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EarthDesk Radio: Washington and Clean Water

by John Cronin | Jun 30, 2017 | Law & Policy, Pollution, Water

The integrity of the Clean Water Act is of vital national importance — not because we have come so far, but because we still have so far to go. More in our monthly podcast produced in partnership with Mid-Hudson News.

Oil Barges on the Hudson: Pace Environmental Policy Clinic Says Coast Guard Violated Procedures and Favored Shipping Industry

by EarthDesk | Dec 6, 2016 | Law & Policy, Pollution, Water

“How amazing is it that it took students from Pace University to shame and embarrass and expose the federal government on a situation like this?” ~ Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino

Yonatan Zunger: Water and Food, not Oil and Religion, Driving Middle East Violence

by Guest Contributor | Nov 19, 2015 | Climate Change, Human Sustainability, International, Poverty, Water

In the wake of the Paris massacre by Da’esh, Yonatan Zunger, chief architect at Google+, wrote that religion and oil “have little or nothing to do with what we’re seeing.” Rather, dwindling water, compounded by climate change, is “one...

Pioneer River Researcher Joseph Rachlin to Receive Higher Ed Top Honor

by John Cronin | Nov 4, 2015 | Ecology, Education, Higher Education, Pollution, Water

Environmental Consortium of Colleges & Universities to Present Rachlin the Great Work Award at its Annual Meeting November 7, Vassar College. There are 3.5 million miles of rivers and streams in the U.S. Add to that our estuaries, bayous, bays, lakes, wetlands and...

The Billion Oyster Project: A Conversation with Pace Professor Lauren Birney

by John Cronin | Oct 25, 2015 | Ecology, Environmental Justice, Law & Policy, Pollution, Water

“HOW DOES A CITY OF THIS MAGNITUDE bring young students to the water, and have them feel a sense of ownership and community?” asks Professor Lauren Birney from her lower Manhattan office at the Pace School of Education. “Oysters.” A century...

Erie County, NY Enacts Microbead Ban

by John Cronin | Aug 20, 2015 | Health, Law & Policy, Pollution, Water

Legislator Patrick B. Burke: “I knew I had to do something.” MICROBEADS are spherical particles of polyethylene present in thousands of personal care products — toothpastes, shampoos, lotions, exfoliating skin scrubs and more. Some products proudly...

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EarthDesk, published regularly during the academic year, is the online journal of the Dyson College Institute for Sustainability and the Environment (DCISE) at Pace University. John Cronin, editor.

Environmental Policy Clinic Students at Work.

Preparing oyster shells for tagging at the Billion Oyster Project, Governor's Island.

Environmental Policy Clinic Team with Senator Terrence Murphy in Albany.

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.

Discussing oyster regulation with Debbie Mans, NY-NJ Baykeeper at Pace, NYC.

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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