Chiara FieldsJun 164 minIs 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...
Ethan OlsonMay 182 minWe Fixed These Fossil Fuel Companies’ Climate Change ProclamationsBehind the greenwashed facades and misleading promises that the largest contributors to climate change are pushing lie one stone cold...
Ethan OlsonMay 98 minLet’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...
Phoebe SkokMay 55 minClimate Justice Is Queer Liberation Is Climate JusticeUntil we address the unique circumstances of the LGBTQ+ community, we will not achieve climate justice.
Eleanor TernerMay 24 minReach 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...
Katie BabsonApr 133 minEcocide: The Fifth International CrimeBY KATIE BABSON Ecocide refers to recklessly damaging the environment and causing irreversible harm to ecosystems, which in turn fosters...
Katie BabsonFeb 224 minThe Cost of Conservative Fossil Fuel Think TanksFossil fuel think tanks rely on climate doubt to perpetuate messages of pro-fossil fuels by attacking climate science.
Berns PiffardFeb 185 minMaybe There Isn’t Anything Wrong with NimbysBY BERNS PIFFARD Scottish demonstrators protest plans for a new wind farm development It is very clear we need to increase the...
Berns PiffardFeb 47 minEcofascism: 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...
Phoebe SkokFeb 35 minDoes Good Faith in God Mean Bad Faith in Climate Change? Does one's religious views influence their thoughts on climate change?
Leorah GavidorOct 6, 20215 minThe California Climate Crisis Act Is Still in LimboBY LEORAH GAVIDOR California is supposed to be leading the nation in climate change mitigation, backed by effective legislation and...
Kida BradleyJul 13, 20218 minClimate Change NarrativesBY 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
Katie BabsonMay 10, 20213 minWashington State Passes Senate Bill for Clean Cars 2030BY KATIE BABSON Washington state legislature has passed a bill titled Clean Cars 2030. This bill seeks to set a goal requiring all light-dut
Veer ShahApr 30, 20216 minINTERVIEW 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
Ethan OlsonApr 23, 20215 minLooking 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
GuestApr 21, 20218 minAn Interview with Professor Fonna Forman: Why Global Challenges Require Local SolutionsBY OLGA KURILINA AND ELIANA BLACHMAN Professor Fonna Forman is a professor of Political Science and the founding Director of the Center on G
Leorah GavidorApr 19, 20212 minThe 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,
Marc CamanagApr 14, 20211 minPolitical Economic Paradigms for a Sustainable FutureBY MARC CAMANAG As denoted by our civilization's collective history and countless discourses on climate change, capitalism has played a rel
Emily ZouApr 9, 20217 minUntil the Fog Lifts: The Uneasy History of Former Scripps' Director, William NierenbergBY 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
Marc CamanagMar 19, 20215 minFWS v. Sierra Club: A Dissection of Justice Barrett's First Opinion Amid a Divided CourtBY MARC CAMANAG Earlier this month, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivered her first signed majority opinion via the case U.S. Fish