Utah Tries to Shutdown Freedom of Speech Challenge to Ag Gag Law
Ever determined to prevent its citizens from giving animal torture a bad name, the State of Utah has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that contests the constitutionality of the state’s ag gag statute, which makes it a crime to speak ill of agricultural...
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...
Which is the Greatest Show on Earth? You Decide
This is a tale of two lives. The first, an elephant’s life in the United States, as a traveling Ringling Brothers entertainer. The second, an elephant’s life in Africa, an integral member of a roaming, socially structured herd. According to elephant expert...
Gulf of Mexico Sponsored By . . . Big Oil?
I have nothing against corporate sponsorship of aquarium exhibits, but, given what happened in the Gulf in 2010, the wording on the sign on this tank at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans is way too...
“Loss of Control” Gas Well Fire in the Gulf of Mexico
A blowout and fire that began Tuesday at 8:45 AM at a gas well in the Gulf of Mexico, 55 miles off the coast of Louisiana in 154 feet of water, has been contained, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), an arm of the US Department of...
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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Dr. E. Melanie Dupuis
Inspired by new scientific studies of the human body as a metabiome, Dr. E. Melanie Dupuis, Professor and chair, Department of Environmental Science and Studies, reimagines the American body politic through a new metaphor — digestion — opening social transformations to ideas of mixing, fermentation, and collaboration. In doing so, she explores how social activists can rethink politics as inclusive processes that involve the inherently risky mixing of cultures, standpoints, and ideas. Dangerous Digestion at Amazon.