arts and Sciences

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Sarah Kreps, professor of government, and Drew Margolin, professor of communication, comment on efforts by Congress to limit access to TikTok on government devices and the larger security issues surrounding the Chinese-owned social media company.

Law and Policy

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Naminata Diabate, professor of comparative literature at Cornell University, says that the “insurrectionary nakedness” used at the Portland protest this week can be an effective form of conflict management.

Law and Policy

Arts & Humanities

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Alex Hayes, a professor of astronomy and a co-investigator for NASA rover Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z, and Don Banfield, a research scientist and member of Perseverance’s atmospheric science team, comment on their roles in NASA's Mars 2020 mission.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Arts and Sciences

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