In the spirit of an old-time barn raising, members of the Yale and New Haven community pitched in to help raise a pavilion at the Yale Farm on Sept. 20. The structure still awaits a roof, but that didn’t stop participants from holding a dance there that...
A team of Yale scientists has found that certain countries and some U.S. states stand to benefit from the use of compact fluorescent lighting more than others in the fight against global warming. Some places may even produce more mercury emissions by...
A pioneering commercial litigator will discuss his role in blocking the construction of several coal-fired power plants in a landmark case that pitted 37 cities against a powerful Texas utility. Stephen Susman of the firm Susman Godfrey will discuss the...
Members of the Yale Forests Program talked about sustainable forestry practices during a program held near Yale Myers Forest on Oct. 19. The day included a tour of Cranberry Hill Farm in Ashford, Connecticut, one of the nearby farms with which Yale has...
Yale scientist Menachem Elimelech will receive the 2008 Lawrence K. Cecil Award for outstanding contributions to the fields of chemical and environmental engineering at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) on November...
Andrew Revkin, Environment Reporter for the New York Times, will speak at Yale University on November 12, 6:00 p.m., in the Bowers Auditorium of Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street.Revkin’s lecture, “The Hot Seat: Making Sense of Global Warming, from the North...
If climate disasters are to be averted, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) must be reduced below the levels that already exist today, according to a study published in Open Atmospheric Science Journal by a group of 10 scientists from the United States, the...
Growing up, Matthew Eckelman couldn’t stand to see his parents toss a soda can in the garbage. “I was one of those kids who annoyed my parents to no end trying to get them to set up household recycling,” he says. “Now, they’re even more ardent about...
Not long after Yale juniors Rich Littlehale and Bob Casey realized that their idea of starting a company selling vitamin water was financially unfeasible, they began thinking of a potential new venture.At a conference in Chicago last spring, Casey learned...
A conference on the social and ecological sustainability of biofuels and the impact of their production on the forests of Central and South America — sponsored in part by the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) — will take place...