Eating Invaders (and Other Strategies for Managing Invasive Species)

Eating Invaders (and Other Strategies for Managing Invasive Species)

To the untrained eye, invasive species blend into the environment, so unless they are incredibly ugly (snakehead anyone?) — or trendy (bacon-wrapped wild boar chops?) — they’re not often a topic of conversation. But invasive species, from bamboo and eucalyptus to Asian carp and zebra mussels, disrupt their environments and have serious ecological impacts. In this podcast, Josh Galperin, associate director of the Yale Center of Environmental Law & Policy, and Connie Vogelmann, Yale Law School ’14, discuss invasive species management, highlighting one troubling trend — eating invaders — that may have unintended consequences.

Reporting on Energy and the Environment: a Conversation with Kate Galbraith

Reporting on Energy and the Environment: a Conversation with Kate Galbraith

In the first of a two-part podcast, Kate Galbraith, an energy and environment reporter formerly with the Texas Tribune, visits with Center research assistant Rachel Lipstein about environmental journalism, her recently released book, The Great Texas Wind Rush, and the key environmental issues she covered in Texas, including water use and energy.

Global Air Quality: Knowledge Gaps and Data Challenges

Global Air Quality: Knowledge Gaps and Data Challenges

Air pollution is a topic of global concern, and in rapidly developing counties — such as China — news of extreme pollution levels dominates headlines. In this podcast Angel Hsu, Environmental Performance Index project director, visits with NASA climate scientist Drew Shindell and environmental policy expert Marc Levy about knowledge gaps and data challenges in global air quality monitoring, and how better monitoring can lead to better policy.

Urbanization in the Developing World: a Conversation with Angel Hsu

Urbanization in the Developing World: a Conversation with Angel Hsu

China’s environmental situation is frequently scrutinized both within China and across the world. In the second half of a two-part podcast Angel Hsu, a China expert completing her PhD this May at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, discusses urbanization in China and India and China’s push to develop sustainable ecocities.

China and the Environment: a Conversation with Angel Hsu

China and the Environment: a Conversation with Angel Hsu

China’s environmental situation is frequently scrutinized both within China and across the world. In the first half of a two-part podcast Angel Hsu, a China expert completing her PhD this May at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, offers an overview of the key environmental issues in the country, how the government is addressing them, and the way Chinese citizens are mobilizing to push for better transparency about the state of their environment.

Parenting the Planet: a Conversation with Sarah Krakoff

Parenting the Planet: a Conversation with Sarah Krakoff

In the first half of a two-part podcast, Center research assistant Sarah Wegmueller visits with Sarah Krakoff, a professor at the University of Colorado School of Law, about her forthcoming book “Parenting the Planet.” The book uses parenting as a frame to explore our relationship to nature in a way that does not depend predominately on individual rational self-interest to explain human motivation.

American Indian Law & the Environment: a Conversation with Sarah Krakoff

American Indian Law & the Environment: a Conversation with Sarah Krakoff

In the second half of a two-part podcast, Center research assistant Sarah Wegmueller visits with Sarah Krakoff, a professor at the University of Colorado School of Law, about American Indian law and environmental values and policy.