June 12, 2017
June 4, 2017
Hannah Dion-Kirschner, Columnist
May 9, 2017
Filed under Columns, Latest Stories, Opinion
The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication recently published striking new data on how Americans view climate issues. You may have run into the results, which are summarized in arresting map graphics, in a New York Times article publishe...
Jose Trejos, Columnist
April 23, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
Tragically, our government generally seems to be apathetic to science when making policy. Despite experts' universal support of, and extensive research on, topics like evolution, climate change and the benefits of free trade,...
April 20, 2017
Hannah Dion-Kirschner, Columnist
April 13, 2017
Filed under Columns, Latest Stories, Opinion
On April 22, the U.S. will celebrate its 48th Earth Day. This day to celebrate and advocate for our planet was established in 1970 by former U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.), who organized environmental teach-ins in collaboration...
March 3, 2017
Hannah Dion-Kirschner, Columnist
February 21, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
Alongside social media accounts and White House web pages, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conference on health and climate change was yet another casualty of America’s new political climate. The conference was...
Hannah Dion-Kirschner, Columnist
February 8, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
In 2004, a Harvard professor surveyed 928 randomly-selected scientific publications mentioning the phrase “global climate change.” Of these 928 papers, not one countered the theory that human activity is a major cause of climate...
Alex Schwartz, Columnist
January 23, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
With mostly sunny skies, a light breeze and a record high of 60 degrees Fahrenheit, last Saturday was one of those days where you feel like you’re missing out if you don’t go outside. I went for a stroll along the lakefill...
Hannah Dion-Kirschner, Columnist
January 23, 2017
Filed under Columns, Latest Stories, Opinion
President Donald Trump’s inauguration is alarming for anyone who sees climate change for what it is: a grave risk to the only known livable planet for humans.
Our planet is both astonishing and precious. To the environmentally...
October 14, 2016
