Environment

150 Years Revisited

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-03-26T15:19:38-0400

The New York Times followed geology professor Jeff Munroe on a backpacking research trip into the Uinta Mountains of Utah to recreate a series of photographs made in 1870 by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Energy and the Planet

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-03-05T12:12:20-0500

The University of Alaska Fairbanks highlighted one of its arctic energy research fellows, Kristen Watkins ’23.5.

Highlighting Hidden History

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-03-05T12:12:04-0500

A team of Middlebury undergraduate and graduate students published an article in Sea History that highlighted the little-known history of the Japanese-American abalone fishery in Monterey Bay.

Show Some Love to Sharks

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-03-05T12:11:45-0500

The new Monterey Bay White Sharks website is part of a larger mission to demystify, conserve, and spotlight how majestic—and central to the ocean ecosystem—white sharks are.

Spirituality and Science

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2025-02-11T12:45:35-0500

Writer Jessica Gigot ’01 interviewed Andi Lloyd, former biology professor and vice president for academic affairs, on her podcast, Her Deepest Ecologies.

More Renewable Energy

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2024-11-21T15:38:54-0500

Middlebury met another milestone on its way to 100 percent renewable energy with the recent unveiling of a new solar array in Vermont.

Long Trail Protected

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2024-11-21T15:21:44-0500

The College has donated to the Green Mountain Club a permanent right-of-way for a stretch of the Long Trail.

Energy Transition, Stat!

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2024-09-11T13:54:42-0400

Pier LaFarge ’10 spoke on the renewable energy sector podcast Factor This! about his outside-the-box approach with utility companies to exponentially increase electricity production.

A Sea Change

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2024-09-11T10:09:03-0400

The world’s first hydrogen-powered commercial ferry began service in San Francisco Bay on July 19, reports the Associated Press.

Environmental Journalism Recognized

yanderson@middlebury.edu — 2024-09-11T10:08:58-0400

Nick Rahaim MAIEP ’22 was recently honored by the Society of Environmental Journalists for his 2022 piece in Hakai Magazine, “Clever Whales and the Violent Fight for Fish on the Line.”