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California's Water Supply in the Time of Climate Change
BY SABINA GRIEBEL
When people think of California, images of deserts, beaches, and cities usually come to mind. While California has terrai
Sabina Griebel
May 20, 20213 min read
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What about the Lithium?
BY ALEX ANDRIATIS A common challenge to calls for electrification is to point out the “hidden” negative impact, both environmental and socia
Alex Andriatis
May 14, 20216 min read
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Book Review: How To Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
BY AVANTIKA GOYAL When discussing the problem of climate change, many advocates argue that it's the billionaires and capitalists who've led
Avantika Goyal
May 12, 20214 min read
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The Problems with Palm Oil
BY AMBERLY CLARK What do cereal, soap and ice cream all have in common? Chances are, they contain palm oil. These two words seem trivial eno
Amberly Clark
May 6, 20214 min read
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UC San Diego to Host Climate Education Summit:
A Conversation with Dr. Nan Renner, Senior Director of Learning Design and Innovation for Birch Aquarium at Scripps BY EMILY ZOU
Emily Zou
May 5, 20215 min read
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INTERVIEW WITH VERONIKA MICHELS (CALPIRG): STUDENT ACTIVISM TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
BY VEER SHAH
Veronika Michels is an alumna from UC San Diego and graduated in 2019 with a degree in Physiology and Neuroscience. She joined
Veer Shah
Apr 30, 20216 min read
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Please, Don't Take A Cruise This Summer
BY SABINA GRIEBEL As temperatures warm and vaccines pierce arms, many are looking toward Summer 2021. With the implementation of vaccine pa
Sabina Griebel
Apr 27, 20215 min read
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Looking Back on Kyoto: Leaving Developing Countries Out of Climate Change Agreements
BY ETHAN OLSON Over two decades ago, world leaders met in Kyoto, Japan to create an international agreement for mitigating climate
Ethan Olson
Apr 23, 20215 min read
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An Interview with Professor Fonna Forman: Why Global Challenges Require Local Solutions
BY OLGA KURILINA AND ELIANA BLACHMAN Professor Fonna Forman is a professor of Political Science and the founding Director of the Center on G
Guest
Apr 21, 20218 min read
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The San Diego Climate Equity Fund
BY LEORAH GAVIDOR
It’s just a drop in the bucket: San Diego’s new $5 million Climate Equity Fund, which the city council approved in March,
Leorah Gavidor
Apr 19, 20212 min read
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Political Economic Paradigms for a Sustainable Future
BY MARC CAMANAG
As denoted by our civilization's collective history and countless discourses on climate change, capitalism has played a rel
Marc Camanag
Apr 14, 20211 min read
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Change Your Diet, Save the Planet
BY ELEANOR TERNER
If you’ve ever heard the plight of an environmentalist wanting you to eat less red meat and switch to alternative protein
Eleanor Terner
Apr 12, 20213 min read
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Until the Fog Lifts: The Uneasy History of Former Scripps' Director, William Nierenberg
BY EMILY ZOU
“These problems can also be so important that they should not be avoided or ignored until the fog lifts. We simply must learn
Emily Zou
Apr 9, 20217 min read
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The Psychology of Climate Change
Professor Adam Aron talks about why we’re not all doing something about it right now
BY LEORAH GAVIDOR
Leorah Gavidor
Apr 8, 20215 min read
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All the Leaves Are Brown, and the Sky Is Red
An Interview with Dr. Alexander Gershunov about the impacts of climate change on California, and the public health consequences that...
Ethan Olson
Apr 1, 202113 min read
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The Lithium Triangle: How Electric Vehicles Are Putting Indigenous Communities at Risk
BY SARA BERMAN
The looming threat of climate change has encouraged the effort of seeking new sustainable energy sources, and lithium-powere
Sara Berman
Mar 30, 20213 min read
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The Latest on the Green New Deal and Getting off the Gas
Activist and Professor Adam Aron on what you can do now
BY LEORAH GAVIDOR
Adam Aron is a psychology professor at UC San Diego, and he is als
Leorah Gavidor
Mar 29, 20215 min read
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FWS v. Sierra Club: A Dissection of Justice Barrett's First Opinion Amid a Divided Court
BY MARC CAMANAG
Earlier this month, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivered her first signed majority opinion via the case U.S. Fish
Marc Camanag
Mar 19, 20215 min read
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Professor Puritty: Unfiltered Thoughts on Fighting Climate Change (and Gardening)
BY ELIANA BLACHMAN AND OLGA KURILINA
We interviewed UC San Diego’s Professor Chandler Puritty, our former Environmental Studies teacher, to
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Mar 17, 202115 min read
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Wasteland Imagination
BY EMILY ZOU
This past quarter, I studied under Dr. Andrew deWaard, who led a special studies class in communications. He is writing a book
Emily Zou
Mar 16, 20214 min read
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Why Carbon Offsets Won’t Cut It: Misleading Terms in Climate Change Conversations
BY AMBERLY CLARK Carbon neutral! Fossil free! Sustainable! Buzz words like these and many others are constantly thrown around and misused by
Amberly Clark
Mar 12, 20214 min read
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The Importance of E-Waste Recycling
BY DEANNA ROLDAN
E-waste recycling is vital to protecting our environment and reducing waste in landfills. Improper methods of discarding e
Deanna Roldan
Mar 10, 20212 min read
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Interview: Indigenous Communities on Climate Change
BY ANUSHA GOSWAMI
Kathryn Walkiewicz, Assistant Professor of English Literature and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, received her Ph.D. in E
Anusha Goswami
Mar 9, 20218 min read
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The Future Is Electric: How Electric Vehicles Are Revolutionizing Transportation
BY AVANTIKA GOYAL In the United States, the transportation sector accounts for the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions, with petroleum
Avantika Goyal
Mar 4, 20216 min read
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