| Oil Spill Commission Co-Chair Speaks to Campus |
Watch the video of William K. Reilly's speech "Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster and America's Energy Future." Reilly, co-chair of President Obama's Oil Spill Commission and chair of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions' Board of Advisors, spoke to campus on the findings of the commission's investigation into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill Jan. 24. |
| Report: Financial Reform and the Implications for Carbon Trading |
A new Nicholas Institute report examines the impact of recent financial market reform legislation on carbon trading. |
| Holman to Lead Commission Advising State on Water Issues |
| Bill Holman, director of state policy, has been re-elected chair of the State Water Infrastructure Commission (SWIC). Read More |
| Longtime Fisheries Expert to Head Fisheries Forum |
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John Henderschedt recently joined the Fisheries Leadership and Sustainability Forum (Fisheries Forum) as its first executive director. The Fisheries Forum is a partnership between the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and three other leading academic and policy institutions. Read More |
| Overview Available on EPA Regulations Under the Clean Air Act |
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Over the course of the next two years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will phase in greenhouse gas regulations for large stationary sources using three separate sections of the Clean Air Act. Read the backgrounder the Nicholas Institute put together on these regulatory approaches and their application to greenhouse gas emissions. |
| Lectures on Energy, Sea Level Rise Among This Month's Events |
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Feb. 10 Bob Varney, Making Progress on Energy and Environment During Hard Times, 3 p.m.
Feb. 11 Alex Pfaff, Deforestation Impacts of Park and Road Policies in the Brazilian Amazon, 10 a.m.
Feb. 15 Sam Merrill, Financial Adaptation to Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge, 4 p.m.
All three events are free and will be held in A158 of Duke's LSRC. For more information, visit the Nicholas Institute's events page.
Feb. 26 Duke In Depth, Water Policy Director Peter McCornick will speak during the International Water Resources session, 11 a.m., Gross Chemistry Building |
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