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April 28, 2021
Jennifer Haverkamp, director of the Graham Sustainability Institute, spoke about the United States’ ambitious climate goal to cut emissions in half by 2030. “There are encouraging signs in terms of some of the legislation that has been proposed … but it still will be a heavy lift because of our history of political divisiveness on this topic.”
TRT World (Turkey) -
April 28, 2021
“As promises for greenhouse gas reductions become more ambitious … forecasts projecting that nuclear may contribute at most 10 percent of the global energy supply by 2050 are not ambitious enough,” wrote Todd Allen, professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences. “These analyses … don’t take emerging nuclear technologies into account.”
The Hill -
April 27, 2021
“The participation rate fell much more sharply than usual during the recent downturn, suggesting there are millions of workers waiting for the end of the pandemic — or the emergence of job opportunities — to jump back into the labor market,” said Justin Wolfers, professor of economics and public policy.
NBC News -
April 27, 2021
“Why are we forcing people who have been exonerated to go back to court and prove their innocence again?” said Megan Richardson, research fellow at the Michigan Innocence Clinic, commenting on a state law that requires newly freed individuals to prove their innocence through “clear and convincing evidence,” when a lower bar of proof, “preponderance of evidence,” is usually the standard in civil cases.
The Detroit News -
April 27, 2021
“As kids return to playing sports, it’s critical that teams and facilities enforce COVID guidelines to keep players, coaches and families as safe as possible and to reduce community spread,” said Sarah Clark, associate director of the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health.
WDIV/Detroit -
April 26, 2021
“They have re-reviewed claims and then they send out these bills. They say, ‘Hey, just kidding! We don’t think you were entitled to the money we already paid you,’” said Rachael Kohl, director of the Workers’ Rights Clinic at the Law School, who has had calls from hundreds of people who were ordered to pay back their jobless benefits because Michigan’s unemployment agency changed eligibility criteria.
MLive -
April 26, 2021
The Netherlands — where dams and storm surge barriers are adaptable — holds lessons for the U.S., says Jeremy Bricker, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering: “Building infrastructure today that will be strong enough to manage the extreme scenarios the nation might see a century from now can be expensive. But what if infrastructure were instead designed to meet shorter-term needs and also be easily adapted later for the future climate?”
GreenBiz -
April 26, 2021
“I would consider yourself still at risk if you’re … still unvaccinated. Those are the populations in each state that are really making up the majority of cases that are coming into the hospital and getting really, really sick,” said Payal Patel, assistant professor of internal medicine and infectious diseases. “It’s really up to us. It’s up to how many people will get vaccinated and how quickly that rollout can happen.”
CBS News -
April 23, 2021
“If nothing else, the pandemic has proven the importance of education and research,” said U-M President Mark Schlissel. “Imagine if this were 50 or 60 years ago. We would not have known what the virus was, we wouldn’t have sequenced its genome, we wouldn’t have a diagnostic test, and we certainly wouldn’t have a vaccine in less than a year. So, this mission of the university is critical.”
Michigan Radio -
April 23, 2021
“For me, justice is about the preservation of Black life, not efforts of accountability after it’s been taken. I don’t want it to be confused that indictment is justice, that a verdict is justice. Justice is about George Floyd still being here,” said Charles H.F. Davis III, assistant professor of education.
Inside Higher Ed
