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Environment Blog
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Cassie Rodenberg • September 21, 2009
Windows can be used for more than a view—for virtual environmental pollutant flypaper.
Michael Glenn Easter • September 20, 2009
Ex-mobster admits to sinking ships full of nuclear and medical waste.
Lindsey Konkel • September 5, 2009
UK’s Royal Society Weighs the Pros and Cons of Climate Manipulation.
Lindsey Konkel • May 19, 2009
A new website from NYU's Carter Journalism Institute examines this eco-friendly buzzword.
Jonathan Teyan • February 19, 2009
The soil, nearly black with compost, is only recently emerged from alternating bands of ice and powder snow. The meltwater has rendered it a wallow. A wallow measuring two hundred […]
Dave Levitan • January 26, 2009
On Monday, President Barack Obama followed through on a campaign promise to begin tightening standards for the automotive industry. He signed a memorandum instructing the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider […]
Lindsey Konkel • January 9, 2009
With the Super Bowl approaching in a fury of clashing helmets and diving tackles, the National Football League hardly conjures up a sensitive image, but sensitive is what the NFL […]
Dave Levitan • January 6, 2009
I’d already been sitting on the train for 18 hours when we pulled out of Denver, heading west. As we slowed to navigate the turns and tunnels of the Rockies, […]
Carina Storrs • December 16, 2008
Clarinet with whale songs: click to listen Distorted clarinet riffs filled the air. Then howls, hauntingly low and distant, syncopated by short squeals accompanied them. The duet was no experimental […]
Brett Israel • November 20, 2008
Public transit systems across the country received a long overdue boost from this historic election season. Voters signaled their willingness to invest in mass transit, despite the economic downturn, suggesting […]
Katherine Tweed • November 19, 2008
This fall, I gave New York University $13,845 for the glorious opportunity to spend one day each week in their newly minted journalism building in Manhattan. Apparently, what that steep […]
Eric R. Olson • September 30, 2008
At last Friday’s presidential debate Senator John McCain made the following statement, railing against earmarks for pork-barrel spending: “You know, we spent $3 million to study the DNA of bears […]
Lindsey Konkel • September 23, 2008
Today’s kids may be able to read, write, and multiply, but will they be able to relate to the environment? The U.S. House of Representatives addressed this question when they […]
Christopher Intagliata • June 9, 2008
This weekend I was forced to bathe in a tub of ice cubes and cucumber slices to escape the hellish, sticky heat blanketing New York City. To pass the time, […]
Katherine Tweed • April 29, 2008
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced last week that it would offer a $1 million reward for a company to bring commercially viable test-tube meat to market by […]