Putin’s Gas Against Ukrainian Water by Alexander Zudin
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 EarthDesk...
Why Did the Animal Cross the Road?
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 accidents are...
Blue Sky on LED Screen, Daytime, Tiananmen Square by Feng Li
«« »» 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.
Next to Nothing for Climate in Obama Plan
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 plan. Other...
Microbeads by Steve Greenberg
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 your...
Springtime Surprise on the Hudson River: Meeting a Baby Beaver on North Tivoli Bay
By Susan Fox Rogers Ed Note: No matter how predictable the signs of Spring, nature still surprises us on the Hudson, EarthDesk's home river. Here Susan Fox Rogers shares her encounter with a baby beaver on North Tivoli Bay. A rare sighting and a beautifully told tale....
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Names of Nigeria’s Kidnapped Girls Reconsidered
The following replaces and significantly updates a post from earlier today. The kidnapping of hundreds of school girls by terrorist group Boko Haram is the most recent chapter in the enduring tragedy that is Nigeria. The story has focused world attention on the...
Dumbing-Down Energy and Climate at MSNBC
"Eating granola bars at the base of a windmill." That is how MSNBC's Joe Scarborough described the alternative energy component of President Obama's "all of the above" strategy in an on-air conversation with Fracking King Ed Rendell, former governor of Pennsylvania....
Viewing Enviros from the Other Side of the Keystone Pipeline by Nate Beeler
Note: Here at EarthDesk we stay current on the unflattering ways in which environmentalists and environmental issues are viewed. For most activists, Mark Twain's "perfect rule" is axiomatic: "In all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane." But in matters of...
Pace University Students Call on NY to Stop Elephant Abuse
The video above was produced by the Pace Environmental Policy Clinic to support elephant-free circuses in New York State, an issue currently the subject of proposed state legislation -- more on that here. In a post on the ePolicyPace blog, student environmental...
