by Guest Contributor | Sep 27, 2015 | EarthDesk Sunday
«« »» Adam Zyglis is the staff editorial cartoonist for The Buffalo News, his hometown daily newspaper. He accepted the position fresh out of college, after winning 3 national awards as a college cartoonist. In 2004, he graduated summa cum laude from Canisius College...
by John Cronin | Sep 25, 2015 | Ecology, Environmental Justice, Human Sustainability, Pollution, Poverty, Sustainability
Environmentalism should advocate for the human cause with the same ferocity it advocates for nature’s cause. CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTALISM properly asserts environmental problems impose the most suffering on the poor. It is less ready to equate the crisis...
by Guest Contributor | Sep 20, 2015 | EarthDesk Sunday
THIS VIDEO OF A BLUE CRAB shedding its shell is taken from the Shape of Life series that illustrates the evolution of the animal kingdom through beautifully produced videos. More on Shape of Life at the conclusion. «« »» Based upon an original PBS Series, Shape of...
by Guest Contributor | Sep 16, 2015 | Animal Welfare, Ecology, Law & Policy, Oceans
By Rhea Suh Marine mammals just won protection from harmful naval sonar. It’s great news — but there’s more work to do. Ed.Note: Rhea Suh is president of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Prior to joining NRDC one year ago, Rhea served as the...
by Kiefer Kofman | Sep 9, 2015 | Economics, General, Government, Human Sustainability, International, Into the World of India ~ Kiefer Kofman, Pace '16, Law & Policy, Poverty, Sustainability
Ed. Note: Kiefer Kofman, Pace ’16, is a political science major and the former head of the Community Energy Team at the Pace Environmental Policy Clinic. He spent the summer studying in India under a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. Kiefer’s...
by Guest Contributor | Sep 6, 2015 | EarthDesk Sunday
«« »» Jeff Darcy is an editorial cartoonist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. His cartoons have also appeared in Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. You can see more of Jeff’s work at...
by John Cronin | Sep 3, 2015 | Climate Change, General, Law & Policy
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S ALASKA TRIP, to focus public attention on climate change, was notable for more than his renaming of Mt. McKinley to Denali, a hyped-up meet-up with reality show personality Bear Grylls, and a solo hike (with the Secret Service and press) to...