Achieving Water Security, Part 3: Striving for “Blue Peace” in the Eastern Himalayas
Toward a True India-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission. By Anumita Raj Editors Note: Our previous installments on water security and transboundary waters (here and here), have included discussions of shared water resources as a vehicle for peaceful relations between...
CAFOs 101
First in a Series about Animals, Agriculture and the Environment. What is a CAFO? First, let’s parse. A CAFO is a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation. Some call it a Confined Animal Feeding Operation. You are already getting the idea. “Feeding operation”...
Water Is a Women’s Issue
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The Great Trans-Atlantic Beach Plague
The United States is not the only developed nation plagued by summertime beach closures, even after decades of laws requiring treatment of sewage. Hundreds of beaches in England do not not make the grade as well, according to The Guardian newspaper. On July 1,...
Water Infrastructure and the White House
An Update from Alexandra Dapolito Dunn On June 14, we reported on the financial crisis faced by communities in need of water infrastructure repair and replacement. On July 1, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) convened a Conference on Financing the...
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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