Pace Law Professor Ann Powers at UN General Assembly Debate on Law of the Sea
Anyone involved in the sausage-making of law and policy knows one small ingredient can affect the entire product. The United Nations is no exception. On December 9, Pace Law School professor Ann Powers, representing the International Union for the Conservation of...
“Antibacterial” Soaps Don’t Work, Are Bad for Humans & the Environment. FDA Gives Industry Another Year to Prove Otherwise
Broken Federal Toxins Law Has 11% Chance of Being Fixed. On December 16, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposed rule that allows soap and hygiene product manufacturers one year to prove “antibacterial” additives are safe and...
Dismantling of Fishery Library ‘Like a Book Burning,’ Say Scientists
Government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Shuts Down ‘World Class’ Collection on Freshwater Science and Protection By Andrew Nikiforuk Editor’s Note: Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s aggressive advocacy for the Alberta tar sands...
Soda Planet
How much of the Earth’s currently-existing water has ever been turned into a soft drink at some point in its history? By xkcd/Randall Munroe Every Tuesday, the xkcd what if? webpage answers your hypothetical questions with physics. The above question was...
The Last Voyage of the Bounty
Today is the anniversary of the sinking of the Bounty. As with many tragedies left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the Bounty story instructs us that nature will ever challenge how we choose to live at, and beyond, the wet edges of our continents. She sank in...
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.