by EarthDesk | May 24, 2013 | Energy, Fracking, Law & Policy, Technology, Water
By Monika Freyman EarthDesk welcomes guest blogger Monika Freyman who analyzes for us the adequacy of the fracking standards recently proposed by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management. Monika is a water program manager at Ceres, and...
by EarthDesk | May 23, 2013 | Corporate Responsibility, Economics, Energy, Fracking, Pollution, Technology, Water
The Department of Interior’s latest proposed regulations for hydraulic fracturing on public lands could set a precedent for how fracking is regulated on private lands nationally and by individual states. Judging from online reactions, the agency may well believe...
by John Cronin | May 22, 2013 | Climate Change, General, Technology, Water
But Kepler-62f Offers No Oasis When Earth Runs Out. For my (tax) money, the most fascinating NASA program is the $600 million Kepler mission. Launched March 6, 2009, it searches for Earth-like planets outside our solar system, worlds that lie “in the habitable zone of...
by John Cronin | May 18, 2013 | Corporate Responsibility, Law & Policy, Technology, Water
Technological innovations that eliminate invasive aquatic species and pathogens from ship ballast water are spurring the growth of a multi-billion dollar industry. Ballast — water pumped into holds to balance and stabilize ships, sometimes by the millions of...
by Lauren Birney | May 15, 2013 | Economics, Law & Policy, Technology
By Dr. Lauren Birney and Dr. Jonathan Hill STEM — K-12 education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math — is fundamental to the training of a technological workforce, the innovations environmental problems demand, and the competitive advantage the...
by Andrew Revkin | Apr 22, 2013 | Technology
I’m thrilled with the launch of EarthDesk. My move from full-time journalism to Pace University in 2010 was largely aimed at testing and teaching new ways to use communication tools to foster progress on a finite planet. My title, Senior Fellow for Environmental...