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MPA-ESP students visit the Gowanus Canal to learn about urban contamination
The newest cohort of MPA Environmental Science and Policy students went on a field trip to the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn with professors Benjamin Bostick and Michael Musso to learn about the challenges of a dense mixed-use urban landscape.
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Photo Essay: When People Must Make Way for Nature
The forested Kanha Tiger Reserve, in the highlands of central India, is home to an abundance of rare wildlife. It also used to be home to thousands of people—that is, until they were moved out by the government to make way for endangered creatures.
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Resisting the Deregulation of Environmental Protection
Today we have an EPA Administrator who is willfully and aggressively deregulating elements of environmental protection. We need to resist federal cutbacks in environmental protection policies and programs, while also continuing to keep our eye on the daily, operational tasks of creating sustainable economy.
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MPA-ESP Students tour world-class earth science research campus
The newest cohort of MPA Environmental Science and Policy students received a faculty-led tour of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory to learn about the innovative climate and environment research being carried out at one of the world’s leading research facilities.
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Fall 2017 Teaching Assistant Opportunities
The Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development is currently accepting applications for Fall 2017 teaching assistant positions.
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SUMA Alumna Travels A Different Sustainability Path in Brooklyn
Agustina Besada (SUMA 2015) is the Executive Director of Sure We Can, a nonprofit recycling facility, community center and grassroots sustainability testbed wrapped into one.
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Rural America’s Drinking Water Crisis: No Help From Trump Budget
O’Brien is just one of thousands of small communities in the United States that struggle to find the resources to ensure that the water coming out of the tap is safe to drink. The budget proposal by the Trump administration will only make matters worse.
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MSSM Alum Named to 2017 GreenBiz ’30 Under 30′
Sustainability Management alum Courtney Small has been identified as a rising leader in the field of sustainable business and has been named to the Green Biz “30 Under 30” list.
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It’s Time for New York to Save its Mass Transit System
The economic heart of the city cannot beat without an effective subway system. It’s time for the mayor and governor to develop a fully funded, well thought through strategy for mass transit in New York City and its nearby suburbs.
