Who Is David Bernhardt? (And Why Every Environmentalist Should Care.)
The man likely to replace Ryan Zinke as Interior secretary is a seasoned Washington insider—and a former lobbyist for Big Oil and Big Ag.
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke Resigns
President Donald Trump’s reckless and feckless Secretary of the Interior slumps from office under the weight of fifteen investigations.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is the Hat Act of the American Environment
Like a faux country and western musician who wears a ten-gallon hat for credibility, Zinke’s pretense to Interior Secretary has worn thin.
The Shad Returned. Fishermen Didn’t
The return of Hudson rivermen to work the annual shad run was a biological event that signaled the season. No longer.
Scott Pruitt’s Selective Memory
Pruitt evades congressional questions about self-dealing, cronyism, corruption, and revenge firings. Tick-tock.
Sen. Barrasso: Protect America from “Regulatory Rampage”
Chair of the Senate Environment Committee says constituents have a new “spring in their step” thanks to EPA’s Pruitt.
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.
Featured Faculty:
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.