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Shivani Kuckreja, a Master of Environmental Management/Master of Business Administration (MEM/MBA) student, spent the summer as a sustainability intern with Delta Air Lines.

Under the Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. can make the oil and gas sector pay for methane leaks—but the law leaves out a controversial source of the pollutant.

The climate bill that President Joe Biden is expected to sign into law today will increase pressure on U.S. liquefied natural gas exporters to reduce methane emissions. But the extent of those reductions is an open question, thanks to a series of exemptions in the bill that could allow LNG facilities to skirt a new fee on methane leaks.

The effects of high overnight temperatures, especially on vulnerable populations, concern heat and climate experts Dr. Ashley Ward and Dr. Luke Parsons as much as the hot and muggy summer days.

Climate change is having an impact on how North Carolinians live and work. That’s according to ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ researchers, who said in a recent virtual media briefing with the media that some of the worst effects are due to long summer heatwaves.

The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that we must substantially reduce emissions from burning fossil fuels and simultaneously increase removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by land and ocean reservoirs.

Duke professors brief media on hurricane preparation in NC

A ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½-led research team has used acoustic tags to eavesdrop on pilot whales as they forage in waters off Cape Hatteras, N.C. Vocalizations and echoes recorded by the tags reveals the whales alter their hunting behaviors based on the local environment, a trait that may contribute to the species’ success in adapting to shifting prey distributions and other changes now occurring in the world’s oceans.

Master of Environmental Management students Sashoy Milton and Reema Garabadu worked at Earthjustice this summer.

Natasha Jacob, a Master of Environmental Management student, spent her summer at The Wilderness Society as a Stanback Water Pathways Fellow.