Jun 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...
May 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...
May 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...
May 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...
Apr 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...
Mar 74 minCan 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 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.
Feb 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...
Feb 174 minThe American Car ProblemBY ANTHONY YE A freeway interchange in Phoenix, Arizona When I lived in China, especially around the more prominent cities, you could do...
Jan 258 minMoving on from Eating MeatBY ADIKA WITOELAR Meat, specifically red meat, is continuing to rise in demand as the years go by, especially in high-growth developing...
Jan 176 minGoing Green is Going NowhereBY KAMILA PERLA Brought to you by the AS Office of Environmental Justice Affairs The movement towards a greener earth has prompted change...
Jan 57 minComing Clean: A Demand for a Fossil Free UCIn 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, 20213 minSan Diego Seeks Input on Climate Resilience PlanResidents Are Already Suffering the Effects of Climate Change BY LEORAH GAVIDOR The City of San Diego is seeking input on its climate...
Nov 6, 20215 minA Call for Nuclear EnergyBY 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, 20214 minJakarta SinkingBY 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, 20217 minBjarke Ingels, I’m Tired of Your Eco-PornWe 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 15, 20215 minUC 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, 202121 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, 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...
Oct 1, 20214 minFossil Fuels are Lying to You About RecyclingBY KATIE BABSON Art by Kyra Black Since elementary school, we are taught that recycling is a core tenant of reducing wasteful plastic....
Aug 5, 20212 minElectrifying UCSD: A Campus Electrification Scenario and Cost EstimateBY ALEX ANDRIATIS UCSD’s problematic reliance on carbon offsets to meet its goal of carbon neutrality by 2025 has been widely documented by
May 21, 20213 minCalifornia's Water Supply in the Time of Climate ChangeBY SABINA GRIEBEL When people think of California, images of deserts, beaches, and cities usually come to mind. While California has terrai
May 12, 20214 minBook Review: How To Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill GatesBY AVANTIKA GOYAL When discussing the problem of climate change, many advocates argue that it's the billionaires and capitalists who've led
May 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
Apr 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
Apr 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
Apr 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,
Apr 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
Apr 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
Apr 5, 20214 minUC San Diego Carbon Offsets & ElectrificationBY 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, 20213 minThe Lithium Triangle: How Electric Vehicles Are Putting Indigenous Communities at RiskBY SARA BERMAN The looming threat of climate change has encouraged the effort of seeking new sustainable energy sources, and lithium-powere
Mar 29, 20215 minThe Latest on the Green New Deal and Getting off the GasActivist 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, 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
Mar 16, 20214 minWasteland ImaginationBY 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 10, 20218 minInterview: Indigenous Communities on Climate ChangeBY ANUSHA GOSWAMI Kathryn Walkiewicz, Assistant Professor of English Literature and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, received her Ph.D. in E
Mar 4, 20216 minThe Future Is Electric: How Electric Vehicles Are Revolutionizing TransportationBY AVANTIKA GOYAL In the United States, the transportation sector accounts for the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions, with petroleum
Feb 25, 20213 minA Reproductive Justice Framework for Climate ChangeBY KATIE BABSON The impacts of climate change differ between males and females. To help combat these disproportionate consequences, a gende
Feb 24, 20213 minWhat 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
Feb 22, 20217 minGovernment and Climate ChangeBY ETHAN OLSON Are certain types, systems, or qualities of government better at promoting exceptional climate change policy than others? Th
Feb 12, 20214 min10 San Diego Organizations Working to Mitigate Climate ChangeBY Leorah Gavidor From small acts to big movements, there are many ways to get involved in mitigating climate change in San Diego. Here ar
Feb 5, 20215 minThe Realities of Nuclear Power: An Interview with Dr. Mehdi SarramBY ELEANOR TERNER If you’ve ever been curious about nuclear energy, check out this interview with nuclear engineer Dr. Mehdi Sarram. He rec
Jan 26, 20216 minEnvironmental Racism: A Forgotten IssueBY ALLYSON BRADLEY A young African-American girl stares out over the horizon from her apartment balcony. She sees the billowing light gray
Jan 22, 20214 minUnpacking the Prince of Wales’s Terra CartaBY MARC CAMANAG In a royal effort to address the climate crisis, the Prince of Wales has recently unveiled his Terra Carta, a visionary char
Dec 11, 20204 minThe Bugs Are in the TanksCurbside Recycling of Food Scraps and San Diego County’s First Anaerobic Digester BY LEORAH GAVIDOR
Dec 9, 20204 minThe Lies of NeoliberalismBY KATIE BABSON Neoliberal policies celebrate competitiveness and hyper-individualism, persuading us that prosperity is only possible throu
Nov 24, 20204 minVoting Green: A 2020 Election PostmortemBY MARC CAMANAG Among the world’s liberal democracies, the United States is the stark exception — rather than the rule — when it comes to G
Nov 20, 20204 minAdvocacy During a Pandemic: AB3030BY DEANNA ROLDAN This article explains the legislative timeline for AB3030, which is a California bill introduced earlier this year. AB30
Nov 14, 20203 minThe Health of the Homeless: A Climate Change ProblemBY SOPHIA HIDALGO This article provides an insight into the health struggles that homeless Californians are facing. Their lack of housing a
Nov 3, 20206 minWhat 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
Oct 28, 20205 minThe World Logistics Center: Lessons from California’s Next Big Environmental DisasterBY MARC CAMANAG A large but sleepy city located in Southern California’s bustling Inland Empire, Moreno Valley might seem insignificant at