State of the Planet

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  • Life After Coal: The Decline and Rise of West Virginia Coal Country

    Life After Coal: The Decline and Rise of West Virginia Coal Country

    Areas formerly reliant on fossil fuel extraction can reinvent themselves and remain relevant in a decarbonizing economy. West Virginia shows that ignoring the need for that transition for too long results in unnecessary pain.

  • Inside the ISDRC: A Perspective of a Planner and Participant

    The Earth Institute at Columbia University, in partnership with the United Nations Division of Sustainable Development (UNDSD), will host the 17th annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference (ISDRC). The conference will take place in Alfred J. Lerner Hall from May 8 to 10, 2011. Consilience, the journal of Sustainable Development at Columbia University, sat down…

  • Life After Coal: The Decline and Rise of West Virginia Coal Country

    Life After Coal: The Decline and Rise of West Virginia Coal Country

    Areas formerly reliant on fossil fuel extraction can reinvent themselves and remain relevant in a decarbonizing economy. West Virginia shows that ignoring the need for that transition for too long results in unnecessary pain.

  • Inside the ISDRC: A Perspective of a Planner and Participant

    The Earth Institute at Columbia University, in partnership with the United Nations Division of Sustainable Development (UNDSD), will host the 17th annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference (ISDRC). The conference will take place in Alfred J. Lerner Hall from May 8 to 10, 2011. Consilience, the journal of Sustainable Development at Columbia University, sat down…