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Upcoming Events

• 7th Annual Earth Day Climate Change Symposium
  Wednesday, April 22, 2026 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Where: Online Event Description: The Seventh Annual Earth Day Climate Change Symposium will consider multiple developments relating to climate change, including changing federal policies concerning renewable energy sources, the endangerment finding, and climate science; a sea change in NEPA requirements; and litigation against “Big Oil.”   Click Here To Register Faculty Program […]
• MPG/SGT Seminar – Joshua Russell
  Wednesday, April 22, 2026 12:00 AM – 1:00 PM Where: Monell Building, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 Description: Presentation by Dr Joshua Russell from Syracuse University. Title: Ocean-Bottom Seismology: A Window into the Rheology, Heterogeneity, and Dynamics of Oceanic Asthenosphere Contact: Ben Stoker
• Professional Learning Workshop: Climate and Disaster Risk Management
  Wednesday, March 25, 2026 5:30 PM – Wed , May 6, 2026 7:40 PM Where: Online Event Description: Schedule: (VIRTUAL) Wednesday evenings, March 25 – May 6, 2026. Session 1 will be 2 hours in length. All other sessions will run for 2 hours and 10 minutes. Session 1: March 25, 5:30-7:30 pm ET Session 2: April 1, 5:30-7:40 pm […]

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   Greenland ice cap meaning the Prudhoe Dome. You are referring to the Greenland ice sheet, I believe.

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   Turning off the sink using bikes don’t be wasteful

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   I only got 4. Poor me.

Media Highlights

• From EPA to DOJ? Zeldin’s Words May Haunt Him
  April 21, 2026
  That has appeared to erode EPA’s credibility with some judges, said Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University. “It’s perilous to use different explanations for the same thing,” […]
• Renewable Energies Overtook Global Electricity Demand Last Year, Led by Solar Growth in China, India
  April 20, 2026
  “As we’re seeing the cost of oil be incredibly volatile right now because of the war, I think more and more people are looking to that national security argument as a reason to think about […]
• Will a Super El Niño in 2026 Bring Record High Temps?
  April 17, 2026
  Image via Columbia Climate School. Bottom line: Signs are trending toward a super El Niño to develop this summer. If it happens, we might see record high temperatures in 2026 and into 2027.