It Is Time to End Elephant Abuse for Human Amusement
Tamed elephants are tortured elephants. Ban their use in all forms of entertainment, beginning in New York State.
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 Can Learn From India
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...
The Tragedy of Indian Farmers Under Neoliberalism
40,000 Farmers Have Committed Suicide Since 2000 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....
EPA Spills Toxic Sludge into the Animas River: Will the Agency Apply Its Enforcement Policy to Itself?
LAST WEDNESDAY, a team working for EPA Region 8 caused a spill of 3 million gallons of yellow sludge contaminated with toxic metals from the Gold King Mine north of Silverton, Colorado into Cement Creek, a tributary to the Animas River. By Sunday, New Mexico was on...
Idaho Ag-Gag Law Declared Unconstitutional
Nadya Hall, Pace ’15, is a psychology major and animal advocate who led the Wildlife Team of the Pace Environmental Policy Clinic. This post also appears on her blog, which you can follow here. «« »» ON TUESDAY, Federal District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill...Environmental Policy Clinic Students at Work.
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Preparing oyster shells for tagging at the Billion Oyster Project, Governor's Island.
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With New York State Senator Terrence Murphy (center) in Albany to discuss state policy regarding mistreatment of elephants in circuses.
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Investigating turtle mortality on a Putnam County highway in Cold Spring, NY with county legislator Barbara Scuccimarra (L.).
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Learning the fundamentals of aquaculture at the New York Harbor School.
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Demonstrating against the use of elephants in circuses, Hanneford Circus, White Plains, NY.
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Crafting oyster regulation policy with Debbie Mans, NY-NJ Baykeeper, Pace, NYC. (L.).
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Ready to dig into wood chip pile to feed campus composter, Pace, Pleasantville.
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Dr. E. Melanie Dupuis
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.