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Interviews, videos and lectures related to water resources and water policy involving the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.

Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions


    • May 4, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 42m AVG DURATION
    • 9 EPISODES


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    Nicholas Institute Uniquely Positioned to Help Ocean and Coastal Policy Makers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2015 1:19


    John Virdin, new Ocean and Coastal Policy Program director at Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, explains why the Nicholas Institute is so well positioned to help policy makers around the world address better management of ocean and coastal resources.

    Surfonomics

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2012 13:43


    Putting a financial value on waves is proving an effective way to protect a natural resource from construction and development. Linwood Pendleton is an economist who's used the tactic to protect surf breaks in places like California and Puerto Rico.

    Applied Research, Informed Design Standards for Storm Water Management

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2012


    Bill Hunt of N.C. State University’s Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department presents at Duke University as part of the Water Allocation Research Seminar Series, sponsored by Duke University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, WRRI and the North Carolina Water Resources Association.

    Are Fisheries Turning the Corner?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2012 118:05


    Experts discuss the tradeoffs necessary to maintain fish stocks and how scientists arrive at the standards for fishery health during an event sponsored by the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Ocean Policy Working Group at the Duke University Center for International Studies and the Nicholas School of the Environment.

    Duke Storm Water Seminar

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2011 20:03


    Steve Palumbo, Duke's Energy Manager for the Facilities Management Department, recently discussed the University's efforts to manage storm water pollution, to meet and exceed state and local standards, and to begin capturing and reusing rain water as a resource at a lecture sponsored by the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.

    Ecosystem Services Library Presentation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2011 52:07


    Linwood Pendleton, director of ocean and costal policy at Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, presents on marine ecosystem service databases during a webinar hosted by the Ecosystem-Based Management Tools Network.

    Financing Watershed Protection

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2011 40:54


    Bill Holman, director of state policy for the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, and Lydia Olander, director for ecosystem services, were the third presenters in the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and the UPEP Environmental Institution Fall 2011 Seminar Series. They discussed the development of the regional payment for watershed services program and opportunities and challenges to creating integrated policy and programs for watershed and ecosystem services in the Upper Neuse.

    Carolina Journal Radio: Does Bigger Government Mean Better Services?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2011 47:45


    Carolina Journal Radio features Bill Holman, director of state policy, in this program touching on the state's water resources.

    Got Water?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2009 47:11


    No one really knows how much water North Carolinians use every year, and that makes staving off the next drought difficult. Bill Holman, director of the state policy program at Duke's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, and other guests offer how the state is currently making decisions about water use and share their ideas about future planning.

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