Germany doesn’t elect its leaders based on charisma. Descriptions of Angela Merkel, like many adjectives thrown around German affairs, consist of stoic, calm, and unemotional,…
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The California Exodus Myth If you have lived in California for very long, you have heard the myth. By all accounts, high income and corporate…
In December 2020, Indigenous Honduran environmental activist Félix Vásquez was killed in front of his family by a group of masked men in the village…
In recent years, the world has been focusing its collective policy making efforts towards combating climate change. This is largely because scientists tell us that…
Are we truly in an era of green marketing and greenwashing today as our climate crisis continues to deteriorate? Does Fiji water truly justify their…
Farmworkers are a crucial sector of the labor force who often go without praise. Despite the harsh working conditions, low wages and the increasing threat…
We all saw it. The orange, almost crimson, skies which greeted residents of the Bay Area as they woke up for their days on September…
Simultaneous with the nationwide battle against the Coronavirus pandemic, the widespread marches and riots against racial oppression, and the heated campaigning for an upcoming presidential…
In January, after an unusual observation during a routine procedure, West Oakland County officials received a report that a toxic substance may be contaminating the…
If you ever were to go to Mongolia and take a tour around the capital, Ulan Bator, you would likely need to bring a mask…
No matter what we do, we’re going to feel the effects of climate change. How bad these effects will be depends heavily on our mitigation…
During the Cold War, students learned to duck and cover under their desks in the event of a nuclear bomb. The flimsy wood wouldn’t have…
The Trump administration is certainly no stranger to environmental policy rollbacks, but the recent September 19th decision to revoke California’s auto emissions regulation waiver amounts…
The idea of global warming has physically manifested itself most clearly in the melting ice caps. Series of satellite images can quantitatively determine that polar…
It is one of the world’s most tragic ironies that the most detrimental impacts of climate change will accrue to the countries that have had…
2018 summer fire season is on record as being one of California’s most demanding and devastating. In the 9 month fire season from January to…
By Jacob Ganz The following article was written for Berkeley Political Review as part of a monthly collaboration with Davis Political Review. Jerry Brown is California’s indomitable…
Former Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Rajendra Pachauri once said, “Nobody on this planet is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change.”…