Lehigh University Environmental Studies

Congratulations to Amanda Chandless, this year's recipient of the Environmental Studies Trembley Award for excellence in scholarship and community service!

Professor Owain Lawson took his HIST/EVST 108 Climate & Energy class on a field trip to the No. 9 Coal Mine in Lansford, PA

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1114987

Lehigh University researchers propose new solutions to address climate change risks Researchers with Lehigh University’s Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience, led by anthropologist David G. Casagrande, have identified two urgent challenges the United States faces in adapting to climate change: a potential disaster insurance crisis and the lack of comprehensive reloc...

https://global.lehigh.edu/news/lehigh-university-united-nations-un-climate-summit-week

Lehigh becomes only university invited to global U.N. Climate Summit | International Affairs | Lehigh University Lehigh University made history as the only university invited to the United Nations Climate Summit, part of a landmark week that also saw students engage in high-level UN meetings on women’s rights, public health, and global leadership.

https://www.wdiy.org/show/perspectives/2024-08-23/poor-mother-earth-how-the-planet-we-know-is-changing-with-dork-sahagian-perspectives

"Poor Mother Earth": How the Planet We Know Is Changing with Dork Sahagian | Perspectives John Pearce is joined by Lehigh University Professor Dork Sahagian to talk about how the Earth is being changed by global warming and what solutions still exist.

Environmental Studies in Ecuador

Lehigh Launch students get hands-on learning experience in Ecuador | International Affairs | Lehigh University Lehigh Launch Ecuador is an experiential, integrative learning experience for first-year Lehigh University students

EI in the news! https://www.mcall.com/2023/06/13/your-view-will-bethlehem-finally-stand-up-to-the-landfill-and-stop-forever-chemicals-from-entering-the-lehigh-river/?fbclid=IwAR339i9Y-wmMy8vaxuW-aAxhn_K8YFxFaHqS4UqkhNGbrNTEqnp2_5lG2YE

Your View: Will Bethlehem finally stand up to the landfill and stop “forever chemicals” from entering the Lehigh River? Bethlehem’s unique role in processing the landfill’s leachate now offers the city another chance to be an environmental ally by taking action against the expansion.

Environmental Studied major Sophie Collins publishes Op-Ed about Bethlehem Landfill

Bethlehem fails to act against landfill expansion, contradicts city’s Climate Action Plan By Sophie Collins, a senior at Lehigh University studying economics and environmental studies

The Environmental Initiative hosted Ruth Santiago as our Earth Month speaker. Fantastic!

‘Decarbonize, decentralize, democratize’: Environmental attorney, advocate Ruth Santiago speaks at Lehigh Puerto Rico's electrical grid has been devastated by hurricanes due to worsening climate change. Ruth Santiago, a Bethlehem native, has a solution.

Environmental Studies student Annie Balles sends this good news about the Bear Ears National Monument from her internship at the Bureau of Land Management.
https://www.blm.gov/blog/2022-06-30/federal-and-tribal-leaders-formalize-agreement-cooperative-management-bears-ears