by John Cronin | Apr 18, 2014 | Health, International, Sustainability, Water
The video clip above, of villagers in Central Malawi gathering the day’s water, is part of an extraordinary interactive story published recently on the Irish Times site by Trócaire, a Catholic charity in Kildare, Ireland that works in over 20 countries across...
by Guest Contributor | Apr 16, 2014 | Animal Welfare, Health, Law & Policy
CAFO: A Four-Letter Word Found in School Cafeterias By The Food Justice Team Pace Environmental Policy Clinic Note: Students from the Pace Environmental Policy Clinic launched their ePolicy blog with features spanning circus animal abuse, microgrid development,...
by Guest Contributor | Apr 13, 2014 | Climate Change, EarthDesk Sunday
«« »» Patrick Chappatte is an editorial cartoonist for The International New York Times, formerly known as the International Herald Tribune, which has published his work since 2001. His cartoons have been featured in five books published by the newspaper. The latest...
by Guest Contributor | Apr 12, 2014 | Animal Welfare, Higher Education, Law & Policy
By the Circus Animal Team Pace Environmental Policy Clinic Note: This week, our students from the Pace Environmental Policy Clinic launched their ePolicy blog, featuring news and updates on their docket of cases. The article below, by the Clinic’s Circus Animal...
by John Cronin | Apr 10, 2014 | Animal Welfare, Creativity, Ecology, Education, Law & Policy, Sustainability
Undergraduates Tackle Energy, Food Justice, Invasive Species and Animal Torture Only seven weeks into the inaugural semester of the Pace Environmental Policy Clinic, an intensive program of professional advocacy training, twelve Pace University students are already...
by John Cronin | Apr 6, 2014 | EarthDesk Sunday
It is shad season on the Hudson River, but there are no shad fishermen. In 2010, New York State halted commercial fishing of American shad because of a crashing population, bringing to an end a centuries-old tradition, and the reputation of the Hudson River as an...
by John Cronin | Apr 4, 2014 | Corporate Responsibility, Energy, Pollution
Kerr-McGee, the energy company that for forty years has famously lingered in the shadow of suspicion for the killing of worker Karen Silkwood, engaged in a massive fraud to avoid culpability for contaminating hundreds of sites across the nation with radioactive and...