by Guest Contributor | Feb 20, 2014 | Animal Welfare, Ecology, Government, Law & Policy
By Susan Fox Rogers NY Senate Bill S.6589 Calls for a Two-Year Moratorium on the State’s Mute Swan Slaughter Susan Fox Rogers is an author, educator, adventurer and environmentalist. This post appears on her online journal. More about Susan and her work at the...
by John Cronin | Jan 11, 2014 | Climate Change, Government, Law & Policy
Even if you have followed closely the Washington debate over extension of unemployment insurance benefits, you may have missed the latest development in the U.S. Senate. From a news release by Senator James Inhoffe, R-OK: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member...
by John Cronin | Nov 15, 2013 | Climate Change, International, Law & Policy
Editor’s Note: The year 2013 is currently tied with 2003 as seventh of the top ten warmest years, according to a provisional report issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to coincide with COP 19, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change...
by Guest Contributor | Oct 13, 2013 | EarthDesk Sunday
Editor’s Note: EarthDesk Sunday is our new weekly post that features poets, videographers, animators, cartoonists, photographers and more. We proudly kick it off with a haibun from poet and naturalist Elizabeth Bradfield. Liz lives on Cape Cod and is...
by EarthDesk | Sep 29, 2013 | Climate Change, EarthDesk Sunday
Editor’s Note: On the dual occasion of Sunday Cartoon day, and Friday’s release of the latest IPCC report (EarthDesk, September 29), we decided to step outside our own climate bubble here at EarthDesk and share the work of three cartoonists who dissent...