Yes. Well, pretty much. NASA, National Geographic and The IPCC all agree, we’ve lost. We’re past the threshold for reversing climate change. What we’ve been consistently warned of since 1896 has...
On Friday, Sept. 20, right before countries will gather at the United Nations for the Climate Action Summit on Sept. 23, millions of people walked out of school and work to participate at climate strikes...
Slater Dixon, Perspectives editor
• August 29, 2019
Take note of this moment; scientists from organizations including NASA, the American Meteorological Society and the United Nations have made a startling announcement: climate change is officially not that...
As I wandered the color-coordinated aisles at Savers, my hands explored each piece of clothing as my mother stood unimpressed behind me. I felt the need to examine every item by feeling its textures, by...
This past Earth Day, and the entire month of April, my feed was filled with an exceptionally high number of posts dedicated to protecting the environment- a trend not quite as popular a year or two ago.
I...
On March 15, British students gathered to protest climate change in Parliament Square and proceeded to march their way to Trafalgar Square in London. Students held up signs that called for a reform in...
Timothy Stolp, Entertainment Editor
• October 18, 2018
With the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change’s most recent report, we should all be slightly panicked: Time is not on our side.
I know: I’m a Gen-Z, liberal hippie who predictably...
Bethany Jespersen is a junior, second-year staff writer and Perspectives Editor for the Statesman. When she is not soaking up the outdoors with her untamed goldendoodle, Jespersen can be found participating...