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The Atlantic

America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era

Corwin Zigler — a biostatistics professor and IBES affiliate who served on an EPA scientific advisory panel on air pollution under the Biden administration — provided commentary for this article.
Swearer Center for Public Service

Trees, Heat and Human Health

This article highlights the engaged work that three ENVS concentrators are conducting to increase tree equity in Providence and bolster community health.
WBUR

Is offshore wind driving whales ‘crazy?’ Science says no

This article references research by and includes commentary from IBES Professor Timmons Roberts, who led a report that found links between think tanks and conservative donors who are known to block climate policy in support of fossil-fuel interests.
Brown Alumni Magazine

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.
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.
Forbes

30 Under 30: Transportation & Mobility

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.