Environmental and Natural Resource Management

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Today's Drinking Water Quality Challenges Require New Approaches
Despite advances in technology and increasing regulation, many in the United States still face challenges accessing safe drinking water. Keeping America's water safe requires new approaches to monitoring, tracking, and treatment.
Aug 28, 2024

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Building Flood Resilience: A Grand Challenge for U.S. Water Policy
Flooding has become the most expensive and frequent disaster in the United States. Since 2000, flooding events occur almost daily, and the cost of inland flooding alone in 2023 was nearly $200 billion. Managing flood risk requires transformations in land use, regulation, insurance, and financing.
Aug 9, 2024
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NATO Needs to Align on Supply of Critical Raw Materials
Of particular concern to NATO leaders are mounting threats to the critical raw materials that alliance members need to sustain their militaries, defense industries, and wider economies. Given an uncertain geopolitical future ahead, NATO should move now to ensure the supply of critical materials.
Jun 25, 2024
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'Circular' Economic Development Projects Could Build Common Ground
A robust and future-proof regional economy is a goal that virtually everyone in southwest Pennsylvania can agree upon. Which sustainable industries would most benefit the region in economic, social, and environmental terms?
May 24, 2024
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In the Congo: Applying Research to Issues of Poverty and Servitude
The Democratic Republic of the Congo faces a series of seemingly intractable issues that have left much of its population in poverty and servitude to multinational mining interests. International engagement and research could help.
Apr 17, 2024
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Not Enough to Just Replace Lead Pipes
From late 2023 to early 2024, residents of St. Croix were directed to drink bottled water and then to boil their water to be sure it was safe after testing found elevated levels of lead and severe discoloration in parts of the water distribution system. As the drinking water emergency on St. Croix moves out of crisis stage, officials will need to build public trust and a resilient water system.
Mar 1, 2024
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IUU Fishing: A Maritime Security Threat Requiring Unique Solutions
Fish depreciate, have tighter profit margins than drugs, and have a consumer base that can impact demand. Using the weak points in illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing business models to decrease profitability won't solve IUU fishing worldwide, but it can decrease IUU fishing.
Feb 8, 2024
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Critical Minerals Can Pave the Road to More Robust International Development
In the developing world, mineral extraction and processing has historically caused not just environmental contamination but also corruption and displacement of local livelihoods. There are opportunities to improve the way companies from the Global North approach critical mineral projects there.
Jan 12, 2024
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Testing the Waters: Using Wastewater Surveillance as an Early Warning System
A global consortium to fund sentinel and community surveillance systems and enable global data sharing was established at a recent wastewater surveillance conference. Success will require bringing together the knowledge being amassed to combat the fracturing of pathogen surveillance and to enable effective early warning between countries.
Dec 13, 2023
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COP28: How Latin America and the Caribbean Could Benefit from Reducing Emissions
How can countries break down regulatory barriers, secure climate financing, and engage leaders, stakeholders, and citizens at every level to dispel the false choice between a cleaner future and a brighter future?
Dec 12, 2023
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An Affordable Energy Transition Will Require Supportive and Sensible Regulation
The transition to decarbonize the grid and to electrify end uses to reduce emissions will be challenging, and customer bills may increase in the short term. Regulators can help to keep utilities financially healthy and make a smoother energy transition possible.
Nov 13, 2023
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After Maui Fires, Food Security Is a Major Concern and Opportunity
The full impact of the deadly Maui fires on food resilience strategies remains to be seen. But the disaster highlights an urgent need for a systems-based approach to address both food security and wildfire prevention.
Sep 6, 2023
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The Arctic Is Our Last Global Commons—Let's Manage Its Fisheries Properly
It is time to create a multilateral Arctic fisheries management plan before a moratorium on fishing in Arctic high seas sunsets in 2037. Agreements can lead to economic and food security for partners; a lack of coordination will lead to conflict, environmental degradation, and overfishing. The clock is ticking.
Jun 30, 2023
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We Aren't Helpless in the Face of Increasing Fires and Smoke
Modernizing, better funding, and expanding wildland firefighting forces in North America won't make fires or smoke magically disappear. A massive paradigm shift is necessary. But it's clear something needs to happen immediately too.
Jun 12, 2023
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Do Car Companies Know Where Their Critical Minerals Come From?
The initial slate of electric vehicles qualifying for a new federal tax credit was announced in April. Key to eligibility is the source of critical minerals used in their batteries. While the list of acceptable nations of origin is still being worked out, there's an important practical question the IRS should ask: Do carmakers really know where their critical minerals come from?
Apr 28, 2023
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Militaries, Metals, and Mining
Securing access to supply, increasing global and domestic capacity, and diversifying supply chains for critical minerals should be at the top of the agenda for both nations and private industry. Failure could jeopardize climate mitigation strategies and U.S. military readiness.
Apr 18, 2023

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Ukraine's Kursk offensive was a tactical masterstroke that changed the geometry of the battlefield by extending Russian lines and obliging them to rethink their force allocation assumptions. This changes the military calculus.

Ann Marie Dailey

Policy Researcher

Source: The National Interest

While it may not be obvious to patients, AI is already integrated into daily health care systems, from predicting which patients are likely to develop infections to forecasting missed appointments. Other uses are not fully developed: while ChatGPT has demonstrated success on a number of medical board exams, hospitals are not outsourcing actual medical care to computers yet.

Shira H. Fischer

Physician Policy Researcher

Source: rand.org

What Teachers Think of School Safety and Lockdown Drills

The Veterans Left Behind: Eligibility for VA Benefits and Other Than Honorable Discharges

Ukraine's 'Masterstroke' Kursk Offensive Is About Geometry, not Geography

Disinformation May Thrive as Transparency Deteriorates Across Social Media

Climate Change and Critical Infrastructure: Assessing the Risks and Identifying Mitigation Strategies

The Policy Currents Podcast

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Assessing and Articulating the Wider Benefits of Research

Improving Access to Early Childhood Education

Environmental and Natural Resource Management

Today's Drinking Water Quality Challenges Require New Approaches

Building Flood Resilience: A Grand Challenge for U.S. Water Policy

NATO Needs to Align on Supply of Critical Raw Materials

'Circular' Economic Development Projects Could Build Common Ground

In the Congo: Applying Research to Issues of Poverty and Servitude

Not Enough to Just Replace Lead Pipes

IUU Fishing: A Maritime Security Threat Requiring Unique Solutions

Critical Minerals Can Pave the Road to More Robust International Development

Testing the Waters: Using Wastewater Surveillance as an Early Warning System

COP28: How Latin America and the Caribbean Could Benefit from Reducing Emissions

An Affordable Energy Transition Will Require Supportive and Sensible Regulation

After Maui Fires, Food Security Is a Major Concern and Opportunity

The Arctic Is Our Last Global Commons—Let's Manage Its Fisheries Properly

We Aren't Helpless in the Face of Increasing Fires and Smoke

Do Car Companies Know Where Their Critical Minerals Come From?

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