Recent Media

September 26, 2024 Why corn ethanol is worse for the climate than petrol – The Guardian (research reference)

September 14, 2024: Maybe Its Fine to Abandon Cropland – Ambrook Research (print interview)

August 30, 2024: Former croplands could be ‘sweet spot’ for renewable-energy production – Public News Service (radio interview)

June 21, 2024: A UW-Madison study mapped millions of acres of abandoned U.S. farmland. Here's why it matters – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (print interview)

June 10, 2024: Atlas pinpoints abandoned croplands for potential biofuel production – GLBRC (research highlight)

June 8, 2024: Tens of millions of acres of cropland lie abandoned, study shows – Washington Post (research coverage)

June 5, 2024: UW-Madison researchers map abandoned cropland to help combat climate change – CBS News3Now Madison (TV Interview)

May 23, 2024: Corn: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – HBO (Research Coverage)

May 2, 2024: Making Flying Cleaner – New York Times (print interview)

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Watt's Up, Wisconsin

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Stories from the Floodplain

Discussion of our research on corn ethanol.

WPR's The Morning Show

Discussion of our new Farms Under Threat research on the projected effects of urban sprawl on agriculture.

WPR's The Morning Show

Discussion of interactions and opportunities surrounding endangered species and renewable fuels policy.

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Media Coverage Archive

Print Interviews: New York Times (Sustainable Aviation Fuel), The Guardian (grasslands), Knowable (biofuels), The Guardian (COP15), TIME (ethanol), Wired (biofuels), National Geographic (grasslands), Washington Post (grasslands), Washington Post (food waste), Minneapolis Star Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Inside climate news, Pacific Standard, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Grist (corn), Grist (end. species), Environmental Research Web, Mongabay (land conversion), Mongabay (end. species), Reasons to be cheerful (grasslands), Mother Jones (ethanol), Investigate Midwest (climate-smart ag), Successful Farming (grassland)

Radio Interviews: National Public Radio “Marketplace” (corn), Iowa Public Radio (end. species), Public News Service (abandoned farmland), Minnesota Public Radio news (conversion), Wisconsin Public Radio “The Morning Show” (farmland threats), WPR “The Morning Show” (end. species), Watt’s Up, Wisconsin podcast (bioenergy), Stories from the Floodplains podcast (ethanol), 13-station radio tour (ethanol) including WBEV AM “Idea Exchange” Milwaukee, WI; KFAB AM “Morning Ag” Omaha, NE; KCCK-FM Cedar Rapids, IA; WERE AM “America’s Work Force Radio show” Cleveland, OH; WHTX AM “Louie Free” Youngstown, OH; WFIN AM “Good Mornings”, Toledo, OH; KLTF-AM, St. Cloud, MN; WHBY AM, Green Bay, WI;

TV Interviews: Iowa PBS, Cheddar news (live national), CBS News3Now

Live Press Conferences: Endangered Species (2/14/2023), RFS research (3/7/2019), Discussion of EPA triennial report (8/1/2018), Carbon emissions research (11/15/2017)

University Press Releases: Abandoned farmlands (2024), Ethanol (2022), Soil & water quality (2021), Grassland conservation (2020), Grasslands for bioenergy (2020), Grasslands as a Natural Climate Solution (2018), Plowing prairies for grains (2015)

Research Coverage: Reuters, Associated Press, Washington Post, Last Week Tonight (HBO), Gutfield (Fox News), Engineering Explained (YouTube), The Guardian, ClimateWire, ThinkProgress, Harvest Public Media, Inhabitat, TreeHugger, NSAC, Land Stewardship Project, Environmental Working Group, World Wildlife Fund, National Wildlife Federation, Progressive Farmer, Yale Environment Review, Wisconsin State Journal, Wisconsin State Farmer, Washington Examiner

For media inquiries and interview requests, please contact lark@wisc.edu