Topic Energy & Environment
Duke scholars are exploring new frontiers in such areas as renewable energy, sustainable food and carbon capture to forge a more sustainable relationship between humanity and the global environment.
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News Tip: Experts Available to Comment on Biden’s Climate Plan
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Duke Appoints Environmental Justice Advocate Catherine Coleman Flowers as Practitioner-in-Residence
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Why We Must Rethink How We Confront Climate Change
Commentary by Ashley Ward, a senior policy associate at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
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Supreme Court Ruling Limits EPA’s Authority to Restrict Greenhouse Gases from Energy Production
Interview with Brian Murray, interim director of the Duke University Energy Initiative and Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
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How Elephants, Whales, and Financial Markets Can Help in the Fight Against Climate Change
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News Tip: Legal, Climate Experts Available to Comment on SCOTUS EPA Ruling
Ruling will have an immediate impact on the authority of the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions
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Climate Change is Making Plants More Vulnerable to Disease. New Research Could Help Them Fight Back
To keep food on the table in a warming world, researchers are bolstering plant immunity against the heat.
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How Climate Change is Changing Latin America
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News Tip: Experts Available for Earth Day 2022 Coverage
The following Duke University experts offer insight into the theme for Earth Day 2022, “Invest in Our Planet”
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Increased Guatemalan Migration to U.S. Linked to Agricultural Stress, Violence and Climate Change
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Tackling Climate Resilience By Building On The Inflation Reduction Act
Commentary by Elizabeth Losos, senior fellow at Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
As Species Recover, Some Threaten Others In More Dire Shape
Quotes Nicholas School professor emeritus Stuart Pimm, an extinction specialist
Change to EVs Means Shift in Auto Company Jobs
Quotes Tim Johnson, professor of the practice of energy and the environment
Sea Level Rise is Killing Trees Along the Atlantic Coast, Creating Ghost Forests
Commentary by Ph.D. candidate Emily Ury
Beloved Monarch Butterflies Now Listed As Endangered
Quotes ecologist Stuart Pimm, who was not involved in the new listing.
Stymied By Congress, Biden Feels Heat To Act On Climate While Activists Hold Out For More
Interview with Elizabeth Losos, a biologist and environmental policy analyst at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy
A Durham Resident’s Ongoing Fight Against Lead
Quotes Daniel Richter, a professor in the Division of Earth and Climate Science Research…
Gabon’s Marauding Forest Elephants Test Public Patience With Green Agenda
Quotes John Poulsen, elephant ecologist
Summer Mortality Events Wipe Out Oyster Farms As Researchers Begin Search For The Cause
Quotes Grant Murray, an associate professor at the Duke University Marine Lab
The Federal Office Focused On Health Impacts Of Climate Crisis Has No Permanent Staff Or Funding
Cites findings by scientists at Duke and the University of Washington