by John Cronin | Oct 14, 2015 | Climate Change, Energy, Law & Policy
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,...
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 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...
by Kiefer Kofman | Aug 27, 2015 | Economics, Environmental Justice, Government, Into the World of India, Into the World of India ~ Kiefer Kofman, Pace '16, Law & Policy
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....
by John Cronin | Aug 21, 2015 | Climate Change, Energy, Law & Policy, Oceans, Pollution
FOLLOWING PRESIDENT OBAMA’S final approval of Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic oil drilling, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton parted ways with her own advocacy of the administration’s long-established Arctic policy. She did so in a...