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GOP Pres. Candidates Need to Realize Climate Change Threatens National Security

January 31, 2016

I watched the Republican Debate last Thursday, but I'm not sure why. With "ringleader" Trump's refusal to attend the debate, I figured it would be less theatrical, less circus-y and centered more around...

Winter Storm Jonas Reveals Aspects of Millennial Culture

Winter Storm Jonas Reveals Aspects of Millennial Culture

January 28, 2016

Millennials are known for our lack of interpersonal communication skills and our inability to keep information private and personal, which is owed largely to our shortened attention spans and the exponential...

Government Officials in Flint, Mich. Display Gross Negligence in Water Crisis

Government Officials in Flint, Mich. Display Gross Negligence in Water Crisis

January 28, 2016

Flint, Mich. is a town where 40 percent of the people live below the poverty line, 73 percent of the population is not white and the residents have been drinking toxic water for the past year because...

The Perfect New Years Resolution: Going Green

The Perfect New Year’s Resolution: Going Green

January 26, 2016

If conservatives believe climate change is a hoax invented by liberals, I get to believe Santa was invented by Republicans. Think about it. His clothes are red, he promotes big industry, his company is...

Nuclear Power Provides Safe Alternative Energy Resource, Despite Publics Fears

Nuclear Power Provides Safe Alternative Energy Resource, Despite Public’s Fears

January 15, 2016

In the very near future we’re going to start relying on alternative forms of energy production. Tesla’s Gigafactory is slated to start producing batteries by 2017 with the goal of achieving net 0 energy...

Paris Conference Copes With Climate Change

Paris Conference Copes With Climate Change

December 10, 2015

The objectives of the Paris Climate Summit are far from simple. The governments of more than 190 nations have come together in Paris to attempt to work out a new global agreement addressing climate change....

Paris Conference is a Bunch of Pie-Crust Promises

Paris Conference is a Bunch of Pie-Crust Promises

December 10, 2015

What do climate summits and Republicans have in common? They are equally effective in mitigating a response to the negative impacts of climate change. It’s been the same song and dance at climate summits...

History Teaches How to Unite In the Face of a Common Enemy: Climate Change

History Teaches How to Unite In the Face of a Common Enemy: Climate Change

November 30, 2015

Five hundred and eighty-five BC marks the sixth year of a vengeful war waged between the Medians and the Lydians in Anatolia — modern-day Turkey. The conflict was catalyzed by a cruel culinary prank...

Natural Disasters Should Convince Climate Change Deniers to See Their Error

Natural Disasters Should Convince Climate Change Deniers to See Their Error

By Aaron Clark November 12, 2015

Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Marco Rubio have all adamantly rejected climate change as a result of human impact. Whether their opinions were drawn because of a lack of scientific evidence or, in the case...

In Green We Trust: How Religion Impacts the Way We View the Environment

In Green We Trust: How Religion Impacts the Way We View the Environment

November 6, 2015

America was founded under premises of God. We are "one nation under God." Our currency ensures that “in God we trust.” God and country are practically synonymous in these parts. Religion is one of...