http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/newsreleases.html News Releases from the Nicholas Institute of Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University en-us http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-offsetseries.html The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University has launched a new series of briefs that assesses how best to use offsets to incorporate greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation from sectors and actors outside a regulatory policy.  http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-ccppoffsets.html A new paper by the Climate Change Policy Partnership (CCPP) at Duke University addresses a critical question facing forest managers and policymakers hoping to employ forests to help capture carbon: What are the real differences among the different approaches to forest carbon accounting? http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-offsetspolicy.html North Carolina’s millions of hogs produce vast quantities of methane gas which in turn add to global warming woes. Now, a diverse group of committed organizations is mapping out news ways to limit the impact of these gases on climate change. http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-offsetspolicy.html As the U.S. Senate prepares to debate the Lieberman-Warner “America’s Climate Security Act,” a new report from the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University offers a practical option for designing a nationwide greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets policy that meets environmental goals without creating a process so onerous it discourages participation. http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-sciencedebate.html Bill Holman, director of state policy at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, has been elected chair of the North Carolina State Water Infrastructure Commission. http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-sciencedebate.html Scientists, communicators and educators at universities and associations nationwide have launched a new initiative, ScienceDebate2008, to encourage presidential candidates to take part in a public debate on science and technology prior to the general election this November. http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-holmanaward.html The Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition (HRWC) of Georgia and North Carolina has named a new stewardship award in honor of Bill Holman, director of state policy at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University. http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-forum.html The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University is partnering with seven statewide organizations to host a public forum on water issues in North Carolina for gubernatorial candidates from 1 to 4 p.m., March 25. http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-c2offsets.html The Environmental Law Program at Harvard Law School, the Harvard University Center on Environment, and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University will hold a day-long conference on April 11, 2008 focused on the design of carbon trading schemes, with particular attention to offsets. http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-courses.html Staff members at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions are teaching three courses for Duke University graduate and undergraduate students this semester. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/01/darwinsecurity.html Organisms have figured out 'millions of ways' to keep themselves safe, says a Duke ecologist who has co-edited a book on that theme with an international security expert http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/11/water.html After last week’s rains, in which as much as five or six inches fell on parts of the Triangle, is it still important to conserve water? While some numbers are indicating that water consumption was on the way back up after the rain, Duke experts say conservation measures are still needed. http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/news/ns-csi.html Duke University today announced the establishment of the new Duke Corporate Sustainability Initiative (CSI), an interdisciplinary initiative designed to examine corporate environmental practices from the perspectives of both business strategy and public policy. http://news.duke.edu/2007/09/waterpolicy.html At a time when all 100 counties in North Carolina are experiencing some degree of drought, a new report from Duke University identifies six long-term strategies for improving the management and conservation of water resources in the Tar Heel State. http://news.duke.edu/2007/07/carbontrade.html A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators considered critical to the passage of legislation to limit U.S. greenhouse gas emissions offered a proposal Tuesday to reduce costs and provide oversight to the new emissions permit trading market. The plan was developed with analysis provided by the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions of Duke University. http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-bipartisanclimate.html The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University lauded the announcement of Senator Joseph Lieberman’s (I-Conn.) and Senator John Warner’s (R-Va.) declaration of their intent to draft a bipartisan cap-and-trade bill to curb greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming. http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/ghgoffsetsguide/pressrelease.html Comprehensive technical guide will provide detailed assistance for farmers, foresters seeking to participate in future U.S. carbon markets http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/05/conocophillips.html The partnership is a four-year initiative launched last year by Duke University and Duke Energy to pool the expertise of the university with other concerned partners in the corporate and academic worlds http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-cleanmarina.html The Duke University Marine Lab marina in Beaufort, N.C., has been certified as a North Carolina Clean Marina. The certification means that the Marine Lab meets statewide standards for environmentally sound marina operations, and can fly the Clean Marina flag as a signal to boaters that it cares about the cleanliness of surrounding waterways. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/04/earthday.html Duke University will hold its annual Earth Day Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 20, on the Student Plaza outside the Bryan Center on West Campus. The event is free and open to the public. http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-carboncapture.html Study by Duke University environmental economists finds carbon capture and sequestration possible to pursue even in the geologically unsuited Southeast region. http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-murraypress.html Brian C. Murray, director for economic analysis at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, gave two invited presentations at a weeklong New York Times Institute of the Environment-sponsored seminar for journalists earlier this month in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-murrayprofeta.html Brian C. Murray and Tim Profeta of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University gave invited addresses at the Forestry and Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Modeling Forum, March 5-8, at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, W.Va. http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/02/waterconf.html North Carolina Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, and more than 200 representatives from government, industry and environmental organizations will examine the issue at "The Future of Water in North Carolina: Strategies for Sustaining Abundant and Clean Water," a March 1 conference sponsored by the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University. http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/02/meadwestvaco.html Global packaging company MeadWestvaco Corporation has pledged $1 million to support an industry-university collaboration that is working to develop policies to address the problems of global climate change, Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead announced Monday. http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/01/oceanpolicytip.html The Joint Ocean Commission Initiatives second annual report card on U.S. ocean policy underscores the need to change how the nation manages and protects its marine resources, a Duke University environmental policy expert says. http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/institute/news-climatepolicy.html The announcement that 10 major corporations have formed a partnership with four environmental groups to seek a U.S. cap on greenhouse gas emissions is a sign that the door is now officially open to develop climate policy that is sensible, fair and promotes economic opportunity, a Duke University environmental policy expert says. http://dukenews.duke.edu/2007/01/profeta_tip.html Prospects for climate-change legislation are gaining momentum in Washington D.C., but what lies ahead is the hard work of designing the carbon market in a way that is both environmentally and economically viable, a Duke University environmental policy expert says.