by John Cronin | Aug 7, 2014 | Climate Change, Ecology, Law & Policy, Recreation
There is concern anew over the decades-old partnership between Lego and Shell Oil. Shell is a major player in the growing efforts to exploit Arctic resources as shipping lanes open due to Arctic melt. See: EarthDesk August 8, 2013. Greenpeace is leading an effort to...
by Nadya Hall | Jun 19, 2014 | Animal Welfare, Creativity, Ecology, Land Use
Nadya Hall is a Pace University student, member of Pace Academy’s Environmental Policy Clinic and Pace Academy summer intern. This post also appears at ePolicy, the Clinic’s blog. Recent Utah State University wildlife biology graduate and Quinney Fellow,...
by Nadya Hall | Jun 10, 2014 | Animal Welfare, Ecology, Ethics, Law & Policy
Nadya Hall is a Pace University student, member of Pace Academy’s Environmental Policy Clinic and Academy summer intern. This post also appears at ePolicy, the Clinic’s blog. Vehicle collisions with wildlife already cost Americans $8 million a year, and...
by Guest Contributor | May 31, 2014 | Ecology, Recreation, VIdeos
By Susan Fox Rogers Ed Note: No matter how predictable the signs of Spring, nature still surprises us on the Hudson, EarthDesk’s home river. Here Susan Fox Rogers shares her encounter with a baby beaver on North Tivoli Bay. A rare sighting and a beautifully told...
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 | Mar 28, 2014 | Animal Welfare, Ecology, Recreation
Keeping a crow as a pet is a crime. Possession of a live crow requires a federal permit, which is difficult to obtain and typically limited to researchers and wildlife rehabilitators. Federal Law permits the hunting and killing of crows by the thousands for sport....