{"id":8,"date":"2021-10-01T09:19:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T13:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/enre-draft\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2022-02-08T13:00:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T18:00:39","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/enre\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth  \"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2086\/About-Hero-scaled.jpg);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p>Environmental Economics addresses some of the most important questions facing our global society:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Why have humans caused environmental degradation on local, regional, and global scales, and what can we do to address these issues?<\/li><li>How can we create a sustainable society that protects the environment while maintaining a high standard of living?<\/li><li>What are the strengths and weaknesses of policies like cap-and-trade, carbon taxes, pollution offsets, renewable energy portfolios, payments for ecosystem services, performance-based standards, product eco-labeling, feed-in tariffs, and command-and-control regulations?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS), the Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics is ideally positioned to provide you with a variety of courses in both the natural sciences and economics and opportunities for hands-on learning experiences and research. Through our integrative curriculum you can prepare for careers protecting and responsibly utilizing our tropical rain forests, drinking water, clean air, biodiversity, sustainable fisheries, endangered species, and other natural assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section>\n<div class=\"breakout\" style=\"background: #eee; padding-top: 2rem;\">\n<div class=\"cl-tiles thirds content-width\">\n<div><div class=\"cl-metric  \"><span>4<\/span><span>International faculty; China, Japan, Romania<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-metric  \"><span>85<\/span><span>Undergraduate majors; 52 female, 33 male<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"cl-metric  \"><span>45<\/span><span>Undergraduates from out-of-state, 40 in-state<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>The Policy Simulation Laboratory<\/h1><a class=\"cl-button\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/enre\/research\/policy-simulation-lab\/\" title=\"\">Research Facilities<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2086\/SimLab-Hero.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p>The Policy Simulation Laboratory, or SimLab, is a set of networked rooms designed to work together as a flexible, integrated facility to study decision making and to help communities make wise choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Initiatives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/efp\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Energy Fellows Program<\/h2><p>The Energy Fellows Program provides students with real-world experiential opportunities and serves as a premier talent pipeline for for the sustainable energy sector.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Explore<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/offshore-renewable-energy\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Offshore Renewable Energy<\/h2><p>With the first US offshore wind farm just miles away, URI has brought together an interdisciplinary team of world-class experts, including ENRE faculty and researchers.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Lead the way<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental Economics addresses some of the most important questions facing our global society: Why have humans caused environmental degradation on local, regional, and global scales, and what can we do to address these issues? How can we create a sustainable society that protects the environment while maintaining a high standard of living? 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