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YSE NewsThe Carbon Dioxide Removal Roadmap
May 1, 2026The Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture's Spring Symposium marks an anniversary and sets its sights on what natural carbon capture needs to achieve by 2040.
YSE NewsA Climate Solution Hiding in Plain Sight
April 27, 2026Professor Oswald Schmitz has spent decades studying how animals shape the ecosystems they inhabit. He recently spoke with YSE News about the science behind rewilding — and why healthy wildlife populations may be one of nature's most undervalued tools in the fight against climate change.
YSE NewsExamining the Reach of the EPA’s Climate Ruling
March 6, 2026Yale School of the Environment experts assess the legal, policy, and public health implications of the rollback of the EPA’s greenhouse gas endangerment finding.
YSE NewsFrom Permitting Reform to Clean Energy: Where Environmental Progress Is Possible in 2026
January 14, 2026YSE experts discuss some of the most promising pathways to environmental progress at the federal, state, and global levels.
YSE NewsConnecticut’s Path Forward for Offshore Energy
December 1, 2025YSE experts discuss the state’s strategies for advancing renewable energy in a shifting federal landscape.
YSE NewsTackling Deforestation on a Global Scale
November 14, 2025Brazil is the driving force behind the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), an international financing program that will provide economic incentives to promote tropical forest conservation. YSE News spoke with faculty experts about the benefits and challenges of the ambitious funding initiative that was formally launched at COP30.
YSE NewsWhat Can Urban Wildlife Teach Us About Shared Spaces?
November 14, 2025Professor Nyeema Harris spoke with YSE News about how humans and animals can coexist in city spaces.
YSE NewsA Critical Knowledge Exchange Deep in the Amazon
November 3, 2025COP30, which opens next week in Belém, Brazil, is expected to have an unprecedented focus on the essential role of Indigenous peoples in driving sustainable global climate response. Associate Professor Paulo Brando, an internationally recognized expert on tropical forest ecology, recently spoke to YSE News about the urgent need to connect ancestral knowledge with scientific methods to monitor and protect the health of threatened Amazon ecosystems.
YSE NewsBreaking New Ground at Yale
August 22, 2025Chuck Sams, a trailblazer in environmental stewardship and the former director of the National Park Service, takes on a new leadership challenge at the Yale Center for Environmental Justice.
YSE NewsAre Tropical Forests Approaching a Tipping Point?
June 17, 2025YSE experts weigh in on tropical forest degradation, biodiversity loss, and pathways to restoration.
YSE NewsWhat Does the Future Hold for National Forests?
April 21, 2025Yale School of the Environment experts discuss the potential impacts of increased logging on national forest lands, including on wildfire risks and efforts to combat climate change.
YSE NewsWhat Can We Do About the Growing Danger of Microplastics?
March 17, 2025Microplastics are getting into our water, food, and our bodies, including our brains. YSE News spoke with Professor Paul Anastas about the increasing threats and how green chemistry can be part of the solution.
YSE NewsL.A. Fires: Forging a Resilient Path Forward
January 29, 2025YSE experts discuss environmental and public health impacts of the fires as well as how fire-prone regions can prevent and manage the spread of wildfires in the future.
YSE NewsCan We Make Useful Products From CO₂?
January 27, 2025Research Scientist Hanno Erythropel spoke with YSE News about how turning CO₂ into a wide range of products such as consumer goods, industrial materials, and chemicals can help mitigate the climate crisis.
YSE NewsIs Net-Zero Banking Dead?
January 13, 2025Todd Cort, co-director of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, and Daniel Esty, the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, discuss the potential impacts of big U.S. banks pulling out of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance.