The Polarization of Climate Change
By Ella Coulson Image Source It is no secret that the issue of climate change has become extremely politicized in recent decades. Climate...
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- Mar 31
- 7 min
Policing in the Age of Climate Change
BY ALLISON GABLE Photo by Alec Favale on Unsplash. In the past few years, there have been massive movements in the U.S. to expose the...
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- Feb 21
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Creating Climate Change Curriculum
BY KIDA Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels. Introduction The unwillingness of the education system to design a curriculum around the...
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- Feb 9
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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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- Dec 8, 2022
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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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- Dec 6, 2022
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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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- Oct 31, 2022
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Environmental Radicalism Through Ecotage
Derik Jensen, an American ecophilosopher asserts, “Hope is a longing for a future condition over which you have no agency... To hope for...
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- Oct 17, 2022
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Why the Parks in San Diego Represent Injustice
BY WIL SKAFF Chicano Park is located in one of San Diego’s most established Mexican neighborhoods, Logan Heights, and is situated under...
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- Oct 12, 2022
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I’ll Drink Tea as the World Burns
An exploration of chronic pain and climate change.
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- Jun 15, 2022
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Is the U.S. Prepared to Protect Climate Refugees?
BY CHIARA FIELDS Through his speech and highly restrictive refugee quotas, President Donald Trump succeeded in cultivating a racist and...
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- May 17, 2022
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We Fixed These Fossil Fuel Companies’ Climate Change Proclamations
Behind the greenwashed facades and misleading promises that the largest contributors to climate change are pushing lie one stone cold...
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- May 8, 2022
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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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- May 5, 2022
- 5 min
Climate Justice Is Queer Liberation Is Climate Justice
Until we address the unique circumstances of the LGBTQ+ community, we will not achieve climate justice.
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- May 2, 2022
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Reach for the Sky! Or, Maybe Not.
What Geoengineering With Aerosols Could Mean for Climate Change BY ELEANOR TERNER Image Source What would you do to end the warming...
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- Apr 12, 2022
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Ecocide: The Fifth International Crime
BY KATIE BABSON Ecocide refers to recklessly damaging the environment and causing irreversible harm to ecosystems, which in turn fosters...
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- Feb 21, 2022
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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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- Feb 18, 2022
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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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- Feb 4, 2022
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Ecofascism: Are We the Virus?
BY BERNS PIFFARD It has been over two years since a gunman in El Paso walked into a Walmart Supercenter with a semi-automatic rifle and...
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- Feb 2, 2022
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Does Good Faith in God Mean Bad Faith in Climate Change?
Does one's religious views influence their thoughts on climate change?
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- Oct 6, 2021
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The California Climate Crisis Act Is Still in Limbo
BY LEORAH GAVIDOR California is supposed to be leading the nation in climate change mitigation, backed by effective legislation and...
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- Jul 13, 2021
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Climate Change Narratives
BY KIDA BRADLEY
When I tell my children about what climate change is, I am not sure how I could thoroughly explain it. Climate change is an
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- 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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- 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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- Apr 23, 2021
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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
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- Apr 20, 2021
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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
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- Apr 18, 2021
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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,
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- Apr 14, 2021
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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
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- Apr 9, 2021
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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
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- Mar 18, 2021
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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
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- Feb 22, 2021
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Government and Climate Change
BY ETHAN OLSON
Are certain types, systems, or qualities of government better at promoting exceptional climate change policy than others? Th
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- Feb 15, 2021
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How Philosophy Can Help Us Solve Climate Change
BY CAROLINE HADLEY
For this interview, I spoke to Andy Lamey, a professor, author, and director of the undergraduate philosophy program at
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- Feb 12, 2021
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10 San Diego Organizations Working to Mitigate Climate Change
BY Leorah Gavidor
From small acts to big movements, there are many ways to get involved in mitigating climate change in San Diego. Here ar
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- Feb 5, 2021
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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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- Jan 26, 2021
- 6 min
Environmental Racism: A Forgotten Issue
BY ALLYSON BRADLEY
A young African-American girl stares out over the horizon from her apartment balcony. She sees the billowing light gray
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- Jan 22, 2021
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Unpacking the Prince of Wales’s Terra Carta
BY MARC CAMANAG In a royal effort to address the climate crisis, the Prince of Wales has recently unveiled his Terra Carta, a visionary char
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- Dec 9, 2020
- 4 min
The Lies of Neoliberalism
BY KATIE BABSON
Neoliberal policies celebrate competitiveness and hyper-individualism, persuading us that prosperity is only possible throu
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- Dec 1, 2020
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Toxic Masculinity and Climate Change
BY ETHAN OLSON
Toxic masculinity undergirds many terrible social ills — the radicalization of incels, the recruitment of young men into ter
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- Nov 24, 2020
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Voting Green: A 2020 Election Postmortem
BY MARC CAMANAG
Among the world’s liberal democracies, the United States is the stark exception — rather than the rule — when it comes to G
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- Nov 20, 2020
- 4 min
Advocacy During a Pandemic: AB3030
BY DEANNA ROLDAN
This article explains the legislative timeline for AB3030, which is a California bill introduced earlier this year. AB30
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- Nov 3, 2020
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What We Can Learn About Climate Policy From Morocco
BY ETHAN OLSON
Morocco is one of only two countries listed on the Climate Action Tracker as performing in line with the Paris Agreement's g
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- Oct 27, 2020
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Why the U.S. Should Turn to Natives for Fire-Management
BY ELEANOR TERNER
This article provides insight to those looking into the future after a year with more forest fires than any other in rece
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- Oct 26, 2020
- 4 min
From Climate Change Denier to Environmental Activist
BY KATIE BABSON
This is an article about my experiences having grown up with parents that did not believe in climate change and how I becam
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- Oct 8, 2020
- 8 min
What a Joe Biden Presidency Could Mean for International Climate Change Policy
BY ETHAN OLSON This article provides a quick dive into American involvement in international climate policy. It is a reminder of sorts...
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