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...
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...
Pace Clinic Students Parse School Food, By the Letter
CAFO: A Four-Letter Word Found in School Cafeterias By The Food Justice Team Pace Environmental Policy Clinic Note: Students from the Pace Environmental Policy Clinic launched their ePolicy blog with features spanning circus animal abuse, microgrid development,...
Student Environmental Policy Clinic: New York Law Could End Elephant Torture in Circuses
By the Circus Animal Team Pace Environmental Policy Clinic Note: This week, our students from the Pace Environmental Policy Clinic launched their ePolicy blog, featuring news and updates on their docket of cases. The article below, by the Clinic’s Circus Animal...
Students Enter Public Arena Through Pace Academy’s Environmental Policy Clinic
Undergraduates Tackle Energy, Food Justice, Invasive Species and Animal Torture Only seven weeks into the inaugural semester of the Pace Environmental Policy Clinic, an intensive program of professional advocacy training, twelve Pace University students are already...
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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