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Winston-Salem Journal
NC climate efforts unaffected by court’s EPA ruling
Stan Meiburg, who spent nearly four decades at the EPA, called the state’s across-the-aisle efforts to combat climate change “a very big deal.” “It says in North Carolina, there are Republicans who are concerned enough about climate change and are willing to depart from some perceived orthodoxy,” added Meiburg, now the director of Wake Forest’s graduate programs in sustainability. “I thought that was a very encouraging sign.”
July 10, 2022
Deutschland Radio
US Supreme Court makes fight against climate change more difficult
There has been no revision of the Clean Air Act in 32 years, said Stan Meiburg, a former EPA acting deputy administrator and now director of Wake Forest’s graduate sustainability program. That doesn’t bode well for quick changes to the law in Congress. The decision, he said, goes toward giving federal agencies less discretion to implement measures that actually make sense.
July 8, 2022
Bloomberg Law: Environment
EPA seen as prepared for significant challenges ahead of carbon rules
Stan Meiburg, a former EPA acting deputy administrator and now director of Wake Forest’s graduate sustainability program, said the EPA has been preparing for a range of different decisions for months. “I don’t think this was a surprise. Agency attorneys have been aware this is an issue for a long time. They’ve been anticipating it. So I don’t think it’s a case of, ‘Oh my God, EPA is going to grind to a halt because of this decision.’”
July 7, 2022
Yes! Weekly
Paul Bright: Matter of Style Opens at SECCA July 14
The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) is proud to present Matter of Style, a survey of the past ten years of artist Paul Bright’s work. On view July 14 through October 30, 2022 in SECCA’s Potter Gallery, Matter of Style explores collage as an approach to art-making with works created from found materials in a variety of media. Bright is the Director of Wake Forest University’s Hanes Gallery.
July 7, 2022
Science News
The idea that many people grow following trauma may be a myth
A societal expectation of growth can put tremendous pressure on survivors to hide their suffering, psychology professor Eranda Jayawickreme said. “That yearning for positive outcomes can create “toxic cultural narratives.” Referring to parents who lost a child in the Uvalde mass shooting, he added: “There is something grotesque about this expectation that people could come back from something like this.”
July 6, 2022
Saturday Evening Post Magazine
On a rainy morning in May 1917, residents of Boise, Idaho, opened their city’s newspaper to see column after column of World War I dispatches. One report stood out from the rest. It topped page 4, next to the comics, and offered so many explicit details that it couldn’t help but prick the conscience and arouse patriotic conviction, writes Barry Yeoman, adjunct professor in journalism.
July 6, 2022
NPR Hidden Brain
We’ve all heard the saying, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” But is there any truth to this idea? This week, we explore the concept of post-traumatic growth with psychologist Eranda Jayawickreme. He finds that suffering can have benefits — but not necessarily the ones we expect.
July 4, 2022
USA Today
The Supreme Court handcuffed EPA on climate change. What comes next?
Stan Meiburg, a former deputy administrator at the EPA under the Obama administration, said the West Virginia case largely hinged on a subsection of the Clean Air Act agency employees have long known could be problematic. Though he said the Supreme Court’s decision unduly handicaps the agency, other programs with better precedent, such as those used to increase the fuel efficiency of cars, are more likely to survive. “There will be a chilling effect … but how much of an effect is hard to say,” said Meiburg, who leads Wake Forest’s graduate programs in sustainability.
July 4, 2022
Eagle-Tribune
Nation wrestles with individual rights vs. safety measures in cultural, legislative tug of war
“We have a world of gun owners for whom guns are very normal and most of the outcomes they see with guns are positive. People outside of gun culture largely see negative outcomes with guns. It’s easy for those two sides to misunderstand each other,” said sociology professor David Yamane.
July 3, 2022
BBC
How heatwaves are creating a pollen crisis
Insights from her initial study have already helped biologist Gloria Muday develop a tomato that produces especially high levels of flavonols. “They appear to be extra good at dealing with high-temperature stress,” she said.
July 1, 2022
Winston-Salem Journal
Lawmakers OK bill requiring sheriffs to investigate immigration status for certain suspects
The passage of SB101 is “a classic messaging bill that is intended to put legislators on record for their votes, and in ways that can sometimes be difficult to defend in re-election campaigns,” said politics professor John Dinan.
July 1, 2022
Native News Online
Supreme Court limits EPA’s Ability to take action on climate change
“The larger issue about what constitutes a ‘major question’ is one that has ramifications throughout environmental law, and what that will mean is hard to predict. The Clean Air Act is not the only environmental statute that has not been revised in a long time,” said Stan Meiburg, director of Wake Forest graduate program in sustainability and a former acting deputy administrator of the EPA.
June 30, 2022