Category: conservation

William H. Schlesinger
January 11, 2021 William H. Schlesingeragriculture, air pollution, biodiversity, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, food, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability

Overpopulation

Only with a population growth rate of zero might we have some hope for planetary stability.

William H. Schlesinger
December 7, 2020December 9, 2020 William H. Schlesingerconservation, faculty, recycling, waste

Diapers: to change or not to change

Reducing the use of disposal diapers would have a rather small effect on our national inventory of greenhouse gas emissions

Chuck Cannon
June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Chuck Cannon biodiversity, conservation, faculty

Biodiversity Bottlenecks

We need to enhance natural processes that can accelerate diversification and allow emerging habitats to select the winners.

William H. Schlesinger
April 20, 2020 William H. Schlesingerbiodiversity, conservation, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat

Gutting protections for migratory birds

Recognizing that it is part of our nation’s heritage, the Wood Thrush is…protected by the Migratory Bird Protection Act (MBPA) of 1918.

Bill Schlesinger
August 29, 2019 Bill Schlesingerbiodiversity, conservation, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat

Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

When we lose a species, the bell tolls for us.

Bill Schlesinger
August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Bill Schlesingerbiodiversity, conservation, faculty, land use, natural habitat

A Bird in the Bush

When we lose birds, we are witnessing the continued unraveling of nature that will leave behind a less healthy and impoverished world for the future.

Bill Schlesinger
April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 Bill Schlesingerbiodiversity, conservation, faculty

Extinction

We need to preserve the heritage of species on all corners of the Earth.

Bill Schlesinger
April 3, 2019 Bill Schlesingerbiodiversity, conservation, environmental policy, faculty, food, natural habitat, population growth

Neo-Malthusianism

We must look beyond the self-centered view that we are the only masters of our own survival.

Bill Schlesinger
December 12, 2018 Bill Schlesingerconservation, environmental economics, faculty, population growth

The Elephant in the Corner.

Reliance on population growth is a hollow and blunt instrument to ensure economic growth

Bill Schlesinger
October 16, 2018November 25, 2018 Bill Schlesingerclimate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental policy, faculty, renewable energy

Carbon Fees

A carbon fee program would preserve the personal choice of how we live our lives