by Guest Contributor | Oct 10, 2013 | Climate Change, Ecology, Economics, Energy, Law & Policy
By Douglas Fischer The Daily Climate Editor’s Note: A lone polar bear squeezed onto a tiny ice floe, the “North Pole” jutting from a pond of water, Santa Claus in swim fins – it is easy to make the Arctic the poster child for climate change, perhaps too easy. A...
by John Cronin | Sep 12, 2013 | Economics, General, Sustainability, VIdeos
Something very troubling has been happening to our country in the past few decades. We are letting our greatness slip away. — James Gustave Speth. What is your America the Possible? What America can you dream? What America will you stand for? Must we have the...
by EarthDesk | Aug 30, 2013 | Climate Change, Economics, Sustainability
By Noushi Rahman Professor of Management, Lubin School of Business The economic implications of climate change can no longer be viewed as simply the burden of future generations. Impacts on agriculture in particular may give rise to civil conflicts, with significant...
by EarthDesk | Aug 23, 2013 | Economics, Energy, Fracking, Health, Law & Policy, Pollution
By Tom Wilber Editor’s Note: A centerpiece of President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Address was his aggressive support of “shale gas development” or fracking, hydraulic fracturing for gas. He has remained unwavering. So, it is no surprise...
by EarthDesk | Aug 2, 2013 | Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Law & Policy, Pollution
Calls climate issue economic as well as environmental. By Alvin Powell Editor’s Note: In our July 20 EarthDesk post about the appointment of Gina McCarthy to EPA Administrator, we said there would be “high expectations that she will be an effective...
by EarthDesk | Jul 13, 2013 | Economics, Health, International, Law & Policy, Science, Sustainability, Water
Alexandra Dapolito Dunn Reports from World Justice Forum IV. By Alexandra Dapolito Dunn Editor’s Note: Alex Dunn’s follow-up to her first post from World Justice Forum IV at The Hague underscores EarthDesk’s recent coverage of global water issues: part...