by Guest Contributor | Mar 24, 2015 | Climate Change, Ecology, Law & Policy, Water
A sweeping ocean conveyor system that ushers warm tropical waters into the North Atlantic appears to have partly recovered from a near-collapse around the time that the Beatles were breaking up.
by John Cronin | Mar 20, 2015 | Health, Homelessness, Human Sustainability, Law & Policy, Poverty
What’s wrong with this public bench? It prevents this: The internationally famous, 87-year old Strand Bookstore in New York City’s Greenwich Village calls itself “a community bookstore first and foremost.” In 2013, it installed a sprinkler system that...
by John Cronin | Mar 13, 2015 | Law & Policy, Pollution, Water
The route of oil trains that transport volatile Bakken crude along the Hudson River is often described as running “adjacent” or “past” the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In fact, it runs under the military campus through a tunnel above...
by John Cronin | Mar 6, 2015 | Energy, Law & Policy, Pollution
A demand by the environmental organization Riverkeeper to “Stop the Bomb Trains” was once derided by critics as hyperbole. No longer. On Thursday, 21 of 103 railcars carrying Bakken crude derailed, causing some to burst into flames alongside the Upper...
by Guest Contributor | Mar 4, 2015 | Climate Change, Law & Policy, Pollution, Technology
By Carol Rasmussen NASA’s Earth Science News Team Aerosol emission and transport, 9/1/06 to 4/10/07. Also included are locations, indicated by red and yellow dots, of wildfires and human-initiated burning. Via NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The residents of...
by John Cronin | Feb 27, 2015 | Animal Welfare, Corporate Responsibility, Health, Law & Policy
One of the Hudson Valley’s bragging rights is that the name “Hudson” sells. It attracts tourism. Recreational outfitters tag it to their names. There are books about Hudson Valley cuisine. Businesses proudly carry the descriptors Hudson, Hudson...