The Clean Water Act was designed to keep dangerous things out of our environment; a little bit of rational firearms regulation would do likewise.
Category: environmental politics
Inside the EPA
The SAB is no place to serve if you value your time and potential contributions to protecting the environment of our nation
Climate Damages Lawsuits: A trip down memory lane
A lot of the costs of climate change will be borne by society at large, through taxes and insurance premiums.
Breast feeding
Certainly providing a low-risk environment for human health carries some costs.
William Schlesinger
air pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, toxicology
air pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, toxicology
Science at the EPA
All actions by the Environmental Protection Agency should be taken on the basis of science—not from religious beliefs, from payoffs, or to satisfy the desires of special interest groups.
William Schlesinger
agriculture, air pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty
agriculture, air pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty
Particulate Pollution
In the case of PM2.5 what you can’t see can hurt you.
William Schlesinger
climate, energy, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, population growth, renewable energy
climate, energy, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, population growth, renewable energy
Inequality
The perception of high inequality in society has been associated with instability and strife in human populations
William Schlesinger
air pollution, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat, population growth, water pollution
air pollution, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat, population growth, water pollution
Freshman year report card
Trump’s First Year Slightly less than a year ago, I used this blog to provide an open letter to Donald Trump regarding the environment (http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/citizenscientist/some-thoughts-for-the-new-president/). My points were simple: Use science to base environmental decisions;Continue reading
Only ostriches do it better.
The assault on basic knowledge and its discovery is likely to leave our nation behind in the competitive international arena
Disbeliefs
Those who enjoy understanding about science need to do more than bask in that pleasure.