-By Emme Luck, ‘18C, Environmental  Sciences, and Leotie Hakkila, ‘19C, Environmental Sciences The public discourse on climate change is everywhere – blogs, newspapers, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, magazines, online journals. It’s impossible to avoid, which is a good thing, because it is a time-sensitive issue that threatens the livelihood of the global population. But we don’t usually notice the language used when we read these headlines, […]

-By Zola Berger-Schmitz, ‘18C, Music and Environmental Sciences, and Cassidy Schwartz, ‘18C, Environmental Sciences and International Studies  The European Union is in an advantageous position to spread climate policy options throughout its member states. Influential countries like Germany that have pioneered renewable energy support mechanisms have a vested interest in helping other member states adopt similar renewable energy policies. […]

-By Zola Berger-Schmitz, ‘19C, Music and Environmental Sciences, and Cassidy Schwartz, ‘18C, Environmental Sciences and International Studies    The European Union and Canada are in the forefront of efforts to find policy solutions to rising temperatures and to counter climate change. They are at center stage in demonstrating how innovative policies can be tested and implemented among countries struggling […]

-By Ken Wakabayashi, ‘18C, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Dillon Wu, ’19C , Environmental Sciences and International Studies and Yezi Lyu, ‘18C, Environmental Sciences   The topic of solar energy may dominate the current conversation on renewable energies, geothermal energy makes a claim as an abundant, reliable source for both energy production and heating and cooling. Geothermal heat pumps are the most […]

-By Lauren Balotin, ’19C, Environmental Sciences and Media Studies, and Meggie Stewart, ’18C, Environmental Sciences with an Arabic minor When most people think about greenhouse gases, they usually imagine cars and factories burning fossil fuels for energy. And this makes sense; after all, fossil fuels contribute to 14.5 percent of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, the United Nations […]

-By Katelyn Boisvert, a sophomore majoring in Environmental Sciences, and Zola Berger-Schmitz, a junior in Political Science and Music Recent polls reflect increasing belief that climate change is a problem, yet it still seems few are doing anything about it. This observation results from a phenomenon we have termed the “Climate Tipping Point,” that is the […]