by EarthDesk | Jun 29, 2014 | General
by Guest Contributor | Jun 22, 2014 | EarthDesk Sunday, Fracking
Pennyslvania Governor Tom Corbett said he would never impose a gas extraction tax on fracking companies. He also promised he would not increase state income tax. Odds makers are placing their bets on a gas tax to fill the state’s $1.4 billion budget gap. More...
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 Guest Contributor | Jun 15, 2014 | EarthDesk Sunday
The struggle between Russia and the Ukraine is also a struggle over natural resources that has global implications, including for the United States and our nation’s fracking boom. See the links following Russian cartoonist Alexander Zudin’s contribution to...
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 | Jun 8, 2014 | EarthDesk Sunday
«« »» Feng Li is a photographer based in Beijing. He joined Getty Images in 2007. See more of his images in this feature in The Guardian and this Getty Images page and by following this Tumblr tag.
by Guest Contributor | Jun 6, 2014 | Climate Change, Energy, Government, Law & Policy, Pollution
By Charles Komanoff We again welcome Charles Komanoff to EarthDesk, and his examination of President Obama’s recently released climate action plan. Charlie’s analysis is unlike most you will read. The majority of environmentalists have heaped praise on the...
by John Cronin | Jun 1, 2014 | EarthDesk Sunday
Want shinier skin and hair? Scrub with plastic. After Steve Greenberg’s EarthDesk Sunday cartoon, read on to learn more about the latest, useless, pollution producing insanity unleashed on the planet by global companies that bank on consumer stupidity. Washing...