Zeke Hausfather, PhD ‘19 Energy and Resources, writes in The New York Times that recent extreme climate events underscore the importance and urgency for stronger resilience and adaptation strategies.
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Rausser in the News
Meg Mills-Novoa, a professor in ESPM and ERG, spoke to Voice of America about what we can expect during the latest United Nations climate summit.
In a guest essay appearing in Zocalo Public Square, Cooperative Extension professor Alexandra Hill explores efforts to improve labor rights and working conditions for farmworkers while highlighting initiatives to bring change to the agricultural workforce.
‘More manure means more energy’: Iowa dairies with biogas digesters are growing their herds, which concerns water quality advocates
Professor Daniel Kammen and PhD student Gbemisola Akinsipe, both in the Energy and Resources Group, spoke to the Beyond the Change podcast about the future of green energy in Africa.
Aaron Smith, the Gordon Rausser Distinguished Chair in Agricultural and Resource Economics, spoke to Civil Eats about a Denver ballot initiative that would ban all commercial slaughter in the city, and the impacts it could have on jobs, workers’ rights, and animal welfare.