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Rethinking Disaster Risk Mitigation in an Increasingly Uncertain World
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Open to the PublicEnvironmental Policy Students Win Competitive Fellowships and Scholarships
| by Jason Warburg and Edy Rhodes
Students in the International Environmental Policy program were awarded numerous fellowships and scholarships that will support field research and learning opportunities around the world.
The New Climate Bill’s Ripple Effect on Oceans
| by Jason Scorse & David Helvarge in the Progressive
The Inflation Reduction Act might be the most comprehensive climate policy in U.S. history, but it’s still not enough. Op-Ed by Center for the Blue Economy Director Jason Scorse and Blue Frontier Executive Director David Helvarg.
How I Got Hired: Program Manager, the Waitt Institute
| by Emily Stokes
International Environmental Policy alumna Emily Stokes describes how checking job boards, taking advantage of IPSS, and working the MIIS network led to her current job.
The White House Announces "America's First-Ever Ocean Climate Action Plan"
On June 8th, 2022, World Ocean Day, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the creation of a whole-of-government Ocean Climate Action Plan. The Center for the Blue Economy, Blue Frontier, and our coalition of Ocean Climate Action partners celebrate this announcement! Is it coincidence that they have titled it the Ocean Climate Action Plan? We think not!
$555 to Stay Alive: Billions Needed for Ocean Climate Action
There is renewed momentum for the Senate to use the budget reconciliation process to pass climate legislation. Ocean-based climate solutions are key to solving the climate crisis, and there is no time to waste. We may not have another chance like this for many years to come!
Ice Plant=Climate Change: Kamryn You Mak is a Planet Forward StoryFest Finalist
The story of climate change is not a simple one, not easy to tell. Middlebury student Kamryn You Mak weaves a readable, light, yet profound tale, as she connects the deep threads and through lines of a changing planet to her own experience in her article “Ice Plant = Climate Change,” a Planet Forward StoryFest 2022 finalist.
Clever Whales and the Violent Fight for Fish on the Line
In an article for Hakai Magazine, International Environmental Policy student Nick Rahaim ’22 describes the conflict between global fisheries and the hungry whales that eat their catch.