by John Cronin | Oct 29, 2013 | Water
Today is the anniversary of the sinking of the Bounty. As with many tragedies left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the Bounty story instructs us that nature will ever challenge how we choose to live at, and beyond, the wet edges of our continents. She sank in...
by Guest Contributor | Oct 27, 2013 | EarthDesk Sunday
Taylor Jones has been drawing caricatures, political cartoons and editorial illustrations for a rather long time. He does very little else except fidget. In addition to his website, you can see samples of Taylor’s work at CagleCartoons and the Hoover Digest website....
by Guest Contributor | Oct 26, 2013 | Government, Law & Policy, Pollution, Water
By Brett Walton Circle of Blue Editor’s note: Among the many things the outdated 1972 Clean Water Act did not anticipate is massive disposal of drugs into the nation’s waters. We include mandatory testing for pharmaceuticals in drinking water in our recent...
by John Cronin | Oct 23, 2013 | Government, Law & Policy, Pollution, Water
A meaningful plan is unlikely during the remaining years of Barack Obama’s presidency. Most revealing about the national water strategy announced by recently appointed EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy is its contrast with her “reputation as a straight shooter,” the...
by Guest Contributor | Oct 20, 2013 | EarthDesk Sunday
Craig Wilson’s moving film is beautiful and timeless in the way only hand-drawn animation can be. We asked Craig what inspired him to create Human Nature: The inspiration behind it was to focus the viewers attention on the “small and insignificant”...
by John Cronin | Oct 18, 2013 | General
Do you really need the hard-copy Yellow Pages? Say “No” before it’s delivered. In the U.S., go to the Yellow Pages Opt-Out site; in Canada, the Canadian Yellow Pages Opt-Out site. (Thanks to treehugger)
by John Cronin | Oct 17, 2013 | Climate Change, Energy, Land Use, Law & Policy, Pollution, Sustainability, Technology
By John R. Nolon Editor’s Note: John R. Nolon, a Professor of Law at Pace University School of Law, and counsel to the Law School’s Land Use Law Center, is a renowned pioneer in sustainable land use policy. Here he explains how local zoning can embrace...
by John Cronin | Oct 15, 2013 | Animal Welfare, Corporate Responsibility, General, Law & Policy
Ever determined to prevent its citizens from giving animal torture a bad name, the State of Utah has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that contests the constitutionality of the state’s ag gag statute, which makes it a crime to speak ill of agricultural...
by Guest Contributor | Oct 13, 2013 | EarthDesk Sunday
Editor’s Note: EarthDesk Sunday is our new weekly post that features poets, videographers, animators, cartoonists, photographers and more. We proudly kick it off with a haibun from poet and naturalist Elizabeth Bradfield. Liz lives on Cape Cod and is...