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The News & Observer
Greensboro cuts emissions in city operations by 40%
Stan Meiburg, executive director of the Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability at Wake Forest University, noted that a significant portion of Greensboro's progress stems from changes in the electricity sector. "While I don't know what percentage of Greensboro's electricity use comes from Duke Power, I assume that most of it does. Much of the reduction from 2007 emissions is a result of shutting down older coal-fired power plants and replacing them primarily with natural gas generation, with some increase in the use of renewables, primarily solar," he said.
June 10, 2025
Mongabay
Real-world return on climate adaption investments wildly underestimated, report finds
"Since 2015’s Paris climate agreement, poor, climate-vulnerable nations have made a case for wealthy, industrialized nations (responsible for most climate change) to pay hundreds of billions for climate adaption and resilience. But while making big promises, actual funding by wealthy nations has repeatedly fallen far short of what’s needed. One possible reason: The real-world value of adaption and resilience projects has long been grossly underestimated due to incomplete data," writes journalism professor Justin Catanoso, a regular contributor to Mongabay,
June 10, 2025
Our State
In the white stucco bungalow on the grounds of Reynolda Estate, more than 34,000 square feet of American art unfold across generations. “The bungalow style was Katharine’s design wish,” says Philip Archer, deputy director of the Reynolda House Museum of American Art. “What’s so interesting, though, is it just got bigger and bigger — with their growing family, social obligations, and, in time, becoming a symbol of the company’s success.”
June 10, 2025
Observer
Elon Musk’s favorite betting platform is now X’s ‘Official Prediction Market Partner’
According to economics professor Koleman Strumpf, various players in the prediction market industry are currently competing for brand recognition. By combining X posts with Polymarket data, the partnership could “spur additional interest in their markets,” he said. For X, the collaboration could add structure to its vast stream of posts. Strumpf suggests that the platform is likely “interested in this because it will keep more people engaged in specific stories,” adding that integrating Polymarket data would “provide a numerical commentary to go along with whatever words people are using.”
June 10, 2025
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Local political expert weighs in Trump Administration’s new travel ban
Politics professor John Dinan said, "The Trump administration has a lot of experience in crafting travel bans. They have crafted travel bans that failed to pass constitutional muster in the past, and they have crafted ones that have been allowed to go forward. We fully expect that the drafters of this current travel ban have learned those lessons from the past."
June 6, 2025
Money US News
Are you among the 8M Americans receiving an inflation refund check?
Mark Johnson, a business school faculty fellow in investments and portfolio management, said that these types of inflation refund checks often do more harm than good to the larger economy. "An inflation refund check might sound good, but unfortunately, it’s more like putting a Band-Aid on a broken leg. If more money is circulating in the economy but the supply of goods and services doesn’t increase, people end up with more money to spend, which can push prices up more,” Johnson added.
June 5, 2025
WFMY-TV (Greensboro, NC)
A study finds that recent college grads are struggling to get hired
Vice President for Personal and Career Development Andy Chan, said job seekers are facing a challenging environment. “This is a very difficult job market. When we came out of COVID, the market actually ended up being stronger than we had expected. Chan acknowledges there is growing economic uncertainty. He said its influencing employers to slow down their hiring timelines and being more selective. “The economy is a bit uncertain right now, so I think companies are being more conservative about how they think about hiring.”
June 5, 2025
The Charlotte Observer
Forsyth school budget never adjusted to match county allotment
That oversight marked an extraordinary failure of the most basic budget principles, said finance professor Ajay Patel. "I'm just horrified, let's just put it that way," said Patel, the Thomas S. Goho chair in finance at Wake Forest's School of Business. "If you ask for ‘X' dollars and the county commissioners don't give you ‘X' dollars and (instead) they give you ‘Y,' the first thing you need to do is adjust your budget down to ‘Y' instead of continuing to spend ‘X' when they haven't given it to you."
June 4, 2025
Queen City Nerve
Comedy opens a door to mental health
Working during the day as an associate professor of psychology at Wake Forest, E.J. Masicampo shared how speaking up about one’s private experiences not only can set someone on the path to healing but empower others in knowing they are not alone.
June 4, 2025
The Hill
EPA down at least 733 staffers since January
“Things are not going to get done and that could be inspections, it could be follow-up on accounting things, it could be grants and contracts,” said Meiburg, executive director at the Sabin Center at Wake Forest University.
June 3, 2025
International Banker
US pays high economic and political costs for military offensive against Yemen
A Houthi missile narrowly missed Israel’s Ben-Gurion airport on May 4. Charles William Walldorf, a professor of politics and international affairs and a senior fellow at think-tank Defense Priorities, wrote in a May 5 article for The Conversation. “In fact, the direct attacks on the Houthis and the rapidly growing casualty count among Yemeni civilians from the Trump administration’s bombing campaign appear to be strengthening the Houthis’ political position in Yemen.”
June 2, 2025
Italian American Collective
Making history just: The untold stories of Italian immigrants
When stories are documented through letters or pictures, they can give us a glimpse into those forgotten lives. Spanish professor Maria Teresa Sanhueza is not an Italianist; her specialty lies in Latin American Theater Studies. Yet, having found that theater is embedded in the history of immigration in Argentina, she became more interested in immigration studies, and, with access to letters, the Italian language.
May 30, 2025