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  1. Karl Aspelund portrait
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    Natural Resource Economics Expert to Join YSE Faculty

    March 19, 2026

    Karl Aspelund’s research focuses on how policy design and data-driven environmental solutions can advance equity and sustainability.

  2.  Hundreds of bats flying over treetops at dusk
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    Existing Market Tools Could Provide a Creative Pathway to Finance Conservation

    March 12, 2026

    The municipal bond market can be used to incentivize conservation and counter the impacts of bat losses in agricultural counties across the U.S., according to a new study coauthored by Yale scientists.

  3. EPA building in Washington DC
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    Examining the Reach of the EPA’s Climate Ruling

    March 6, 2026

    Yale School of the Environment experts assess the legal, policy, and public health implications of the rollback of the EPA’s greenhouse gas endangerment finding.

  4. student viewing the windmills off of Block Island from a boat
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    Connecticut’s Path Forward for Offshore Energy

    December 1, 2025

    YSE experts discuss the state’s strategies for advancing renewable energy in a shifting federal landscape.

  5. Maggie Thomas portrait
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    Steering Historic U.S. Climate Policy

    October 24, 2025

    Maggie Thomas’ persistence, leadership, and creative approach to policy implementation have earned her the Yale School of the Environment 2025 Prospect Street Award.

  6. smokestacks at a waterfront steel plant
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    More Scientific Analysis Needed on Impacts of Industrial Decarbonization

    October 23, 2025

    Yale economists call for deeper analysis of the economic spillover effects of the clean energy transition on jobs, trade, and supply chains.

  7. eucalyptus farm
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    A Roadmap for Revamping Forest Carbon Credit Protocols

    June 2, 2025

    YSE Research Scientist Sara Kuebbing was on a panel of leading forest scientists who evaluated forest carbon credit protocols — finding them to be flawed and at the root of problems facing the carbon offset market. 

  8. Zaidi on stage speaking
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    A Conversation With White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi

    February 20, 2025

    The head of the White House Climate Policy Office under President Joe Biden recently visited the Yale School of Environment for a candid discussion about his former boss’ relentless focus on climate action as jobs creator as well as the need to develop a “more flexible, less pure” narrative around climate and energy.

  9. Ras al Khaimah mangrove forest and skyline in the UAE aerial view
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    Going Beyond GDP to Measure the Changing Wealth of Nations

    October 22, 2024

    While real wealth per capita increased by about 21% globally, renewable natural capital — driven by overexploitation of natural resources such as forests, marine capture fisheries, and mangroves — declined by more than 20%, according to a new World Bank report co-authored by YSE Professor Eli Fenichel.

  10. Endara de Heras working with others on a beach project
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    YSE Alumni Award Winner is Incentivizing Conservation in Panama

    October 4, 2024

    From establishing The Nature Conservancy’s presence in Panama to serving as the country’s first minister of the environment, Yale School of the Environment Distinguished Alumni Award winner Mirei Endara de Heras has dedicated her career to addressing environmental challenges

  11. Pacific Coast
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    Mainstreaming Nature in U.S. Policy

    July 31, 2024

    Ensuring that information about nature is included in the policy- and decision-making process is good governance and can be achieved by applying a specific set of criteria, Yale School of the Environment Economist Eli Fenichel and a group of leading environmental and economic policy experts say.

  12. composite image of EPA plaque, pipe, smog and a grizzly
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    In the Wake of the Chevron Decision

    July 16, 2024

    YSE and Yale faculty experts discuss the potential impacts of the Supreme Court's recent Chevron decision — on environmental regulations, ESG, and efforts to combat climate change.

  13. A small stream with grass growing in the water
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    Ephemeral Streams Likely to Have Significant Effect on U.S. Water Quality

    June 27, 2024

    A new study co-authored by Yale researchers on streams that only flow briefly after storms quantifies the consequences of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that they aren't regulated by the Clean Water Act.

  14. Illustration of a distant mountain with winding forest stream in the foreground
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    2024 Environmental Performance Index: A Surprise Top Ranking, Global Biodiversity Commitment Tested

    June 4, 2024

    The Baltic nation of Estonia is No. 1 in the 2024 rankings, while Denmark, one of the top ranked countries in the 2022 EPI dropped to 10th place, highlighting the challenges of reducing emissions in hard-to-decarbonize industries. Meanwhile, “paper parks” are proving a global challenge to international biodiversity commitments.

  15. Mohamed, Ramirez, and Wurts
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    Three Yale Students Named Wyss Scholars

    March 21, 2024

    The Wyss Foundation, a charitable organization that supports land conservation in the U.S. and internationally, has selected three Yale students as 2024 scholars.