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#4: Dr. Cameron Wake

Dr. Cameron Wake, a research associate professor in climatology at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space at the University of New Hampshire, leads a research program investigating regional climate and environmental change

EPI Insights: Data Gaps

Over the past 20 years, there has been a steady growth in the collection and use of data on environmental performance.

A Letter from Singapore

Center Director Professor Dan Esty traveled to Singapore earlier this year to spend several weeks as a visiting lecturer at the Yale-NUS College. Esty spent the first half of the spring 2018 semester teaching, while also engaging with scholars and stakeholders at events across Singapore to explore issues related to international climate change law and policy.

Carbon Pricing in Perspective: Paris Agreement Implementation in North America

By Lucian Go

C40 and Yale Team Up at COP21 to Energize City-Scale Financing in Order to Deliver More Climate Action

This blog was originally published on the C40 Blog on December 10, 2015.

Climate Change Regulations for the 21st Century

This blog was originally published on RegBlog on November 30, 2015.

A Look at the Complexity of Fracking in North Dakota

By Eugene Rusyn, YLS ’17

Cataloguing Impacts Of The Shale Boom: A Foundation For Local Governance

by guest author Christopher Halfnight, F&ES ‘15

Trying Not To Fall Through The Fracking Governance Gap

by Josh Galperin, Associate Director

Fracking News: Texas Bans Bans

by Josh Galperin, Associate Director

Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed a law that prohibits local governments from banning hydraulic fracturing within their borders. The new law also limits the ability of local governments to regulate other aspects of fracking, such as drilling location. This new policy is not a complete surprise. In fall 2014, voters in Denton, Texas approved a city-wide ban on hydraulic fracturing. The first such ban in Texas, it caused a storm of criticism and new attention to the role of local governments in managing fracking.