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Sandra Steingraber gives a presentation on expanded gas storage in old salt caverns on Seneca Lake during a lunch-hour seminar Feb. 24 at Cornell University.

Commentary: Clean Power Plan is neither clean nor powerful

By Sandra Steingraber • March 1, 2016
While a lateral shift from coal to gas will decrease carbon dioxide emissions, it will also almost certainly increase emissions of an even more powerful form of heat-trapping carbon: methane.

Scalia’s legacy is honorable

By Kyle Stewart • February 24, 2016
To most people, Scalia’s name meant nothing. To some people, Scalia was a conservative justice. And to me, Scalia was a legend.
Politics professor Thomas Shevory believes the late Justice Antonin Scalia did not adhere to precedents or originalism.

Commentary: Justice Scalia’s legacy is not what it seems

By Thomas Shevory • February 23, 2016
It may be impolitic to throw cold water on the Scalia legacy, but some things just need to be said.
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