Gestation Crates in New Jersey: Take Gov. Christie at His Word; He Doesn’t Care.
On November 28, Governor Chris Christie vetoed New Jersey Senate bill S998 that would have banned the use of pig gestation crates in New Jersey, calling the proposed law “a solution in search of a problem.” Undercover at Smithfield via the Humane Society. A gestation...
War On Science by Adam Zyglis
«« »» Adam Zyglis is the staff editorial cartoonist for The Buffalo News, his hometown daily newspaper. He accepted the position fresh out of college, after winning 3 national awards as a college cartoonist. In 2004, he graduated summa cum laude from Canisius College...
Jim Cronin, MBE, Nov. 15, 1951 – Mar. 17, 2007
Each year, on my younger brother Jim's birthday, I reflect on lessons from his brief stay on the planet. Two always come to mind: He was terrified of growing old; he died unexpectedly at 55. From a young age, he was enthralled with monkeys; despite being a college...
Carl Sagan, Nov. 9, 1934 – Dec. 20, 1996
Today, November 9, 2014, Carl Sagan would have turned 80, no longer a surprising age. Instead, he died at a relatively young 62, a victim of myelodysplasia. An accomplished astronomer, science popularizer, and Pulitzer Prize winner, he was, and is, a hero of mine. On...
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Environmental Destruction by Arend van Dam
«« »» Arend van Dam is a Dutch political cartoonist whose work has appeared in Reformed Netherlands, Central Weekly, Time, the Financial Times, and the Agrarian Dagblad among others. In addition to his cartoon work, he is also a book illustrator. He sometimes works...
The Green Patriarch: A Voice for the Environment and Humanity
From his early days in office, the Ecumenical Patriarch has made care for the environment one of his top priorities. His strategy has been “connecting people who have the power to save the environment with people who have the knowledge.”
Oil Industry and Climate Change by Patrick Chappatte
«« »» Patrick Chappatte is an editorial cartoonist for The International New York Times, formerly known as the International Herald Tribune, which has published his work since 2001. His cartoons have been featured in five books published by the newspaper. The latest...
Ebola Isn’t About Bodily Fluids; It’s About Poverty, Lack of Infrastructure and Environmental Destruction
The Ebola story has much in common with global environmental catastrophes such as the water crisis, food insecurity, and deforestation -- "the terrorism of poverty," is how Harvard Professor Paul Farmer characterized the crisis in a recent Washington Post article....
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People in the Third World by Paul Fitzgerald
«« »» From cartoonist Paul Fitzgerald's website: I've been scratching 'Polyp' political cartoons since 1980 (for Leeds Student Newspaper) and took it up full time in the 90's, having been a care worker before then. New Internationalist Magazine, bless 'em, gave me my...
The Environment – Poverty Collide
Last December, I wrote an EarthDesk post that called upon American environmentalism to turn its attention to poverty and homelessness. A reader replied on Facebook that she resented the implication environmentalists ignore the poor, as she and others were fighting...