Recent global climate talks at COP22 saw a growing role for businesses, NGOs and the state of California – a promising sign for action on climate change in the face of U.S. inaction.
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Four of our economic scholars weigh in on Trump’s legislative agenda, healing the divide, uncertainty and something known as the ‘presidential puzzle.’
Will it be possible to put America’s political life back together after the election? Britain after ‘Brexit’ offers a case study.
Tired of escalating health care costs, health care policymakers in Colorado have put a vote for universal coverage on the ballot in that state. Could the other states learn anything from it?
Nine states are deciding whether to legalize marijuana. Yet the drug’s prohibition at the federal level has created an unstable financial environment for producers and retailers.
Mine communications are complex, slow and unreliable. The solution to keeping miners safe, and rescuing them when disaster strikes, might just be in their hands already.
Finding a way to reduce inequality is key not only to solving a host of other problems but also to rescuing America’s fast-disappearing middle class.
Donald Trump has emerged as a self-proclaimed hero of the working class, yet his policies and pedigree suggest he’s anything but.
Here’s why disagreement about affirmative action will not end any time soon. Coming up next is a lawsuit brought by Asian-Americans challenging Harvard’s race-conscious policy.
A study estimates that Americans would pay $92 billion yearly in extra taxes to protect national parks. But the Trump Administration’s budget calls for cuts.
Oil spills have long plagued the Ogoni people living in the Niger Delta. President Buhari is finally doing something about the pollution. But there are flaws in the government’s approach.
The Brexit is on, shifting the political landscape in Europe. Scholars from Cornell, Pennsylvania State and Colorado State universities comment on what it means for U.S. foreign policy and investors.
Land management in the United States has long focused on creating conditions that benefit game animals like deer and grouse. A conservation scientist explains why that approach is too narrow.
Long-term drought and water shortages in many parts of the U.S. are spurring interest in ways to reuse graywater – the water that drains from sources such as showers, bathtubs and washing machines.
Pourchassés par les braconneurs pour leur ivoire, les éléphants africains montrent une résilience étonnante. Les liens sociaux survivent à la mort des matriarches qui dirigent les groupes.
Older matriarchs lead elephant society. But they’re also the primary targets of ivory poachers. When these socially critical individuals are killed, what happens to the rest of the group?
Children in mining and smelting towns who are exposed high levels of lead, arsenic and cadmium are more than twice as likely to have developmental disorders than the national average.
There were only 3,964 seniors in the graduating New Orleans class of 2015, which represents only half of the original cohort of babies. What happened to the missing children?
In the past, owners were quick to put their pets down. Now, with many viewing pets as family members, are they waiting too long?
Temple Grandin is perhaps the world’s foremost advocate on autism. But before she became famous, she was an awkward young girl who found solace in Mr. Spock’s logical world view in TV’s Star Trek.
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Colorado State University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
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Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University
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Assistant professor of political science, Colorado State University
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
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Professor and Scott Presidential Chair in Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Critical Cultural & International Studies, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor Affiliate, School of Education, Colorado State University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University
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Professor Emeritus of Management, Colorado State University
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
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Professor of Economics, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology, Colorado State University
