William H. Schlesinger  

News Clips:

• July 05, 2006 - A Very Tiny Future --Earthwatch Radio
• May 30, 2006 - Poison Ivy's Itch Rises with Bad Air --Atlanta Journal Constitution
• May 30, 2006 - A More Poisionous Poision Ivy, --NY Times
• October 26, 2004 - Fuel-efficient cars enough to curb US greenhouse gases --News@Nature.com
• March 05, 2004 - How Sound is Bush's 'Sound Science' --Chronicle of Higher Education
• February 18, 2004 - Pimm and Schlesinger Join Group of Concerned Scientists Monitoring Environmental Policy -

News Releases - Duke:

• September 20, 2006 - Al Gore's Pollution Tax Proposal Makes Sense, Says Duke Expert -
• June 27, 2005 - Schlesinger Reappointed Dean of the Nicholas School -
• May 16, 2005 - Carbon Tax Provides Fairest Incentive For Curbing Global Warming -
• October 25, 2004 - Cars, Not Crops, Should Be Chief Targets in Reducing Greenhouse Gases -
• June 07, 2004 - News Tip: Relaxing Environmental Standards to Lower Gas Prices "Irresponsible" -
• May 24, 2004 - Schlesinger and Pimm Join National Coalition Urging Senators to Support the Climate Stewardship Act -
• May 14, 2004 - Nicholas School Scientists to Brief N.C. Legislature on Local Impact of Global Climate Change -
• February 15, 2004 - Duke Open-Air Experiment Results Could Deflate Hopes That Forests Can Alleviate Global Warming -
• January 05, 2004 - Endurance of Plants Under Quartz Rocks Possible Model for Life on Early Earth -
• December 03, 2003 - Action Needed Now on Global Warming -
• November 20, 2003 - CO2 Research Gets to the Root of Things -
• April 30, 2003 - Duke Environmental Scientist and Statistician Join National Academy -
• February 26, 2003 - Draft Climate Change Plan Lacks Focus, Requires Revisions -
• August 28, 2002 - Schlesinger and Pimm Comment On World Summit on Sustainable Development -
• March 19, 2002 - Dean of Duke's Nicholas School Elected President of Ecological Society of America for 2003 -
• June 11, 2001 - Seventh Symposium On Biogeochemistry Of Wetlands To Bring International Wetland Scientists to Duke -
• May 23, 2001 - Duke Experiment Hints That Not Much Extra Carbon Dioxide Will Be Locked Up In Future Forests' Wood Or Soils -
• February 21, 2001 - Schlesinger Named Nicholas School's Second Dean -
• August 08, 2000 - Spy Satellite Photos Document Desert Plant Invasion -
• May 13, 1999 - Report: High Carbon Dioxide Boosts Duke Forest Growth By 25 Percent -
• August 04, 1998 - Open-Air Experiment Shows High CO2 Boosts Tree Growth -
• April 16, 1997 - Duke Environmental Scientist Supports Clean Air Act Revisions -
• February 13, 1997 - Ecologists See Global Threat in 'Fixed' Nitrogen Emissions from Human Activities -

News Releases - Other:

• April 29, 2003 - 72 New Member Elected to National Science Academy --National Academy of Sciences

News Stories:

• November 27, 2006 - Environment Dean to Become Director of Institute of Ecosystem Studies -
• August 22, 2006 - Schlesinger Named a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America -
• August 21, 2006 - Remarks to Entering Class, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences -
• March 30, 2005 - Partnership Between Environment and Economy Crucial if We Are to Make Progress -
• March 23, 2005 - Nature Paper by William Schlesinger is Named One of Environmental Science’s Most Influential Articles -
• November 19, 2004 - Testimony before the Environment Review Commission, North Carolina State Legislature -
• August 02, 2004 - Presidential Remarks to the Ecological Society of America -
• May 02, 2003 - Student Science Conference on Global Warming, Dartmouth College -
• June 08, 2002 - "Eyes Wide Shut" A Presentation before the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina -

Op-Eds:

• March 01, 2008 - N.C. Should Revoke the Cliffside Permit - -- News and Observer
• March 05, 2007 - An unacceptable loss for Eastern N.C - -- News and Observer
• November 01, 2006 - Carbon Trading - -- Science Magazine
• September 29, 2006 - Scientific Consensus - -- News and Observer
• August 05, 2006 - Make Electric Power Clean, Efficient - -- Winston-Salem Journal
• February 03, 2006 - A cooperative climate - -- News and Observer
• October 04, 2005 - Americans want sensible solutions on environment -
• September 08, 2005 - Can we part the future floodwaters - -- The Herald-Sun
• September 02, 2005 - Putting North Carolina's future in tune with nature - -- News and Observer
• August 03, 2005 - You can't filibuster the climate - -- News and Observer
• April 15, 2005 - Better Mileage for the Atmosphere - -- News and Observer
• July 05, 2004 - Put the sun to work for N.C. - -- News and Observer
• April 14, 2004 - A Blow to Wildlife Protection - -- News and Observer
• April 07, 2004 - Kyoto Treaty is dead and gone - -- The Herald-Sun
• August 30, 2003 - Preserving the environment is a driving concern - -- Winston-Salem Journal
• August 29, 2003 - Exemptions that dilute our sunscreen - -- News and Observer
• July 08, 2003 - Mercury in Our Air - and in Our Fish - -- News and Observer
• May 03, 2003 - Species Worth Defending - -- News and Observer
• November 30, 2002 - Relaxed Standards Threaten NC Air Quality - -- Charlotte Observer
• September 22, 2002 - Warming Up to Disaster - -- Chicago Tribune
• August 15, 2002 - Drought Warns Us to Prepare for Global Warming - -- Charlotte Observer
• August 11, 2002 - Will we be stewards of nature, protectors of earth, or continue to go through life with our ... Eyes Wide Shut? - -- Winston-Salem Journal
• August 04, 2002 - Earth Daze: More heat than light has come from debate over humanity's responsibility to the planet - -- Winston-Salem Journal
• April 23, 2002 - Species we can live without - -- News and Observer

Speeches:

• May 01, 2007 - Testmony to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources -U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources
• September 14, 2006 - Testimony before the North Carolina Utilities Commission -
• October 25, 2005 - Remarks to the NC WARN Forum Transitioning to Safe, Economical Electricity - -- UNC
• February 22, 2005 - Testimony before the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Environment -
• June 18, 2001 - Seventh Annual International Symposium on the Biogeochemistry of Wetlands, "Climate Change, Wetlands and the Global Carbon Cycle" -