American Climate Corps 

American Climate Corps 

President Biden announced a new initiative to train young people in high-demand skills for jobs in the clean energy economy. The American Climate Corps is designed to put a new generation of Americans to work conserving our lands and waters, bolstering community...
Featured Connection: Hydrology

Featured Connection: Hydrology

Water, Water Everywhere Water is among the most important resources on our planet. Without it, life would not exist. Hydrologists study how water moves across and through Earth’s crust. They study how rain, snow, and other forms of precipitation impact river flows or...
EPA Watchdog Report: Refineries Can’t Police Themselves

EPA Watchdog Report: Refineries Can’t Police Themselves

As the Latin expression puts it, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? This is a phrase from the Roman poet Juvenal, which is literally translated as “Who will guard the guards themselves?”  Well, according to a new report from the Office of the Inspector General, the...
Featured Connection: Marine Mammal Science

Featured Connection: Marine Mammal Science

The Care and Conservation of Marine Mammals  Marine mammal science is a diverse field that includes the study of animal behavior, communication, evolution, physiology, ecology, and zoology. Marine mammal scientists (also called marine mammalogists) study the...
EVs as EJ?

EVs as EJ?

From a forthcoming paper by Lisa Benjamin from Lewis & Clark Law School in the Harvard Environmental Law Review: Electric vehicles (EVs) are everywhere. And they are cool – consumers love them. But EVs have justice implications – both positive and negative. The...