Jun 15 minNFTs and the Climate ControversyBY KATIE BABSON NFTs have taken over the internet, serving as digital assets that offer creators and consumers unique opportunities...
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...
Mar 233 minEnvironmentally Friendly Changes That Can Boost Your Home’s ValueBY JOYCE WILSON Joyce is a retired teacher and enjoys sharing lesson plans, resources, and teaching tips on Teacher Spark. More and more...
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...
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 157 minSolarpunk: The Power of an Aesthetic BY ETHAN OLSON Art by Jessica Kamman Imagine a city of the future. Are there flying cars, cities with buildings taller than mountains,...
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 20, 20217 minGrassroots Climate Action in Monteverde, Costa Rica: an interview with Katy VanDusenBY ELEANOR TERNER In this interview, Katy VanDusen, a community-based climate activist located in Monteverde, Costa Rica, answers...
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 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 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
Jun 11, 20213 minWill 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
Jun 2, 20217 minInterview with Mark Jacobson on the Clean Energy TransitionCONDUCTED 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
May 27, 20215 minWalkability and Climate ChangeBY ETHAN OLSON How do we get to a world where temperatures do not rise 2°C past pre-industrial levels? We walk.
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 14, 20216 minWhat 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
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 12, 20213 minChange Your Diet, Save the PlanetBY ELEANOR TERNER If you’ve ever heard the plight of an environmentalist wanting you to eat less red meat and switch to alternative protein
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 12, 20214 minWhy Carbon Offsets Won’t Cut It: Misleading Terms in Climate Change ConversationsBY AMBERLY CLARK Carbon neutral! Fossil free! Sustainable! Buzz words like these and many others are constantly thrown around and misused by
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 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 8, 20215 minPlants on Rooftops: Greenwashing in ArchitectureBY ETHAN OLSON With buildings accounting for 39% of carbon emissions worldwide, distinguished architects are scrambling to promote their ow
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
Dec 11, 20204 minThe Bugs Are in the TanksCurbside Recycling of Food Scraps and San Diego County’s First Anaerobic Digester BY LEORAH GAVIDOR
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