Kerr-McGee, Anadarko to Pay $5.15 Billion for Contaminating the United States
Kerr-McGee, the energy company that for forty years has famously lingered in the shadow of suspicion for the killing of worker Karen Silkwood, engaged in a massive fraud to avoid culpability for contaminating hundreds of sites across the nation with radioactive and...
IPCC: Climate Change is Here, World Must Adapt
By Andrea Thompson Senior Science Writer Climate Central This is Andrea Thompson’s first post for EarthDesk. Andrea reports on extreme weather and climate change for Climate Central, and previously wrote for Live Science and Space.com. This article appeared on...
Making An Energy Revolution Where It Matters Most
The U.S. Should Lead a New Marshall Plan of Conservation and Alternative Energy for Eastern Europe By Charles Komanoff Ed. Note: EarthDesk is pleased to welcome first-time guest contributor Charles Komanoff, a lifelong, pioneering advocate on energy economics and...
New York – Con Ed Settlement Sets Stage for Climate Change Reform by Power Utilities
By Bobby Magill Climate Central EarthDesk welcomes Bobby Magill, a senior science writer for Climate Central who focuses on energy and climate change. This post appeared on Climate Central on February 27, 2014. More on Bobby at the conclusion. Explosion at the Con Ed...
Ian McKee Assumed Killed by Chevron Fracking Explosion. Pizza Grabs the Headlines.
Ian McKee, a 27 year-old fracking contractor who worked for Cameron International has been missing and is presumed dead following a February 11 explosion at Chevron’s Lanco 7H fracking well in Dunkard Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. The Greene County...
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.).
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