Cool Heads Likely won’t Prevail in a Hotter, Wetter World
August 2, 2013 ・ Morgan KellyRubenstein Coauthors National Research Council Report on Wild Horse and Burro Program
June 7, 2013 ・ Igor HeifetzDate: June 5, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Report Offers Science-Based Strategies for Management of Western Free-Ranging Horses and Burros; ‘Business-as-Usual’ Practices Will Be Increasingly Expensive and Unproductive for BLM WASHINGTON — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) current…
Conference Explores Environmental Humanities in a Changing World
April 11, 2013 ・ Holly WellesRarely do photographers, artistic directors, musicians, novelists, poets, scientists, engineers, and scholars in religion, philosophy, and literature come together for two full-days to explore an emerging field of mutual interest. Such a unique gathering took place during Princeton University’s conference…
Peter Singer on the Ethics of Buying Land in Developing Countries
January 21, 2013 ・ Holly Welles
Doomsday Clock Remains at Five Minutes to Midnight
January 15, 2013 ・ Igor Heifetz
Exploring the Intersection of Cosmology, Ecology, and Ethics
December 13, 2012 ・ Nick DiUlio for the Princeton Environmental InstituteEnvironmental awareness comes in many forms. Often, it is shaped by an understanding of science or public policy, but it also can be informed by religion. Rarely, however, do all three of these perspectives intersect at once—and that is the…
Socolow Essay on the Truths We Must Tell Ourselves to Manage Climate Change
December 7, 2012 ・ Holly WellesClimate change is unwelcome news, and the best and worst outcomes consistent with current science are very different, says Princeton University’s Robert Socolow, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, in a new review article published in the Vanderbilt Law Review. …
Peter Singer Addresses the Question: Does Helping the Planet Hurt the Poor?
January 28, 2011 ・ Peter SingerSocolow Honored for Environmental Achievement
July 13, 2010 ・ Dana RicciRobert Socolow (Photo: Brian Wilson) Robert Socolow, a Princeton professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has received the Keystone Award for Leadership in the Environment, which recognizes contributions to solving society’s environmental problems. Socolow received the award at a June…
