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Heat Waves, Solar Rooftops, And Renewable Energy Jobs: Climate Equity Should Guide Decarbonization
Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, explains how climate equity should guide decarbonization efforts.
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Beyond ‘Climate Pledge Arena’: Are Amazon’s climate goals for real?
Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, explains how Amazon's climate plan may not be as good as it seems.
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Amazon Pledges $2 Billion Climate Fund, As Its Carbon Emissions Grow
Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, discusses how we should interpret Amazon's climate plan.
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Amazon reports 15% rise in greenhouse gas emissions, announces $2 billion low-carbon investment fund
Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, explains Amazon's new climate plan.
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Plastic Dilemma: A Brief Essay on a Big Problem
Scott Montgomery, lecturer of international studies, discusses the "plastic dilemma" and the issues that arise when dealing with the world's plastic problems.
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Unilever’s Climate Plan: Emissions From Supply Chain And Consumers Are The Real Challenge
Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, discusses Unilever's climate plan, greening the supply chain, and consumer-level emissions.
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Beyond Cruelty And Innocence: What the Death Of An Elephant In Kerala Tells Us About Ourselves
Radhika Govindrajan, associate professor of anthropology, writes about harmful tropes in conservation activism.
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National Parks Enjoy Bipartisan Support; Let’s Back State Parks, Too
Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, discusses why state parks are so important, even if they're often overlooked.
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Will orcas thrive in the coronavirus pandemic’s quieter waters? Scientists aim to find out
Sam Wasser, research professor of biology, explains how researchers are studying orcas in the Northwest waters in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Have Banks Really Become Green Advocates? Or Are They Just ‘Climate Washing?’
Aseem Prakash, political science professor, discusses whether big banks are effective climate change advocates, or whether they are simply "climate washing."
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Grad student ‘ambassadors’ offer free clean-energy lessons and DIY solar kits to K-12 students
As COVID-19 has forced education out of classrooms and onto the internet, UW clean energy “ambassadors” (who teach to K-12 students) are also making the shift to remote teaching.
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At age 6, he and his classmates fled Mount St. Helens. 40 years later, this reporter recalls that day
Austin Jenkins recalls their harrowing escape from the Mount St. Helens eruption with his school camping trip. Emily Menon Bender, professor of linguistics at the UW, is quoted.
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Pandemic Effects: The Case of Energy and Emissions
Scott Montgomery, international studies lecturer, explains how the recent pandemic has changed our environment, and why we can't go back to how things were before the pandemic.
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Pacific oysters in the Salish Sea may not contain as many microplastics as previously thought
A team of researchers including Samantha Phan, chemistry doctoral student, has shown that Pacific Oysters are not as polluted with microplastics as believed in the past.
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Field report: Honors course explores whether national parks are in progress or peril
Nine and faculty seized the opportunity in this course to explore national parks, analyze their findings, and decide whether or not those parks are in danger.