Americans fall into six distinct groups regarding their climate change beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, according to a new report, “Global Warming’s Six Americas,” by researchers at Yale and George Mason universities. The researchers, who surveyed 2,129...
President Obama has nominated Paul Anastas, Yale’s Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment, to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Office of Research and Development.Anastas is currently...
Most polluted or damaged ecosystems worldwide can recover within a lifetime if societies commit to their cleanup or restoration, according to an analysis of 240 independent studies by researchers at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies...
As Gus Speth prepares to step down later this June after serving 10 years as dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES), alumni, faculty and friends of the school continue to make new gifts and pledges to a minimally endowed $1...
Fifty million years ago, the North and South Poles were ice-free and crocodiles roamed the Arctic. Since then, a long-term decrease in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has cooled the Earth. Researchers at Yale University, the Carnegie Institution of...
Summer may be coming to an end, but Yale’s campus keeps getting greener — and people are taking notice.The University recently made The Princeton Review’s Green Honor Roll, was named one of the top 20 “coolest schools” for its sustainability efforts by...
[Washington, D.C., U.S.A.] Yale University and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) are convening the U.S.-India Energy Partnership Summit on October 1, 2009 in Washington, D.C. to contribute to the ongoing high-level dialogue between the United...
As the “green”-conscious know, using less energy and biking and walking more are two ways to help fight climate change. But what if you could combine the two and actually use the energy created through exercise to produce a cleaner form of electricity?...
Under the patronage of His Excellency Mr. Ziad Baroud, the Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities, the Yale Arab Alumni Association will stage the largest Yale alumni event ever to take place in the Arab Middle East, an international conference...
Climate change doesn’t just pose a scientific challenge; it also creates an ethical obligation for those of us in the developed world, according to Rajendra Pachauri, who gave the inaugural talk in the Yale Climate and Energy Institute’s (YCEI) weekly...