While reading Nov. 29’s issue of The New York Times, I learned that lakes are capable of being ingenious archaeologists.

With a population of just over 2,000 residents, Labadie, Mo. is a small, rural town located about 35 miles west of St. Louis­—but decisions taking place in the community could have a big impact for people living throughout the St. Louis area. Ameren Missouri has spent years pursuing plans to construct a coal ash landfill on the floodplain of the Missouri River.

Student Union Treasury voted Tuesday night to allocate $92,350 for the College Democrats to bring vice-President Al Gore to campus. Student reactions to the decision are mixed. The vote in favor of funding Gore for that amount was 12-1 with two abstaining due to conflicts of interest.

The Washington University community has taken a leading role in opposition to the creation of a coal ash landfill in Labadie, Mo.

Eleven Washington University students and eleven Fudan University students will participate at the U.S. – China Student International Conference on Climate Change & Sustainability in November. Washington University Students for International Collaboration on the Environment (WUSICE) is the organizer of the Conference. The students will interact with each other throughout the six-day event, participating in lectures, discussion panels with experts and social events.

All members of the Washington University community, whether or not they know it, have experienced the University’s efforts to “go green.

We hope that your years at Wash. U. are and will be a time of direct engagement with your surroundings, during which you can apply the critical thinking skills you learn in your classes to the world around you.

The enviro-fascists among us have cause for alarm. In recent media, story after story has been released about how global warming alarmists have exaggerated their claims, manipulated data, conspired to hide their methods from critical scientists and personally profited from their radical claims.

Being green is becoming cooler as academic institutions see an increasing number of students majoring in the fields of environment and sustainability. According to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), more than 100 majors, minors and certificates were created at a variety of universities nationwide over the past year.

Student leaders for environmental groups expressed both support and criticism of the Washington University Plan for Sustainability draft for community review.