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How does COVID-19 Impact the Climate Fight?
By Caleigh Vergeer This pandemic is an unprecedented event. Thousands of people have died. More have been or are sick. More still are...
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May 14, 20209 min read
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The Alarming Rise of the Green Right
By Hank Schwabacher Early last year, a 21-year-old white gunman opened fire in an El Paso, Texas shopping center. The shooting is now...
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May 12, 20202 min read
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Earth Day's Roots
By Jacqueline Metzger-Taylor Every year Earth Day is observed across the country, as a day for all of us to reflect and appreciate life...
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May 12, 20203 min read
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Learning from Green Cities
By Evan Bianchi The entire world is currently grappling with the existential threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19), a pandemic that spread...
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May 9, 20207 min read
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Mother of the Movement: Rachel Carson and the fight against pesticides
By Keevan K Rachel Carson was a biologist and nature writer who had a pronounced effect on Western science and the environmental...
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May 5, 20203 min read
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Climate's Missed Moment: Why the Paris Agreement has failed
By Lucie J. In an effort to combat climate change and support a sustainable low carbon future, world leaders from 195 countries came...
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May 5, 20203 min read
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DC Sunrise Hub is Adapting to COVID-19
By Sadie Foer April 22 was the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and the Sunrise DC Hub, the DC chapter of the national Sunrise Movement,...
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May 5, 20204 min read
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6th Graders Go on Strike: A Dispatch
By Corina B., Theo F., Henry W., and Oliver W. On September 20, 2019, young students from all around the world took part in a global...
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Dec 18, 20191 min read
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ExxonMobil's Climate Misinformation May Finally Come with a Cost
By Sadie F. ExxonMobil ran glossy ads during the World Series with catching phrases like, “Plants capture CO2 what if other kinds of...
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Dec 8, 20194 min read
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New Study Finds Biodiversity Has Been Declining and Humans Are to Blame
A report conducted by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), an independent body...
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May 22, 20192 min read
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Wetlands Can Protect Against Floods
Wetlands, also known as marshes or bogs, cover about six percent of the land in the contiguous American states, and are considered one of...
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May 21, 20193 min read
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5 Myths of Environmentalism and the Climate Change Debate
By Sadie F. 1. Electric cars are great for the environment. Electric cars may be very efficient at converting energy into movement, but...
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May 15, 20193 min read
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Juliana v. United States
By Ethan W. In 2015, a group of 21 people with ages ranging from 11 to just 23 sued the federal government, beginning the ongoing case...
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May 14, 20192 min read
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Green New Deal Fails in Senate, 57 to 0
By Rachel S. After gaining media attention worldwide and spurring much debate, the Green New Deal was taken to a vote in the Senate on...
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Apr 7, 20192 min read
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Opinion: Is Earth Day Outdated?
by Ethan W. On April 22, 1970, twenty million Americans across the country demonstrated for environmental sustainability in the first...
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Mar 29, 20192 min read
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Vegan Meat and Its Ability to Change the Meat Industry
By Sadie F. Meat has come under increased scrutiny due to the environmental impacts of meat farming - particularly cattle farming. These...
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Mar 15, 20193 min read
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Global Youth Climate Strike Inspires Students in DC
by Ethan W. On Friday, March 15, children and teenagers engaged in school walkouts, strikes, protests, and other events to assert their...
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Mar 15, 20192 min read
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School Strike for Climate, March 15
By Sadie F. Across the globe, many young people are taking the streets instead of attending classes to demand legislative action to...
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Mar 7, 20192 min read
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Jay Inslee Runs on Powerful Anti-Climate-Change Messaging
By Ethan W. On March 1, 2017, Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced his candidacy for the presidential election in 2020. His campaign...
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Mar 6, 20192 min read
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The Green New Deal
Rachel S. The Green New Deal, in a few short words, is a plan to take the world’s environmental future into our own hands. The goal? To...
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Mar 6, 20191 min read
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