United States Energy Policy
“Let me take this opportunity to outline what has been U.S. policy toward the Middle East and North Africa and what will be my policy during the remainder of my presidency. ‘The United States of America is prepared to use all elements of our power,...
From Remote Generation to Trigeneration
By John R. Nolon Editor’s Note: John R. Nolon, a Professor of Law at Pace University School of Law, and counsel to the Law School’s Land Use Law Center, is a renowned pioneer in sustainable land use policy. Here he explains how local zoning can embrace...
Are the Tropics the New Harbinger of Radical Climate Change?
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...
Cold War at the Top of the World
USA, Russia or Greenpeace — Who’s the Sanest? You Decide Editor’s Note: Since we last posted about the Russian arrest of the Arctic 30, there has been small progress to obtain their freedom. All have been charged with piracy and have been informed...
Revkin’s Roundup: From Government Shutdown to Student Shutout
This week’s developments range from the exasperating to the exciting. Andy’s picks on the government shutdown and more. Government Shutdown Tom Friedman in The New York Times How gerrymandering and other political factors led to this impasse, with worse...
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.