Are the Tropics the New Harbinger of Radical Climate Change?
By Douglas Fischer The Daily Climate Editor’s Note: A lone polar bear squeezed onto a tiny ice floe, the “North Pole” jutting from a pond of water, Santa Claus in swim fins – it is easy to make the Arctic the poster child for climate change, perhaps too easy. A...
Cold War at the Top of the World
USA, Russia or Greenpeace — Who’s the Sanest? You Decide Editor’s Note: Since we last posted about the Russian arrest of the Arctic 30, there has been small progress to obtain their freedom. All have been charged with piracy and have been informed...
Sunday Cartoon Special: Congressman Randy Neugebauer
Editor’s Note: In this special edition of Sunday Cartoon, we feature the cartoonish, if not buffoonish, Texas Congressman Randy Neugebauer publicly castigating a National Park Service Ranger for not allowing admittance to the WWII Memorial that he and his...
Revkin’s Roundup: From Government Shutdown to Student Shutout
This week’s developments range from the exasperating to the exciting. Andy’s picks on the government shutdown and more. Government Shutdown Tom Friedman in The New York Times How gerrymandering and other political factors led to this impasse, with worse...
Arctic 30 Update: Russia Charges Entire Greenpeace Crew With Piracy
Amnesty International Calls on Russian Government to Drop Charges Immediately Fox News is reporting that all crew members of the Greenpeace Vessel Arctic Sunrise have now been charged with piracy for their protest against Arctic drilling by Gazpron, a major Russian...
Russian Authorities Imprison Greenpeace Activists, Charge Some with Piracy
Russian authorities have arrested 28 Greenpeace activists and 2 freelance journalists, and charged 14 of them with piracy for boarding an oil platform to peacefully protest drilling in the Arctic by Gazpron, a major Russian oil company. From the Greenpeace website:...
Digital Art and the Urban Environment: October 4
With guest speakers from Australia, Brazil, Denmark, and Canada, Digital Art and the Urban Environment is a path-breaking symposium that will consider new modes of seeing, representing, and connecting within the urban setting. Hear from artists, architects, computer...
Environmental Policy Clinic Students at Work.
Preparing oyster shells for tagging at the Billion Oyster Project, Governor's Island.
With New York State Senator Terrence Murphy (center) in Albany to discuss state policy regarding mistreatment of elephants in circuses.
Investigating turtle mortality on a Putnam County highway in Cold Spring, NY with county legislator Barbara Scuccimarra (L.).
Learning the fundamentals of aquaculture at the New York Harbor School.
Demonstrating against the use of elephants in circuses, Hanneford Circus, White Plains, NY.
Crafting oyster regulation policy with Debbie Mans, NY-NJ Baykeeper, Pace, NYC. (L.).
Ready to dig into wood chip pile to feed campus composter, Pace, Pleasantville.
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