An Open Letter from 800+ Scientists to President-Elect Donald Trump on Climate Change
“The science is unequivocal and America must respond.”
The Lie, the Witch-hunt and the War on Climate Change
Draconian subpoenas by House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith are designed to have a chilling effect on the work of NOAA climate scientists.
What We Know Now: Six Reporters Weigh-In on COP21
If “historic” and “landmark” are missing from your dictionary, it’s no wonder. They could use a break. Kudos are being heaped from quarters far and wide about the outcomes of COP21. But there are also sobering times ahead, by some reporters’ accounts.
Police Crackdown on Free Speech at COP21
Security at COP21 in Paris was robust and ever present, due in large part to fear of a repeat of the terrorist attacks on November 13 in Paris and St. Denis. But some protesting the lukewarm climate talks believe that security was also aimed at quelling dissent.
Yonatan Zunger: Water and Food, not Oil and Religion, Driving Middle East Violence
In the wake of the Paris massacre by Da’esh, Yonatan Zunger, chief architect at Google+, wrote that religion and oil “have little or nothing to do with what we’re seeing.” Rather, dwindling water, compounded by climate change, is “one...
The Clinton Flip on Arctic Drilling Deserved Some Drilling of Its Own
Ed Note: I don’t usually repost from the EarthDesk archive. But following last night’s Democratic presidential debate, this deserved it. Out of the gate, CNN’s Anderson Cooper zinged Hillary Clinton about her flip-flops on same-sex marriage,...Environmental Policy Clinic Students at Work.
Preparing oyster shells for tagging at the Billion Oyster Project, Governor's Island.
With New York State Senator Terrence Murphy (center) in Albany to discuss state policy regarding mistreatment of elephants in circuses.
Investigating turtle mortality on a Putnam County highway in Cold Spring, NY with county legislator Barbara Scuccimarra (L.).
Learning the fundamentals of aquaculture at the New York Harbor School.
Demonstrating against the use of elephants in circuses, Hanneford Circus, White Plains, NY.
Crafting oyster regulation policy with Debbie Mans, NY-NJ Baykeeper, Pace, NYC. (L.).
Ready to dig into wood chip pile to feed campus composter, Pace, Pleasantville.
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Inspired by new scientific studies of the human body as a metabiome, Dr. E. Melanie Dupuis, Professor and chair, Department of Environmental Science and Studies, reimagines the American body politic through a new metaphor — digestion — opening social transformations to ideas of mixing, fermentation, and collaboration. In doing so, she explores how social activists can rethink politics as inclusive processes that involve the inherently risky mixing of cultures, standpoints, and ideas. Dangerous Digestion at Amazon.