Category: Climate Change
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Unprecedented flooding in New Zealand and California
In late December and early January, California was hit with over three weeks of heavy rainfall, generating flooding that left 20 dead and nearly 25,000 people displaced from their homes. This rainfall was the result of a sequence of nine high precipitation storms called “atmospheric rivers” that hit the state, overwhelming flood protection measures and…
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The future of climate policy?
On September 27th, Keir Starmer addressed the annual Labour Conference, committing to create a “new national champion in clean energy”: a publicly owned and operated energy company, Great British Energy, that would invest £8bn in wind, solar, tidal and nuclear energy projects within Britain. Its aims: cut energy costs for consumers, generate energy stability and…
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Turning over a new leaf: why we need to transform our mindset towards Climate Change
Climate Change. Sustainability. Environmentalism. What are the first thoughts that come into your head when you see those words? University students trying to convince you of an eye-roll-worthy idealism? Hippies creating off-grid cults where they worship vegetables? Global apocalypse? Probably different for all of us. When thinking about environmentalism, however, there are likely some feelings…
SIDNEY WATSON 