Katie Babson
The Supreme Court and the Future of Climate Legislation
BY KATIE BABSON In a landmark decision, the United States Supreme Court announced its 6–3 ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental...
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Lindsey Ngo
- Jan 23
- 4 min
Designed for Waste: Planned Obsolescence
BY LINDSEY NG Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash. Planned obsolescence is a marketing strategy where products are intentionally designed to...
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Emma Simon
- Jan 18
- 6 min
Suburbia Is Destroying Our Climate — And Our Communities
BY EMMA SIMON In current discussions surrounding climate-friendly transportation, a frustrating amount of attention is given to electric...
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Alex Reep
- Dec 16, 2022
- 9 min
Atmospheric River Data: Key to Saving California’s Agricultural Sector
BY ALEX REEP California’s agricultural sector is reliant on the increasingly unpredictable mega-storms, called atmospheric rivers, that...
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Katie Babson
- Dec 9, 2022
- 5 min
ExxonMobil is Lying to You About Carbon Solutions
BY KATIE BABSON As the White House’s climate agenda faces severe backlash over contested budget resolutions, concerns regarding economic...
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Allison Gable
- Dec 6, 2022
- 6 min
Decolonization as Climate Justice: Deep-Sea Oil Drilling in Aotearoa New Zealand
BY ALLISON GABLE Despite worldwide resistance to fossil fuel extraction, not only are companies and governments failing to shut down...
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Roux Reilly
- Dec 3, 2022
- 6 min
Climate Change and Coastal Infrastructure: How Amtrak is proving to be a Case Study for the future
BY ROUX REILLY A little over a month ago, Amtrack’s Pacific Surfliner had to halt all trains traveling from Oceanside to Irvine due to...
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Anthony Ye
- Nov 30, 2022
- 5 min
Consumerism: Capitalism’s Climate Changing Child
BY ANTHONY YE In the past thousand years of human civilization, most people owned only a few pieces of clothing, maybe a couple toys, and...
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Nicole Phelps
- Nov 15, 2022
- 5 min
San Diego Bike Lanes in Car-centric America
BY NICOLE PHELPS In 2018, I saved up and paid for my first car for $1900 off Facebook Marketplace. As a full-time student and part-time...
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Chiara Fields
- Nov 2, 2022
- 4 min
50 Years After “The Crying Indian” the Plastic Industry Still Prevails
BY CHIARA FIELDS In 1971, messaging about plastic pollution was turned on its head with the broadcasting of “The Crying Indian”...
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Ethan Olson
- Oct 7, 2022
- 6 min
The Climate Change Contradiction
Are the systems responsible for climate change a larger problem than climate change itself? BY ETHAN OLSON
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Katie Babson
- May 31, 2022
- 5 min
NFTs and the Climate Controversy
BY KATIE BABSON NFTs have taken over the internet, serving as digital assets that offer creators and consumers unique opportunities...
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Ethan Olson
- May 8, 2022
- 8 min
Let’s Go San Diego! An Interview with Dr. Cathy Gere about Getting Transit on the Ballot
BY ETHAN OLSON Cathy Gere is a professor of history of science in the UCSD history department, with a specialization in the history of...
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Leorah Gavidor
- May 3, 2022
- 4 min
San Diego’s First Zero Waste Grocery Store
BY LEORAH GAVIDOR Isabelle DeMillan, Owner / Founder of The Mighty Bin It’s called the Mighty Bin, and it’s the first store in San Diego...
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Phoebe Skok
- Apr 6, 2022
- 6 min
Can Eating Animal Products Ever Be Morally Justified?
Is consuming animal products morally wrong when we know the harm it causes to animals and the environment?
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Bianca Jussen
- Mar 21, 2022
- 6 min
Coral Reefs Could Be the Next Major Casualty in the Fight against Climate Change
BY BIANCA JUSSEN Imagine a fantastical scenario where we press a button and terminate all anthropogenic causes of greenhouse gas...
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Chiara Fields
- Mar 7, 2022
- 4 min
Can You Really Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is When It Comes to the Climate Crisis?
BY CHIARA FIELDS We’re often taught that we, as individual consumers, can positively affect climate change by choosing to purchase...
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Anastassia Roberts
- Feb 26, 2022
- 3 min
Coral Reefs: Media’s Negligence in Covering (some) Major Environmental Issues
BY ANASTASSIA ROBERTS Nemo lived in a beautiful home, didn’t he? Anemone was considered shelter, neighboring fish were deemed friends,...
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Katie Babson
- Feb 21, 2022
- 4 min
The Cost of Conservative Fossil Fuel Think Tanks
Fossil fuel think tanks rely on climate doubt to perpetuate messages of pro-fossil fuels by attacking climate science.
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Berns Piffard
- Feb 18, 2022
- 5 min
Maybe There Isn’t Anything Wrong with Nimbys
BY BERNS PIFFARD Scottish demonstrators protest plans for a new wind farm development It is very clear we need to increase the...
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