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Action for a Sustainable Future

An internship with Syracuse University’s Sustainability Management team provided hands-on experience and complimented Naomi Weinflash's majors in policy studies and citizenship and civic engagement. 
January 31, 2022

See related: Internships, Student Experience, Sustainability

AP Article: Popp Weighs in on Biden's Proposed Civilian Climate Corps

David Popp, professor of public administration and international affairs, was quoted in the Associated Press article, "Biden, Dems push Civilian Climate Corps in echo of New Deal."
September 9, 2021

See related: Climate Change, Environment, Government, Natural Resources, Sustainability, United States, Wildfires

Popp cited in New York Times article on green jobs

David Popp, professor of public administration and international affairs, is included in the New York Times article, "Building Solar Farms May Not Build the Middle Class."
July 16, 2021

See related: Climate Change, Economic Policy, Energy, Labor, Sustainability, United States

Van Slyke talks to Capital Tonight about fighting climate change

May 10, 2021

See related: Climate Change, Energy, Natural Resources, State & Local, Sustainability, United States

Coffel discusses his thermal power and climate research in Ecological Society of America journal

Ethan Coffel, assistant professor of geography and the environment, discusses his recent study on thermal power and climate change in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, a journal of the Ecological Society of America.
March 4, 2021

See related: Climate Change, Energy, Natural Resources, Sustainability, United States

Popp talks to CNN, Washington Examiner about effects of Obama's Recovery Act

Professor David Popp talks to CNN, Washington Examiner about effects of Obama's Recovery Act.
February 2, 2021

See related: Energy, Federal, Infrastructure, Labor, Sustainability, United States

Popp discusses Biden's green jobs agenda in Forbes article

"Wages in solar and wind could increase if demand increased, at least initially," says Professor David Popp, who wrote about the impact of fiscal policy on green jobs in a working paper in June 2020. "But higher wages would also attract more workers to develop the skills to work in wind and solar, so the increase need not be permanent."
January 19, 2021

See related: Energy, Federal, Labor, Natural Resources, Sustainability, United States

Public Affairs and the Multifront Attack on Climate Change

In its breadth and interdisciplinary richness, the Maxwell School proves to be a fertile setting for research on one of today’s most complex and pressing issues. Researchers are working all the angles — policy, economics, societal adaptation, governance, citizenship, and more — in their contributions to saving this planet.
June 25, 2019

See related: Climate Change, Economic Policy, Natural Disasters, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Wildfires

Book by Serin Houston offers Seattle as case study of urban governance

June 11, 2019

See related: Food Security, Income, Race & Ethnicity, Social Justice, State & Local, Sustainability, United States, Urban Issues

Maxwell alum John Mandyck discusses sustainability implications in Harvard Business Review

"Board members’ fiduciary duty, as well as their advisory and oversight responsibilities, require an understanding of sustainability and the impact of ESG ratings on both enterprise and shareholder value," writes John Mandyck ’89 B.A. (PSt)/’92 M.P.A. and his co-author. "There is a growing body of data showing that companies adopting sustainability practices outperform their peers."

June 3, 2019

See related: Sustainability, United States

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