MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Fall 2026 Final Briefing

During the Final Briefings, students will present their findings as a part of ENVP U9229 The Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Management I and II. In the summer and fall semesters, the Workshop emphasizes management issues. Students enroll in small, faculty-advised project teams. Each Workshop faculty member selects a piece of proposed, but not yet enacted, state, federal, or local environmental law (or a U.N. resolution), and students are asked to develop a plan for implementing and managing the new program. In the summer semester, the Workshop groups write reports explaining the environmental science aspects of the issue that the legislation addresses and the management solutions that the legislation would put into place. In the fall semester, the Workshop completes the operational plan for implementing the program. The projects this year include:

• US House of Representatives Bill 2160: Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act
• New York State Assembly Bill A7584A: The Agrivoltaics Viability Pilot Program
• US House of Representatives Bill 752: Methane Emissions Mitigation Research And Development Act
• The New York State Native Plant Program
• New York State Senate Bill S1464 / A1749: Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act