The Urban Legend

Russia, Ukraine and why oil is so expensive?

Kyle Young, Staff Writer • April 26, 2022

The worldwide wholesale petroleum and oil industry is — to no surprise — immensely lucrative. Many countries like Saudi Arabia or Russia have denationalized multi-billion dollar formerly state-owned...

Does Biden have what it takes to be strong on climate once in office?

Cooper Makhijani, Staff Writer • November 19, 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden is the first major-party nominee to include robust climate policy in his presidential platform, but environmental activists say it’s not enough. While the Vice President’s...

Oil companies admit contribution to climate change

Loki Olin, Staff Writer • May 28, 2018

In an effort to avoid doling out billions of dollars to the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, five multinational oil companies have been forced to confront the scientific implications of fossil-fuel...

Alum Hannah Dreier Reflects on Her Experience Reporting from Venezuela

Sophia Vahanvaty, Editor-in-Chief of Newspaper • February 6, 2018

You know you have won Urban when your high school research paper is assigned reading for Dan Matz’s History of South Asia class. Hannah Dreier’s (‘04) research paper she wrote as an Urban junior...

Solazyme representative visits Urban School, speaks about sustainable oil

Ariane Goldsmith, Staff Writer • January 30, 2014

Ozone depletion, polar ice caps melting, oceans rising, more natural disasters than ever. Can oil made from microalgae end our worries about climate change? On Friday, Nov. 1, Jill Kauffman Johnson...