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BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
Dyson College Institute
for Sustainability and
the Environment
With its mission to "bring together faculty, students and programs throughout the University that involve
the environment and sustainability issues," Dyson College Institute for Sustainability and the Environment
aims to positively impact people and the planet. Here are three of the year's most exciting highlights:
Dyson Notes
Defending the
Hudson River
A Coast Guard proposal for oil barge anchorages on the Hudson River
in New York State was the subject of briefings presented by Dyson
Environmental Policy Clinic students to Hudson River congressional
delegation staff on April 20, 2018. The nine-member clinic team traveled
to Washington, D.C., to seek assurances that the anchorage plan,
currently suspended, will follow proper procedures and be assessed for
its environmental and economic viability if it is proposed again.
The trip was funded by a $3,000 award to clinic students Rowan
Lanning '18, Environmental Studies (R), and Christina Thomas '20,
Economics, Environmental Studies (L), who won the Project Pericles
2017 Debating for Democracy Letters to an Elected Official Competition
based on the clinic's work on this issue.
