Lehigh University Environmental Studies

05/03/2026

Congratulations to Amanda Chandless, this year's recipient of the Environmental Studies Trembley Award for excellence in scholarship and community service!

04/22/2026

Professor Owain Lawson took his HIST/EVST 108 Climate & Energy class on a field trip to the No. 9 Coal Mine in Lansford, PA

02/06/2026

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1114987

Researchers with Lehigh University’s Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience, led by anthropologist David G. Casagrande, have identified two urgent challenges the United States faces in adapting to climate change: a potential disaster insurance crisis and the lack of comprehensive reloc...

10/09/2025

https://global.lehigh.edu/news/lehigh-university-united-nations-un-climate-summit-week

Lehigh University made history as the only university invited to the United Nations Climate Summit, part of a landmark week that also saw students engage in high-level UN meetings on women’s rights, public health, and global leadership.

08/25/2024

https://www.wdiy.org/show/perspectives/2024-08-23/poor-mother-earth-how-the-planet-we-know-is-changing-with-dork-sahagian-perspectives

John Pearce is joined by Lehigh University Professor Dork Sahagian to talk about how the Earth is being changed by global warming and what solutions still exist.

12/20/2023

Environmental Studies in Ecuador

Lehigh Launch Ecuador is an experiential, integrative learning experience for first-year Lehigh University students

06/15/2023

EI in the news! https://www.mcall.com/2023/06/13/your-view-will-bethlehem-finally-stand-up-to-the-landfill-and-stop-forever-chemicals-from-entering-the-lehigh-river/?fbclid=IwAR339i9Y-wmMy8vaxuW-aAxhn_K8YFxFaHqS4UqkhNGbrNTEqnp2_5lG2YE

Bethlehem’s unique role in processing the landfill’s leachate now offers the city another chance to be an environmental ally by taking action against the expansion.

04/29/2023

Environmental Studied major Sophie Collins publishes Op-Ed about Bethlehem Landfill

By Sophie Collins, a senior at Lehigh University studying economics and environmental studies

04/24/2023

The Environmental Initiative hosted Ruth Santiago as our Earth Month speaker. Fantastic!

Puerto Rico's electrical grid has been devastated by hurricanes due to worsening climate change. Ruth Santiago, a Bethlehem native, has a solution.

07/06/2022

Environmental Studies student Annie Balles sends this good news about the Bear Ears National Monument from her internship at the Bureau of Land Management.
https://www.blm.gov/blog/2022-06-30/federal-and-tribal-leaders-formalize-agreement-cooperative-management-bears-ears