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Professor Goode’s Tolley Professorship Focus: Creating Climate Change Teaching Materials, Partnerships
The Humanities play an instrumental role in shaping thinking about the past, present and future of environmental and climate change issues. Scientists can present hard data about the climate crisis and other ecological challenges. But it is humanists who are…
Professor Jianshun ‘Jensen’ Zhang Named Executive Director of Syracuse Center of Excellence
Syracuse University has named a new executive director to lead the Syracuse Center of Excellence (SyracuseCoE) in Environmental and Energy Systems. Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang, a longtime professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), begins in that role…
Preserving Aquatic Ecosystems, One Lake at a Time
Svetoslava Todorova is passionate about her work with aquatic ecosystems. For years, she’s been bringing small groups of her Syracuse University students to Green Lakes State Park, equipped with gear to measure the make-up of the lake and armed with…
Who Is Responsible For the Climate Crisis and How Do We Combat It?
Farhana Sultana, associate professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the London Daily story “The world’s fight for ‘climate justice.‘” Sultana discusses the need to fight the climate crisis while highlighting the historical circumstances…
It’s Getting Hot In Here: Warming World Will Fry Power Plant Production in Coming Years
There’s no doubt the Earth’s temperatures are going up. According to a December report by the World Meteorological Organization, 2020 is on track to be one of the three hottest years on record, already within the warmest decade to date….
Proposed ‘Mother Nature’ Initiative Moves NYS Climate Needle
In his State of the State address this week, Governor Cuomo proposed a $3 billion environmental initiative to address everything from restoring wetlands to repairing dams and increasing wind and solar power. The “Restore Mother Nature Bond Act” would fight…
EPA’s Move to Overhaul Lead Water Testing Will Help Cities, Says Syracuse Professor
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will be revamping the “Lead and Copper Rule” which is used as test to identify unsafe lead levels in public water systems. Christa Kelleher, assistant professor of earth sciences and civil engineering at…
Environmental Rollbacks Aim to Protect Coal Power
Charles Driscoll, University Professor of Environmental Systems and Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was interviewed by The Guardian for an article about rolling back toxic mercury pollution standards. The move by the Trump administration is part of a…
Alarming Arctic Warming Not Likely To Sound Alarm With Federal Policymakers
This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report detailing rising temperatures and increased melting in the Arctic Ocean. Ice older than four years now makes up less than one percent of the Arctic ice pack, according to…
Rolling Back Air Quality Rules Hurts Human Health, Environment
Charles Driscoll, University Professor at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, wrote the Syracuse.com opinion piece “EPA rule changes put clean air at risk.” In the piece, Driscoll writes “So what are the implications of these policy changes? We…