Paul T. Anastas, Professor in the Practice of Green Chemistry, Yale was honored on May 4 by the Council of Scientific Society Presidents with their Leadership in Science award for founding the field of “Green Chemistry.”Known as “The Father of Green...
Governors from across the United States will meet at Yale University on April 17 and 18 to review state-level programs to combat global climate change and to develop a strategy for future action. The gathering will also celebrate the centennial of...
Steven Koonin, head scientist for the global energy company BP, will speak at Yale University on February 18 and 19 as the Benjamin and Barbara Zucker Environmental Fellow for Spring 2008.Koonin will be guest speaker at a Master’s Tea on February 18 at 4...
Davos, Switzerland — Switzerland tops the global list of countries ranked by environmental performance, according to the 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) produced by a team of environmental experts at Yale University and Columbia University.The...
A before-and-after study led by Yale biologists, of the effects of 1997 El Niño on the genetic diversity of marine iguanas on the Galápagos Islands, emphasizes the importance of studying populations over time and the need to determine which environmental...
Nearly three-quarters of Americans are willing to pay more in taxes and other expenses to support local government-led initiatives designed to reduce global warming, according to a first-of-its kind survey conducted by GfK Public Affairs and the Yale...
New Haven, CT — “The Greening of Yale and Beyond,” a symposium focused on alternative energy and related topics, will take place Thursday, October 18th from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the University’s Battell Chapel.Speakers at the symposium, which is free...
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...
A new method of calculating oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere suggests that an increase more than 300 million years ago was caused by the rise and spread of trees and other vascular land plants, a Yale study finds. The new plant life produced dead...
