by EarthDesk | Jul 29, 2014 | Education, Law & Policy, Pollution
The excerpt below is taken from an interview by Barbara Moroch for the Higher Education Supplement of Sunday’s Journal News. John is senior fellow for environmental affairs at Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies. He edits and is a frequent contributor...
by John Cronin | Nov 19, 2013 | Climate Change, Corporate Responsibility, Energy
Did climate change cause Typhoon Haiyan? Time Magazine says no. Australia’s Sidney Morning Herald says yes. The UK’s Guardian says maybe. So goes the news media standoff on climate and superstorms. Duracell is less ambivalent. “There will be more...
by John Cronin | Nov 14, 2013 | Climate Change, Law & Policy, Pollution
Barely had Typhoon Haiyan moved on from its Philippines landfall before its origins were blamed on climate change. That nation’s climate representative, Yeb Sano, made an agonizing plea and pledged a hunger strike at COP 19, the UN Framework Convention on...
by EarthDesk | Sep 5, 2013 | International, Isanjandugu, Pollution, Sustainability, Water
By Chinyere Ojini Editor’s Note: Much has been written about the best way to assist developing communities in desperate need of clean water. Biggest is not always best. Even massive infusions of dollars — from developed-nation to developing-nation —...
by EarthDesk | Sep 4, 2013 | International, Isanjandugu, Pollution, Water
By Chinyere Ojini Editor’s Note: In Isanjandugu, Tanzania, what we call the “global water crisis” is an everyday fact of village life. Without fanfare, volunteers of the local chapters of Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB) take on the crisis one...