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  1. green soybean plants with roots
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    The Carbon Dioxide Removal Roadmap

    May 1, 2026

    The 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.

  2. Two male Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix) on a Lek in Scotland
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    A Climate Solution Hiding in Plain Sight

    April 27, 2026

    Professor 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.

  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. a group of YSE students tour a solar farm in Connecticut
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    From Permitting Reform to Clean Energy: Where Environmental Progress Is Possible in 2026

    January 14, 2026

    YSE experts discuss some of the most promising pathways to environmental progress at the federal, state, and global levels.

  5. 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.

  6. Gold mining in the Amazon rain forest
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    Tackling Deforestation on a Global Scale

    November 14, 2025

    Brazil 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. 

  7. Coyote grazing in an urban setting
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    What Can Urban Wildlife Teach Us About Shared Spaces?

    November 14, 2025

    Professor Nyeema Harris spoke with YSE News about how humans and animals can coexist in city spaces.

  8. workshop participants watch a drone take measurements
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    A Critical Knowledge Exchange Deep in the Amazon

    November 3, 2025

    COP30, 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.

  9. Chuck Sams, at center, with Native staff from the NPS
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    Breaking New Ground at Yale

    August 22, 2025

    Chuck 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.

  10. ground fire in a tropical forest
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    Are Tropical Forests Approaching a Tipping Point?

    June 17, 2025

    YSE experts weigh in on tropical forest degradation, biodiversity loss, and pathways to restoration.

  11. crew member uses a tree processor to strip bark and branches from logs before being transported to a mill
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    What Does the Future Hold for National Forests?

    April 21, 2025

    Yale 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.

  12. Microplastic in a spoon on blue background
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    What Can We Do About the Growing Danger of Microplastics?

    March 17, 2025

    Microplastics 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.

  13. The devastation from the Palisades Fire is shown in an aerial view in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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    L.A. Fires: Forging a Resilient Path Forward

    January 29, 2025

    YSE 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.

  14. Hanno Erythropel and others in the lab
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    Can We Make Useful Products From CO₂?

    January 27, 2025

    Research 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.

  15. Cort and Esty
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    Is Net-Zero Banking Dead?

    January 13, 2025

    Todd 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.