Despair, Kindness, and Connection: An Interview with Dr. Leslie Lewis
BY ALLISON GABLE Dr. Leslie Lewis is a Continuing Lecturer in the Urban Studies and Planning Department at UC San Diego. She runs several...
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- Apr 7
- 8 min
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...
- Feb 21
- 9 min
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...
- Feb 9
- 5 min
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Oct 17, 2022
- 6 min
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...
- 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
- Sep 23, 2022
- 4 min
The Return of the Regents: The Climate Activists Strike Back
BY DANIEL SJOHOLM AND PHOEBE SKOK photos in article from Martin Hawks It was a clear fall morning at UC San Diego and tensions were...
- Jun 15, 2022
- 4 min
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...
- May 17, 2022
- 2 min
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...
- 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...
- May 2, 2022
- 4 min
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...
- Apr 12, 2022
- 3 min
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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- Feb 17, 2022
- 4 min
The American Car Problem
BY ANTHONY YE A freeway interchange in Phoenix, Arizona When I lived in China, especially around the more prominent cities, you could do...
- Jan 24, 2022
- 8 min
Moving on from Eating Meat
BY ADIKA WITOELAR Meat, specifically red meat, is continuing to rise in demand as the years go by, especially in high-growth developing...
- Jan 17, 2022
- 6 min
Going Green is Going Nowhere
BY KAMILA PERLA Brought to you by the AS Office of Environmental Justice Affairs The movement towards a greener earth has prompted change...
- Jan 5, 2022
- 7 min
Coming Clean: A Demand for a Fossil Free UC
In 2013, the UC system announced their goal to become carbon-neutral by 2025. Dive deep into the key issues of the Carbon Neutrality Plan.
- Dec 2, 2021
- 3 min
San Diego Seeks Input on Climate Resilience Plan
Residents Are Already Suffering the Effects of Climate Change BY LEORAH GAVIDOR The City of San Diego is seeking input on its climate...
- Nov 6, 2021
- 5 min
A Call for Nuclear Energy
BY ANTHONY YE Nuclear Energy: for some that word may strike fear, for some it is a confusing and indifferent topic, and yet for many...
- Oct 27, 2021
- 4 min
Jakarta Sinking
BY ADIKA WITOELAR The global sea level has risen, on average, by 3.6 millimeters per year from 2006-2015, more than double the average...
- Oct 26, 2021
- 7 min
Bjarke Ingels, I’m Tired of Your Eco-Porn
We Can’t Innovate Our Way Out of This. BY ETHAN OLSON Art by Momei Fang This is an article born out of rage, frustration, and...
- Oct 14, 2021
- 5 min
UC Says It’ll Meet 2025 Carbon Neutral Goal, Yet Remains a Massive California Polluter
BY CATHY GERE AND ADAM ARON UCLA's cogeneration facility, pictured to the left, runs off of methane gas. Despite plans to achieve what...
- Oct 13, 2021
- 21 min
“Look Around. We Are an Emblem of Change.”
An Interview with Organizers from the Green New Deal at UCSD’s Recent Climate Justice and Action Rally BY ETHAN OLSON Blanca Lozano...
- Oct 6, 2021
- 5 min
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...
- Sep 30, 2021
- 4 min
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....
- Aug 5, 2021
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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
- 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
- May 12, 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
- 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
- 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
- Apr 23, 2021
- 5 min
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
- Apr 19, 2021
- 2 min
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,
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min
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
- Apr 9, 2021
- 7 min
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
- Apr 5, 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
- Mar 30, 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
- Mar 29, 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
- Mar 19, 2021
- 5 min
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
- Mar 16, 2021
- 4 min
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
- Mar 9, 2021
- 8 min
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
- 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
- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min
A Reproductive Justice Framework for Climate Change
BY KATIE BABSON
The impacts of climate change differ between males and females. To help combat these disproportionate consequences, a gende
- 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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