On the Environment Blog

December 14, 2020
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued a final rule that imposed new limits on proxy voting for private employee benefit plans’...
October 19, 2020
This month marks the paperback release of A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future, a book edited by Center for Environmental Law & Policy...
June 15, 2020
This June, four authors from “A Better Planet: Pathways to a Sustainable Future” joined Center Director Dan Esty, Yale FES Dean Indy Burke, and special guest...
February 26, 2020
An opinion piece by Taryn Akiyama, Center Research Assistant  This year, 38 students from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies attended the...
February 17, 2020
The United States is in the midst of an environmental watershed moment - the U.S. has announced its intent to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, and there...
November 23, 2019
In early November, the Center hosted two inspirational women for a panel on “Delivering Innovation for a Clean Energy Future.” Steph Spiers is the co-founder...
November 18, 2019
Carbon offsets are a widely-used tool in greenhouse gas mitigation efforts. Companies, governments, and other entities can compensate for their emissions by...