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   Duke University Resources

• Duke University
  Home of the blue devils, Duke has roughly 14,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The university has a strong commitment to applying knowledge in service to society, both near its North Carolina campus and around the world.
• Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
  The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University is a nonpartisan institute founded in 2005 to help decision makers in business, industry, government, and the nonprofit sector understand their options, anticipate their choices, and make the most of opportunities for leadership in creating a more economically and environmentally sustainable future. 
• School of Law
  Duke Law School is an ambitious, forward-thinking, and innovative institution whose mission is to prepare students for responsible and productive lives in the legal profession.
• Sanford School of Public Policy
  Established in 1971 as the Institute of Policy Sciences and Public Affairs, the Sanford School of Public Policy has one of the nation’s largest public policy undergraduate programs, graduating about 175 majors each year.
• Nicholas School of the Environment
  The Nicholas School’s mission is informed by Duke University’s theme of knowledge in the service of society and motivated by the need to restore and preserve the world’s environmental resources while adapting to a changing climate and a growing population with aspirations for rising standards of living.
• Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
  Trinity College of Arts & Sciences is Duke’s liberal arts undergraduate college, a dynamic academic community whose students and faculty join in the creation and dissemination of knowledge.
• Fuqua School of Business
  In its relatively short history, The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, has established itself as one of the leading business schools in the world. With talented faculty and a renowned research center, the school sits among top-ranked U.S. business schools.

• The Climate Post
  The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions weekly roundup of climate and energy news.

• The Water Log
  Visit this Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions blog for an in-depth look at our freshwater work abroad as well as glimpses of our WASH efforts right here in the states.  
  
• On the Waterway
  Take a journey through ocean policy along America’s coasts with the blog On the Waterway. Posts are from the Nicholas Institute’s Director of Ocean and Coastal Policy, Linwood Pendleton. 
  
• The Green Grok
  Blogging toward a more sustainable path with Nicholas School of the Environment Dean Bill Chameides.
  
  

  Other Resources
  
  

• Environmental Economics Blog
  Economists on environmental and natural resources
• Robert Stavins Blog
  Director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program
• Association of Environmental & Resource Economists
  International professional association for economists working on environment and natural resources
• World Bank Environment
  Source of technical and financial assistance for developing countries across the world
• UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Statistics
  The FAO statistical database currently contains more than one million time series records from roughly 210 countries and territories. It covers statistics on agriculture, fisheries, forestry, land use, population, food aid and nutrition.
• USDA National Agricultural Statistics
  The National Agricultural Statistic Service provides timely, accurate and useful statistics in service to U.S. agriculture.
• Bloomberg View
  Opinions, blogs and op-eds on finance, politics and economy
• Bloomberg World View
  A blog tracking the big debates in China, India, Russia, South America and the Middle East
• Business Class Blog
  Markets, money and public policy from the faculty of the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business
• Echoes Blog
  Monetary policy, federal reserve and taxes
• Tech Blog
  A blog by Paul Kedrosky, financial and technology expert