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Fossil Fuels are Lying to You About Recycling
BY KATIE BABSON Art by Kyra Black Since elementary school, we are taught that recycling is a core tenant of reducing wasteful plastic....
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- Aug 5, 2021
- 2 min
Electrifying UCSD: A Campus Electrification Scenario and Cost Estimate
BY ALEX ANDRIATIS UCSD’s problematic reliance on carbon offsets to meet its goal of carbon neutrality by 2025 has been widely documented by
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Leorah Gavidor
- Jun 11, 2021
- 3 min
Will Scripps Oceanography Leadership Commit to Zero Emissions Research Vessels?
BY ALEXANDER ANDRIATIS AND LEORAH GAVIDOR All vessels in the Scripps research fleet burn diesel. If it seems ironic to you that one of the
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Guest
- Jun 1, 2021
- 7 min
Interview with Mark Jacobson on the Clean Energy Transition
CONDUCTED BY ADAM ARON ON MAY 24, 2021 Mark Jacobson is a Professor at Stanford. He has written several books and co-authored over one hundr
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Ethan Olson
- May 27, 2021
- 5 min
Walkability and Climate Change
BY ETHAN OLSON
How do we get to a world where temperatures do not rise 2°C past pre-industrial levels?
We walk.
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Sabina Griebel
- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
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
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Alex Andriatis
- May 13, 2021
- 6 min
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
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Avantika Goyal
- May 11, 2021
- 4 min
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
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Katie Babson
- May 10, 2021
- 3 min
Washington State Passes Senate Bill for Clean Cars 2030
BY KATIE BABSON Washington state legislature has passed a bill titled Clean Cars 2030. This bill seeks to set a goal requiring all light-dut
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Veer Shah
- Apr 30, 2021
- 6 min
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
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Eleanor Terner
- Apr 12, 2021
- 3 min
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
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Katie Babson
- Apr 4, 2021
- 4 min
UC San Diego Carbon Offsets & Electrification
BY KATIE BABSON
As the threat of climate change continues to loom over our heads, UC San Diego has served as a leader in reducing carbon emi
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Sara Berman
- Mar 29, 2021
- 3 min
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
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Leorah Gavidor
- Mar 28, 2021
- 5 min
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
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Amberly Clark
- Mar 12, 2021
- 4 min
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
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Avantika Goyal
- Mar 4, 2021
- 6 min
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
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Leorah Gavidor
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
What Does Community Choice Energy Mean in San Diego?
BY LEORAH GAVIDOR
The name actually doesn’t say it all: the most important thing about community choice energy—coming soon to five cities
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Ethan Olson
- Feb 8, 2021
- 5 min
Plants on Rooftops: Greenwashing in Architecture
BY ETHAN OLSON
With buildings accounting for 39% of carbon emissions worldwide, distinguished architects are scrambling to promote their ow
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Eleanor Terner
- Feb 5, 2021
- 5 min
The Realities of Nuclear Power: An Interview with Dr. Mehdi Sarram
BY ELEANOR TERNER
If you’ve ever been curious about nuclear energy, check out this interview with nuclear engineer Dr. Mehdi Sarram. He rec
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Leorah Gavidor
- Dec 11, 2020
- 4 min
The Bugs Are in the Tanks
Curbside Recycling of Food Scraps and San Diego County’s First Anaerobic Digester
BY LEORAH GAVIDOR
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