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Klee, F&ES Alum, to Succeed Esty As Connecticut's DEEP Commissioner

Robert K. Klee M.E.S. ’99, J.D. ’04, Ph.D. ’05 has been nominated to succeed Daniel C. Esty as commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Storm Warning: Why Do So Many People Ignore Evacuation Orders?

When dangerous storms batter coastal communities, not all residents heed safety advisories. A new study by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication will explore what factors shape these choices.

Esty, Connecticut Environment Commissioner, Returns to Yale Post

Daniel Esty, the F&ES and Yale Law School professor who served as commissioner of Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection since 2011, will return to Yale this semester.

Ecosystem Services Symposium: Helping Cities Find Value of Nature

A Yale symposium being held on Jan. 24 will bring together academics studying the science of urban ecosystem services and the practitioners who are using this emerging field to improve the environmental health of their communities.

Book Explores the Downside Of Latin America's Biofuels Boom

Healing War-Torn Ecosystems: An Army Pilot Returns to Iraq

Back at Home in Philly, A Model for Green Success

When he was a student at F&ES, Gerald Bright decided that he wanted to do work that made a difference on the ground level. Five years later, he's doing just that in his native Philadelphia.

‘Nudging’ Major Buyers To Make Sustainable Choices

The sustainability movement has often focused on influencing individual consumers to make greener choices. But two corporate leaders say the transition to a more sustainable economy will be driven by large-scale buyers.

Coastal Oceans Shift from Carbon Source to Carbon Sink

In a new paper, a team of researchers, including Peter A. Raymond, contends that human activities have transformed the role that coastal oceans play in the global carbon budget.

Shell Game: Accidental Entrepreneur Cultivates Passion for Oyster Farming

Jules Opton-Himmel M.E.M. '07 became an oyster entrepreneur through a fortunate accident. But his oyster farm in Rhode Island has shown that you can provide food, clean local waters and make a decent living.

Class of 1980 Fund Honored For Three Decades of Giving

The F&ES Class of 1980 has received the Association of Yale Alumni's School Volunteer Engagement and Leadership award for two funds that have supported student activities and research for more than three decades.

Video: F&ES Class Explores ‘Sustainable’ Responses to Disaster

nations like Haiti.

Hurricane-Inspired Study Earns F&ES Student Inaugural Bormann Prize

F&ES doctoral student Yoon says he considers Bormann, who died in 2012, a personal hero and views Bormann's work as one of environmental science’s “great success stories.”

Time to Move Beyond Treaties: A New Framework for Sustainable Action

At the recent conference, “Rio+20 to 2015: A New Architecture for a Sustainable World,” which was hosted by F&ES and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), top experts in climate and sustainability issues discussed what new global structures for enabling solutions might look like.

A New Line of Defense For Wild Salmon Populations