A Third Podium in the Presidential Debates: The Environment in Mainstream Politics
Although recent events have kept the environment present in politics, it has not become the focus of either Presidential campaign.
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Carbon Emissions as a Trade-off
By placing a value on the Earth’s goods and services that we would otherwise access for free, these become integrated into the market such that we are forced to think the cost of our impact on the environment.
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Natural or Human-made: What is making disasters so disastrous?
Climate change likely has direct role in proliferating natural disasters, making climate change adaption all the more important. By not adapting, we would be hurting ourselves in a two-jab punch, not only by disrupting natural systems, but also by putting ourselves directly in harm’s way.
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Debate over Dakota Access Oil Pipeline is Murky, but the Impact is Clear
Less than a year since the Obama administration blocked the Keystone Pipeline, environmentalists are battling what many consider to be Keystone 2.0
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Climate Change Under the Radar: The Louisiana Floods
While many Americans cheered on Michael Phelps or Simon Biles and kept up with convention news from the comfort of their own homes, hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents faced catastrophic flooding.
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United States and China Ratify the Paris Climate Agreement
President Obama announces historic agreement to fight climate change
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STEM 101: Climate literacy should be a permanent part of the K-12 curriculum
Although Americans are increasingly worried about climate change, it seems only small steps are being taken to combat it. The relative lack of progress could be due to the fact that many people aren’t sure what they can do to make a difference. Without a large-scale education effort, it will continue to be difficult to effect positive changes in our national environmental policies.
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Merchants of Doubt Review
Two years after its release, viewing climate change denial through the film was humorous, disturbing, and at times uncomfortable. The audience was engaged during all of its ebbs and flows.
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Climate Change Champions & Innovations
On Wednesday, June 29, 2016, a variety of professionals, organizations, and climate change enthusiasts came together at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington D.C., to discuss the innovations of the past, present, and future in facing the challenges which climate change presents. We cover the main topics discussed at the event.
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What do Michael Phelps and a Mosquito Have in Common?
In the case of Zika, rainfall and temperature weigh heavy on the livelihood of mosquito survival. Heavy rainfall in Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, and southern Brazil towards the end of 2015 provided a safe environment for Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases.
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