New Haven, Conn. — Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. ’51 has endowed the deanship of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES) in a gift that is both a vote of confidence in the school’s mission and a generous contribution to the Yale Tomorrow...
A growing number of Americans consider global warming an important threat that calls for drastic action, and 40% say that a presidential candidate’s position on the issue will strongly influence how they vote, according to a national survey conducted by...
On April 22nd, in celebration of Earth Day 2008, Yale will launch the University’s first campus-wide Sustainability Pledge. The goal of the Pledge is to continue to build upon the growing campus support around sustainability initiatives at Yale. The...
Yale University will hold a Sustainability Fair and a panel discussion on The Role of Universities in Advancing Sustainability on Thursday, April 3. Both events are free and open to the public.The Sustainability Fair will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p...
The Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will discuss how the state government and citizens alike are taking steps to address the potential impacts of climate change, on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 4:30 p.m. at the...
Yale University has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 17% since committing to a steep reduction in 2005, President Richard C. Levin reported today in a speech at the University of Copenhagen.Additional projects planned by the University will produce...
A new Yale research survey reveals a significant shift in public attitudes toward the environment and global warming. Fully 83 percent of Americans now say global warming is a “serious” problem, up from 70 percent in 2004. More Americans than ever say...
Today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Yale University President Richard C. Levin called on large organizations around the world to take action now to address global warming by reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. “We cannot wait for our...
A student-run organic garden is the most recent undertaking in Yale’s Sustainable Food Initiative, an ambitious plan to change the ethos of eating on the Yale campus. The Yale initiative, which promotes direct contact between consumers and local growers...
Yale University plans to reduce emissions from its Sterling Power Plant, which provides energy for the School of Medicine, by using cleaner oil than the type it currently is permitted by the State of Connecticut to use. In place of a plan Yale developed...