Project Budbreak studies climate change locally
The Cornell project encourages concerned citizens to study the effects of global warming on plants in their own backyards. (July 3, 2008)

Quagga mussels threaten western U.S. waters, researcher reports
Pipe-clogging invasive mussels caused up to $1.5 billion in damage across 23 states between 1989 and 2007, said senior extension associate Chuck O'Neill told a House subcommittee, June 24. (July 1, 2008)

Creating business opportunities with the world's poor
The Johnson School's Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise is helping to alleviate poverty by partnering multinational corporations with local communities in poor areas of the world. (June 25, 2008)

Sustainability center requests proposals for fund program
The Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future is looking for innovative ideas on sustainability for its new Academic Venture Fund program. (June 25, 2008)

Agriculture's local impact is more than economic, study finds
Agriculture is important for generating jobs and income, but it also improves quality of life, according to a Cornell study that asked New Yorkers about the value of local agriculture. (June 24, 2008)

Cornell receives national award for its bioenergy initiatives
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell will receive a Grand Challenge award June 19 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its bioenergy vision paper. (June 6, 2008)

Letter to the Editor: Less fuel consumption is most critical
Greater vehicle fuel efficiency and conservation efforts will be essential for biofuels to successfully reduce use of fossil fuels. (May 30, 2008)

CU faculty to offer insights for water problems in Greece
Cornell faculty members Gail Holst-Warhaft and Tammo Steenhuis will meet with government leaders, activists and academics in Greece this summer to discuss the water-scarcity problem in the Mediterranean. (May 27, 2008)

New grants to create fabrics that render toxic chemicals harmless
Cornell fiber scientist Juan Hinestroza is working with the U.S. government to create fabrics made of functional nanofibers that would decompose toxic industrial chemicals into harmless byproducts. (May 22, 2008)

Multidisciplinary project builds green community in Hawaii
CU Green, a project team designing a sustainable community in Hawaii, includes engineering, architecture and business students. (May 22, 2008)

Green home design company wins Johnson School competition
FreeGreen was founded by a group of Cornell alumni who met as student-team leaders for the 2005 Solar Decathlon Team. (May 22, 2008)

Fuel cells: distant dream, but burning with promise
The Cornell Fuel Cell Institute brings together an interdisciplinary team from eight faculty research groups to make fuel cells practical as an everyday source of clean energy. (May 14, 2008)

'Farm kid from Wisconsin' fights bugs with bugs
Mike Hoffmann, director of the Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station, oversees $5.1 million in research projects and helps create a 'culture of sustainability' on campus. (May 9, 2008)

How new U.S. biofuel legislation will subsidize oil consumption
Harry de Gorter and David Just, both Cornell professors of applied economics and management, argue that U.S. energy legislation meant to encourage ethanol production actually subsidizes oil consumption. (May 9, 2008)

Cornell researchers share their climate change research
A Cornell mini-conference on climate change was designed to build bridges across disciplines and departments, so faculty and staff could learn what others are doing and collaborate. (May 7, 2008)

Green energy: Alum teaches course on renewable fuel sources
The School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering introduced a new course this year on renewable fuels, taught by Samir Somaiya, executive director of the Godavari Sugar Mills Ltd. in India. (May 7, 2008)

Max Zhang uses cities as air-quality laboratories
The assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering studies the nanoparticles emitted from cars, trucks and power plants, and his latest 'lab' is Olympic city Beijing. (May 1, 2008)

Chu calls for international cooperation to fight climate change
Steven Chu, who received the 1997 Nobel Prize for 'development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light,' delivered the 2008 Hans A. Bethe lecture at Cornell April 16. (April 23, 2008)

'Planet doctor' warns that climate change will wipe out species
Eminent conservation biologist Thomas Lovejoy warns of dire consequences from global warming, April 18, at the Museum of the Earth. (April 22, 2008)

Smart buoys warn ships of endangered whales
Endangered North Atlantic right whales are safer along Massachusetts Bay's busy shipping lanes this spring, thanks to a new system of buoys that recognize whales' distinctive calls. (April 22, 2008)

Roger Ellis '73 volunteers in Russia for Farmer-to-Farmer
The Cornell alumnus last traveled to Russia to volunteer on dairy farms through Farmer-to-Farmer, a USAID program. (April 22, 2008)

Wirth calls for major changes in global politics
To combat global climate change, we need to change the rules underlying global politics and economics, said Timothy Wirth, president of the U.N. Foundation and Better World Fund, April 17. (April 21, 2008)

Boyce Thompson researchers help rescue a Costa Rican rain forest
Researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Sciences at Cornell are doing what many thought was impossible: reviving a rain forest that was demolished 50 years ago. (April 17, 2008)

Sustainability workshop with Tsinghua University is April 29-30
A group of delegates from Tsinghua University will travel to Ithaca to attend the workshop, titled 'Sustainable Development: Water Resources, Energy and the Environment.' (April 11, 2008)

Former bird lab artist-in-residence pens climate book for kids
Lynne Cherry has published 'How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming,' which was influenced by her stay at Cornell. (April 10, 2008)

Bethe lecturer Steven Chu has good and bad news about energy
The conservation and renewable energy technologies we have now will probably not be enough, but hopeful new technologies, such as converting biomass into fuel are under study, Chu says. (April 9, 2008)

Engineering alumni conference focuses on sustainability
Solving the world's energy problems isn't just about research into new technologies, and neither is Cornell research on sustainability, a group of experts told Cornell engineering alumni. (April 1, 2008)

Bird watchers help the Great Backyard Bird Count set new records
More checklists submitted and more species identified than ever before made this year's Great Backyard Bird Count a banner year. (April 1, 2008)

Cornell planning students map New Orleans' 9th Ward
Students in a city and regional planning course conducted a detailed survey of part of New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward during spring break to assist ongoing recovery and resettlement efforts there. (March 26, 2008)

Student's effort leads to sewing frenzy, 'green' light giveaway
Many hands are stitching together a project that gives a compact fluorescent light bulb and reusable tote bag to the 1,400 households in Caroline, N.Y., thanks to a bright idea promoted by Shawn Lindabury '09. (March 25, 2008)

Will maple days move from March to January with global warming?
This year, Maple Weekend is March 29-30, but by 2080, it could be as early as Jan. 29-30 in northern New York, say climate change experts. (March 24, 2008)

CU's sustainability center is a commitment to global initiative
The center, chosen as Cornell's sustainability commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative, will coordinate its research to develop practical solutions to the world's sustainability problems. (March 20, 2008)

Professor's eco-friendly company draws skateboard firm to Ithaca
Thanks to innovative research by Cornell's Anil Netravali, Comet Skateboards is making completely biodegradable boards. The company has since moved its manufacturing operation to Ithaca. (March 19, 2008)

Eco-Fashion Team turns T-shirts into an original recycled ensemble
The Eco-Fashion Team from Cornell's Office of Publications and Marketing has won prizes in this year's Green T Reuse Design Contest, an Ithaca-based project of SewGreen. (March 19, 2008)

Area teachers learn how to teach about climate change
About 20 area schoolteachers attended a workshop at Cornell March 14 to learn ways to teach climate change from a global perspective. (March 18, 2008)

Wanted: Volunteers to measure rain or snow in their backyards
State weather watchers are looking for amateur weather buffs to measure and record the daily precipitation that falls in their backyards. Training for volunteers will be held March 29 at Cornell. (March 18, 2008)

$6 million research lab will produce ethanol and other biofuels
Construction has begun on a state-of-the art Biofuels Research Lab that will convert perennial grasses and woody biomass into ethanol thanks to a $10 million grant awarded to Professor Larry Walker. (March 6, 2008)

CU engineering conference to focus on sustainable energy
The 25th annual Cornell Engineering Alumni Association Conference, March 28-29, will focus on alternative energy research and economics. (Feb. 21, 2008)

Cornell researchers investigate mass bat deaths
First it was bees that were mysteriously dying. Now it's bats. To help diagnose the problem, NYDEC scientists are sending samples to Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine. (Feb. 20, 2008)

Calling all N.Y. forest owners: Free help for managing forests
Cornell Cooperative Extension is launching the Regional Forestry Initiative in 13 New York counties to help more forest owners better manage their arboreal holdings. (Feb. 13, 2008)

Acid rain is critical to climate change studies, says scientist
Acid rain is not only changing soil chemistry, it is impacting climate change and depleting the soil of calcium, said a U.S. Geological Survey scientist, speaking on campus Jan. 25. (Jan. 30, 2008)

What goes down the drain rarely goes away
Toxic chemicals from households and industry persist in the environment because they end up in sewage sludge. Though pathogens are removed in treatment plants, there are no requirements for chemicals, which contaminate sludge. (Jan. 29, 2008)

Researchers develop 'one-pot' porous surfaces for fuel cells
Cornell researchers have developed a 'one-pot' process to create porous films of crystalline metal oxides that could lead to more-efficient fuel cells and solar cells. (Jan. 28, 2008)

Cornell joins N.Y. state solar energy consortium
Cornell will join five other universities in providing research support to The Solar Energy Consortium. This research partnership between colleges and solar energy companies will help advance New York's solar industry. (Jan. 18, 2008)