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climate crisis

Climate crisis not a game

Wednesday, October 01, 2008 || Staff Editorial

This summer, tornadoes ravaged the Midwest while hurricanes pounded the coasts. These storms are becoming more severe and frequent than they were in the past because of warmer temperatures.

University should consider how deep its commitment to environmentalism runs

Wednesday, September 03, 2008 || Staff Editorial

Why is it that the University cannot become carbon neutral? Why is it that only some of the new buildings are LEED certified to the gold standard? And why is it that Vice Chancellor of Sustainability Matt Malten has been virtually invisible to students while he spent a year collecting data?

The climate crisis’ stakes and why I don’t mind so much

Wednesday, September 03, 2008 || Dennis Sweeney

How many of you read the Freshman Reading Program book this summer, “Field Notes from a Catastrophe” by Elizabeth Kolbert?” (A smattering of hands tentatively go up.) “Well, that’s a start.”
How many of you actually care? (Nobody moves.)
Welcome, class, to a dying world. Let me tell you two reasons why you should give up. And [...]

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