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Who Owns the Moon? Privatizing the Commons of Space

By Carolyn Raffensperger

The Obama administration is taking on a sacred cow –space missions. They want to privatize the rocket fleet and thereby reduce the costs of NASA so they can balance the federal budget. Of all the agencies that are near and dear to American’s hearts, it is NASA and their remarkable space [...]

Cumulative Impacts Blow by Blow

By Nancy Myers

I’ve been thinking about cumulative impacts.

This is not my choice. I’d rather be thinking about my coming grandchild than about this lumpy, awkward term, “cumulative impacts.” But my work at SEHN points me to this, and I do this work for that grandchild.

Jargony as it may be, “cumulative impacts” is descriptive. Impacts are [...]

On being an environmental lawyer: storytelling with a purpose

Guest Blog by Caitlin Sislin

As a young environmental attorney, I am fortunate to count Carolyn Raffensperger as one of my most trusted mentors. Carolyn’s advice and guidance deeply inform my work as the Advocacy Director for Women’s Earth Alliance, where I am building and stewarding a new pro bono legal and policy advocacy initiative to [...]

Testimony on BPA

By Ted Schettler MD, MPH

Testimony in support of House Bill 33; General Assembly of Maryland

An Act concerning child care articles and toys containing bisphenol A

(Note this legislative testimony provides a brief history of the science on the chemical bisphenol A.)

Thank you for the opportunity to testify today in support of House Bill 33. My name [...]

Lessons on living in place for 1000 years

By Carolyn Raffensperger

A year and a half ago I made a pilgrimage to Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico to deliver my library of Puebloan archaeology and anthropology books to the Haak’u Museum.  The museum had no books and I had one of the finest collections in private hands. Since I had gotten most [...]