Posts
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Forging Partnerships for Resilient, Low-Carbon Electricity Systems
As cities begin to rebuild infrastructure ravaged by hurricanes, now is the time to adopt climate-resilient energy systems. Innovative collaborations between public and private stakeholders can help.
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How Climate Change Will Impact Investors
A new report explores how advances in climate science can inform near-term investments in the global economy.
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Columbia Landscape Architect Named MacArthur ‘Genius’
Kate Orff designs urban environments for the future by combining ecology, climate dynamics, and community.
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Kizzy Charles-Guzmán Named to City & State’s New York City 40 Under 40 List
Charles-Guzmán explores the disproportionate effects of the changing climate on communities of color and poorer communities.
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Highlights From the 2017 Lamont-Doherty Open House
Through interactive exhibits, games, goo, and a few explosions, people of all ages learned about geology, earth science, and climate change.
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Trump Cannot Stop the Transition to Environmental Sustainability
Trump cannot stop the attention most of us are paying to environmental sustainability, and I remain confident that the transition to a renewable resource-based economy has begun.
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High Levels of Lead Contaminate Many Backyards in Brooklyn Neighborhood
An ongoing study finds that 92 percent of private yards in Greenpoint may have unsafe levels of lead in their soil.
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Student Plans to Transform Urban Farming
Alexander Rudnicki is earning a master’s in Environmental Science and Policy in order to shape the future of the burgeoning urban agriculture industry.
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Former Head of EPA Looks to Businesses, Courts, and Citizens to Fight Climate Change
In a lecture at Columbia Law School, Gina McCarthy sharply critiqued the Trump administration’s environmental policies, but offered hope that grassroots movements and other branches of government can make a difference.
