Public and Environmental Affairs
This issue of Book Marks features the first volume of an encyclopedia of Nazi Germany's camps and ghettoes, published by Indiana University Press; an IU professor's explanation and defense of slang as the poetic expression of the every day; an IU Press book on Hoosier Impressionist T.C. Steele; and IU faculty members' books on distrust and civic institutions, filmmaking in the new South Africa, and the history of the religious doctrine of predestination.
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Leading experts on climate change, the auto industry, nuclear and fossil-fuel energy and other topics will share their insights and recommendations this month in a national energy policy conference sponsored by the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. The conference, titled "The Search for a Wise Energy Policy," will take place all day Thursday, June 11 in Washington, D.C.
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In Distrust, American Style: Diversity and the Crisis of Public Confidence, Indiana University faculty member Sheila Suess Kennedy discusses recent research suggesting that Americans have become less trusting of each other, and the resulting implications for public organizations. Kennedy is professor of law and public policy at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI.
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Carbon capture and storage, or CCS, is a promising tool that may help the United States meet future energy needs while controlling emissions of greenhouse gases linked to climate change, Indiana University researchers say in a new policy brief. But CCS presents policy and technical challenges that must be addressed if the nation is to make effective use of its plentiful supplies of coal, write A. James Barnes and Kenneth Richards.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today (April 17) that it intends to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Faculty experts at Indiana University express different reactions but agree that the decision could and should put pressure on Congress to take action on greenhouse gases.
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Bedbug outbreaks across the United States require a proactive approach, according to Marc Lame, clinical assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and an expert in pest management. Lame says operators of housing that is susceptible to infestations -- such as hotels, college dorms, apartments and shelters -- should make plans for preventing and responding to the problem.
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