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Opinion: The way we manage energy needs to change

Sylvia Hoyt, Guest writer • May 3, 2023

Modern society would not exist without the progression in energy-generation technologies over the last 200 years. California’s push towards 100 percent renewable energy is neglecting the tenets of reliability...

Consumers add environmental devastation to their shopping carts

Ellie Lerner, Editor In Chief, Print • January 20, 2021

For more than 40 years, the share of consumer spending on experiences and events has increased by 70%. Millennials have been at the forefront of preferencing experiences over material goods. According...

California to ban the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035

Simon Hereford, Staff Writer • November 19, 2020

chart As historic wildfires burned throughout California over the last few months, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an unprecedented order seeking to cut carbon emissions statewide by banning the sale of...

Is coronavirus good for the environment?

Ellie Lerner, News and Opinions Editor • May 21, 2020

Images of blue skies and waterways, reports of goats taking to the streets in Wales, endangered sea turtles returning to empty beaches in Eastern India, macaque monkeys traversing through Lopburi, Thailand,...

Voices of the Climate March

Kyra Nagle, Arts & Culture Editor, Design Managing Editor • October 29, 2019

Mackensie Park: “I went to the climate march because as people, we share this planet with a larger ecosystem of nature and animals; despite this, we have developed the idea that our luxuries are a right...

An industry in crisis: exploring the truth behind recycling

Ellie Lerner, Editor of News and Opinions • October 24, 2019

Black bin, green bin, and blue bin; a wrapper here and an orange peel there. In the midst of a nationwide recycling crisis, it might be time to revisit our approach to waste sorting. Until recently,...