This speaks to the importance of planting trees in urban areas to lower ambient temperatures and reduce the need for air conditioning.
The Methane Mystery
The popularity of natural gas as a fossil fuel and its increased use are attractive candidates to explain the potential for increased leakage to the atmosphere.
The Smell of the City
With the shutdown of much of the economy, we can see the human impact on air quality, and the underlying volatilization of chemicals from our activities.
Bottled Up in Belmont: Why we should worry about coal ash by Grace Jeffrey
Regardless of who you are or where you live, clean drinking water is a necessary component of everyday life. Consequently, in 2010 the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 64/292, “explicitly recogniz[ing] the human rightContinue reading
The Problem of Salt: How can we best protect our groundwater reserves? by Will Brodner
Over one-third of Earth’s underground reservoirs are being rapidly depleted by human consumption.[1] Even worse, there is not much accurate data explaining how much water is left in these basins. Groundwater systems around the worldContinue reading
Bear’s Ears National Monument by Rise Miller
The dispute over Bear’s Ears National Monument is a watershed moment in the history of Federal regulation of public lands. At stake is the President’s authority to reduce the size of national monuments previously establishedContinue reading
The Promise of Regenerative Grazing by Charlie Keziah
The United States, and much of the world, is in the midst of an agricultural crisis. Modern monocultural methods of food production have caused widespread destruction of ecosystems, in which 30% of arable land worldwideContinue reading
US E-Waste and Planned Obsolescence by Elizabeth Lamb
The US’s growing electronic waste (e-waste) problem is partially attributable to one manipulative tactic employed by big technology companies. In order to increase sales, companies like Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft engage “planned obsolescence” to encourageContinue reading
The Soil Solution: Incentivizing Sustainable Agriculture through the Federal Crop Insurance Program by Sam McDermott
In 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent an important reminder to governors around the U.S., stating that “the Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.”[1] Over 80 years later, the soil that American life dependsContinue reading
Bill Schlesinger
biodiversity, conservation, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat
biodiversity, 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.