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Capitalism to the Rescue?
Ricardo Bayon ’89, an IBES advisory council member and founder of Encourage Capital, teaches the ever-popular course "Finance and the Environment" at Brown.
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This article cites a report from IBES' Climate and Development Lab, which found many of New Jersey's anti-offshore wind groups are affiliated with a Delaware-based libertarian think tank that is aligned with fossil fuel advocates.
Epicenter Podcast
Exploring Commodity Frontiers
Myles Lennon, assistant professor in IBES and the Department of Anthropology, joined fellow scholars to discuss the expansion of capitalism and commodities, including renewable energy.
Jefferson Public Radio
They disagree on offshore wind, but they’re working together to fight disinformation
This article cites a report from IBES' Climate and Development Lab, which found that much of the funding behind offshore wind opposition groups comes from entities with close ties to the oil and gas industry.
Portland Press Herald
Opinion: Greenland must be regarded as a partner, not a prize
IBES and DEEPS Professor Amanda Lynch co-authored this opinion piece.
The Daily Yonder
Q&A: Charting the Environmental History of the Arctic
IBES and History Associate Professor Bathsheba Demuth was interviewed about how the rural region between Canada and Russia has been transformed by colonialism and climate change.
Heatmap News
Are Anti-Renewables Activists Going Unchallenged?
IBES and Sociology Professor Timmons Roberts discussed why climate advocates should know "what strategies and the tactics are being used" by anti-renewables activists.
This article mentions a report by IBES' Climate and Development Lab on misinformation spread by anti-offshore wind interest groups.
American Ethnologist
Improperty: Black land stewardship and the paradox of liberation on stolen land
IBES and Anthropology Assistant Professor Myles Lennon discusses "improperty": "modes of ownership that paradoxically unsettle the logics of accumulation and enclosure that are proper to the property form."
NPR's Leila Fadel spoke with IBES and DEEPS Professor Amanda Lynch about why president-elect Donald Trump is seeking to take control of Greenland and Panama.
The New York Times
Trump Wants Greenland and the Panama Canal. It’s About Climate.
Amanda Lynch, an IBES and DEEPS professor who has studied climate change in the Arctic for nearly 30 years, offered commentary about the dangers of new trade routes around Greenland.
"Preparation [for the effects of climate change] involves science and realism about the scale of the effects, who will be most affected, and what can be done," IBES Fellow Baylor-Fox Kemper commented.
Utah Public Radio
How a stark warning about the Great Salt Lake led Utah lawmakers to act
Baylor Fox-Kemper, an IBES Fellow and co-author of a study that looks at how climate scientists communicate risk, offered commentary for this article.
December 18, 2024
News from Brown
For optimal marathon performance, check training plan, gear, nutrition, weather — and air quality?
Analyzing 16 years of race results and air pollution levels, a team of researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health found that poor air quality had a negative effect on marathon times.
The Atlantic
Bogotá’s Water Rationing Is a Preview
IBES Faculty Fellow Elizabeth Rush penned this article.
The Public's Radio
Judge expands attorney’s authority over Rhode Island Recycled Metals
This article cites work from Breathe Providence, a community-focused air quality monitoring network led by IBES Professor Meredith Hastings.
Ward, the architect of environmental studies at Brown, passed away on December 4, 2024.
The New York Times
Trump's choice to run energy says fossil fuels are virtuous
Visiting Professor of Environment and Society Robert Brulle offered commentary on fossil fuel misinformation campaigns.
The Brown Daily Herald
Five years of Spin scooters: Are community members dizzy?
IBES Senior Lecturer Kurt Teichert weighed in on how Spin scooters fit into the sustainable transportation landscape.
IBES aluma Maggie Bachenberg '22, cofounder of the biking navigation app Pointz, is among Forbes's 30 Under 30 for Transportation & Mobility.
Greater Greater Washington
Why traffic never gets better
“If you keep adding lanes because you want to reduce traffic congestion, you have to be really determined not to learn from history,” commented IBES Affiliate and Economics Professor Matthew Turner.
The Brown Daily Herald
‘Possibly’ podcast takes a bite-sized approach to tackling environmental questions
Co-produced by IBES and The Public’s Radio, Possibly's four-minute episodes address different questions about environmental concerns “ranging from those about personal choices to huge systemic issues,” The Herald reports.
Nature Geoscience
The palaeoclimate potential of continental scientific drilling
Correspondence by IBES Fellow James Russell and colleagues on how a strategic expansion of continental drilling efforts would help advance paleoclimate research.
Distillations Magazine
Proxies for Justice
"The climate history of tropical regions has been chronically understudied," former Voss Postdoc Researchers Jayson Maurice Porter and Lina C.
Lina C. Pérez-Angel write in this article. "Correcting the record will require new methods and new mindsets.
Lina C. Pérez-Angel write in this article. "Correcting the record will require new methods and new mindsets.
National Association of Science Writers
What to do when your subjects can’t speak to you? Science writers discuss tricks of portraying nonhuman characters
Associate Professor of History and Environment and Society Bathsheba Demuth participated in this National Association of Science Writers workshop.
Big Biology Podcast
What does it take to change the world?
Stephen Porder, Brown's associate provost for sustainability and a professor in IBES and EEOB, discussed his book, Elemental, and sustainable actions that people all can take to reduce their environmental impact.
A new report from the IBES-based Climate and Development Lab finds that expertise from nationwide opponents of renewables offers scripts and guidance to local anti-wind activists.
The initiative is a means to kick-starting interdisciplinary teams to address environmental issues.
The Brown Daily Herald
RI’s beaches are slipping away as state legislators search for solution
IBES Director Kim Cobb, who was recently appointed to The Rhode Island Legislative Study Commission on Climate Change Impacts and Solutions, offered commentary on beach erosion and climate change.
IBES and DEEPS Professor Amanda Lynch offered commentary about how the Arctic landscape could change in the coming years.
Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space
From reduction to regeneration: Environmental justice and ecological unity in the IRA era
In this peer-reviewed article, IBES and Anthropology Assistant Professor Myles Lennon "calls on the [environmental justice] movement to shift from the reductive framework at the heart of the IRA to a regenerative framework aligned with the movement's 'ecological unity' principle."
Current Anthropology
The Problem with “Solutions”: Apolitical Optimism in the Sustainable Energy Industry
IBES and Anthropology Assistant Professor Myles Lennon argues that "environmental solutionism is the rhetorical offspring of polluting industries, masking exploitative corporate practices with a facade of apolitical consensus."
School Construction News
Brown University Continues to Go Green
This article highlights how Dry Ridge solar farm is generating enough power to offset two-thirds of Brown's on-campus electricity consumption and features commentary from IBES Professor Stephen Porder.
Trending Globally: Politics and Policy
Amidst melting glaciers and rising seas, finding hope for the future on an Antarctic voyage
IBES Fellow Elizabeth Rush is featured on this episode of the Watson Institute's "Trending Globally" podcast.
November 25, 2024
News from Brown
Study reveals effectiveness of environment-focused litigation in the U.S., but also large inequalities
A team of researchers analyzed more than 25,000 civil lawsuits, gleaning insights on regional disparities in environmental law and opportunities to broaden impact.
Energy Research & Social Science
Beyond dark money: Information subsidies and complex networks of opposition to offshore wind on the U.S. East Coast
"In this article, we demonstrate how the discourses and strategies of local opposition groups are influenced by relationships with national-level groups and fossil fuel interests," write members of the IBES-based Climate and Development Lab.
Rolling Stone
Here's How Big Oil Guides Global Climate Negotiations
Visiting Professor of Environment and Society Robert Brulle offered commentary on fossil fuel lobbying.
In this broadcast interview, Director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society Kim Cobb was interviewed about weather extremes caused by climate change.
November 21, 2024
News from Around Brown
Brad Marston Featured on "We the Children, Kids Talk Climate Solutions" Podcast
Brad Marston was featured on a recent podcast episode titled "Waves of Change: Quantum Physics and Climate Science."
IBES Professor Timmons Roberts offered commentary for this article.
November 20, 2024
News from Brown
With one of Rhode Island’s largest solar energy projects online, Brown moves toward net-zero emissions
Brown University is the sole off-taker for the Dry Bridge solar project in North Kingstown, a landmark renewable energy development generating enough power to offset about two-thirds of campus electricity use.
Scientific American
Should Offshore Oil Rigs Be Turned into Artificial Reefs?
Oil rigs around the world are habitats for marine species. When they stop producing oil, should they be removed or allowed to stay? ENVS alumnus Asher Radziner '24 authored this article exploring the nuanced answer.
IBES’ Voss postdoctoral research associates tackle critical environmental challenges from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives.
The Brown Daily Herald
Students and faculty rally for climate action on Main Green
IBES Professor Timmons Roberts offered commentary for this article.
IBES Director Kim Cobb offered commentary for this article.
Schneider succeeds Dawn King, who recently assumed the role of Deputy Dean of the College for Curriculum.
Help shape the next generation of climate leaders and engage with Brunonians across sectors at this February 7, 2025 event – a partnership between IBES, the Center for Career Exploration and the Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs.
News from IBES
Symptoms of a Warming World
Fusing public health with environmental science, new faculty at Brown are pioneering methods that reveal how climate change is threatening our health. Together, they’re finding solutions.
Rhode Island Current
SouthCoast Wind clears federal environmental hurdle
This article cites research from IBES' Climate and Development Lab.
IBES Director Kim Cobb offered commentary on a new study, saying it presents "a new approach to an age-old and critical question."