Increased Emissions in the Aviation Sector
Covid levels are decreasing and travel is increasing, but as more people begin to travel, airline usage and airline emissions are rising, too.
Carbon Pricing, explained
I am sure many people (including us) have told you to switch to clean energy or eat less meat in the past, and for good reason, too. These are important solutions to incorporate into a successful climate change strategy, but many of these solutions are limited to very specific niches of climate change and cannot lead to widespread transformation. I mean, how many Tesla’s can we buy? There is one solution, however, that has increasingly been gaining traction that would be able to control greenhouse gas emissions from various angles: carbon pricing. Admittedly, carbon pricing may seem like a complicated concept at first but, as you will understand through this article, it can serve as a major step toward climate change mitigation.
Greenwashing In A Nutshell
I was watching TV this week and saw a Whole Foods commercial that really intrigued me. This ad had been running for a while but for some reason, it caught my attention this time. At first glance, you’ll see that the commercial has an upbeat tone with a lot of bright visuals. But you’ll also find that there’s a lot of greenery and “outdoorsy-ness” in the ad along with some environment-related buzzwords (eco-revolutionary, green missionary, sustainable, etc.). At first, I didn’t think much of it, so I just moved on. But a couple of days later, I needed to go for groceries and went straight to Whole Foods. Was it because of the commercial??? (Hint: there’s a good chance it was) It was at that moment I knew… I had been greenwashed!
UNFOLDED: IPCC Report 2021
If you haven’t already heard, the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), a body of the UN dedicated to finding information and statistics on how climate change is/will affect us, released their sixth assessment report. The previous report, which was released in 2013, warned the public on how climate change could affect us in the future; the report that was released this week this didn’t just warn us, but reminded us that we are experiencing the effects of climate change now, the same ones that we were warned about 8 years ago. Obviously we aren’t expecting you to read the full 1300 page report, so we took the liberty to break down the assessment into its key points so you can be informed without spending entire days reading. we gotchu 😉
Environmental Justice: A Mix Of Social Justice And Climate Change
Last month, President Biden signed legislation passed by a vast majority of lawmakers in both the House and Senate that made Juneteenth a national holiday in remembrance of the emancipation of slaves on June 19, 1865. There is a large consensus that this is a particularly important holiday to celebrate, especially as race increasingly becomes a topic of discussion in today’s day and age. We thought that to commemorate this holiday, we should add a unique spin and talk about the overlap between social justice and climate change: environmental justice.
Cow Burps and Climate Change
Meat has become a staple source of food for humans in recent decades, but as more meat and livestock are produced, more problems arise. How exactly do cows and other animals contribute to climate change and how can we help stop this?
Joe Biden vs. Climate Change
We all know that climate change is a big deal, but addressing it is an even bigger issue. In the United States, especially, there hasn’t been significant progress made ever since the problem was first brought to national attention decades ago. In fact, seeing the outright denial of climate change and, therefore, lack of substantial political action has been quite disappointing, to be frank. Let me make clear that this is purely my opinion, but I think it’s kind of ironic how the people we elect into office, people we trust to make decisions in our best interest, have severely underperformed in tackling an issue that has devastated several vital parts of our country and will also increasingly continue to do so.
The Ins-and-Outs of Earth Day
Earth Day is not only important in raising awareness for environmental protection, but to also show how much we can harm our environment through poor industrial and social practices. By celebrating Earth Day, we not only show how much we care for our Earth, but also why we need to keep it clean for future generations.
Solar Geoengineering – The Climate Solution We Don’t Want to Use
Solar geoengineering, formally called Solar Radiation Management (SRM), is the field that works on limiting the amount of sunlight that reaches the surface of the Earth. This involves a combination of natural sciences and advanced technology to block solar radiation from even entering the lower parts of the atmosphere.
Why Consumerism May Be The Cause Of Our Doom
Over the past few decades, we have been buying a lot more things. I mean, why wouldn’t we? They help us tell time. They help us brush our teeth. They even help us secretly watch cat videos (don’t lie, I know you do it). Things really just help us live better. But, what a lot of people don’t know is that things are actually hurting us on a large-scale. The more things we buy, the worse our environment gets and the worse climate change gets.