By Sammy Marks, US Environmental Policy Student Imagine walking down the egg aisle at your local grocery store. You are greeted by cartons depicting lush green pastures, happy hens roaming a spacious farm, and buzzwordsContinue reading
U.S. National Parks at a Crossroads: Preservation or Exploitation?
By Anna Keeley The US National Parks are some of the most nationally visited places, covering around 3.4% of the US and bringing incredible amounts of biological diversity and beauty to the country’s landscape.[1]Continue reading
Resource Extraction on Public Land: Why America’s Wilderness Needs Protection
by William Creamer The United States federal government oversees some 640 million acres of land, which equates to about 28% of the landmass in the country[1]. This land comes in the form of nationalContinue reading
William Schlesinger, Ph.D.
biogeochemistry, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, lakes and streams, water, water pollution, wetlands
biogeochemistry, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, lakes and streams, water, water pollution, wetlands
From Headwaters to the Sea
This is not the time to “unburden” the corporate world from regulations that protect our environment.
William Schlesinger, Ph.D.
climate, energy, environmental economics, environmental policy, faculty, renewable energy
climate, energy, environmental economics, environmental policy, faculty, renewable energy
Net Metering
Solar power is essential to our future economy, health, and stabilization of climate.
William Schlesinger, Ph.D.
agriculture, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, food, toxicology, waste, water pollution
agriculture, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, food, toxicology, waste, water pollution
Organofluoride contaminants
PFAS compounds are found in wastewater and biosolids, that are used to fertilize agricultural lands
William Schlesinger, Ph.D.
climate, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, population growth
climate, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, population growth
MAGA and the World’s Future
The long-term problems facing Homo sapiens need a genuine sapient vision that we did not elect.
William Schlesinger, Ph.D.
agriculture, biogeochemistry, energy, environmental policy, faculty, fossil fuels, methane, wetlands
agriculture, biogeochemistry, energy, environmental policy, faculty, fossil fuels, methane, wetlands
The Methane Mystery
this makes it difficult to devise appropriate policy measures that might stem the growth of methane in the atmosphere.
New Car Smell
Most of the VOC are emitted from plastics, including the carpet, that are ubiquitous in new cars.
Wood Burial to combat climate change?
can we really expect the forest products industry to divert a significant fraction of its harvest from sale to burial?