by Andre Zendejas The September 2020 passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one that leaves a broad sense of uncertainty in the realm of environmental law, a realm once occupied by a woman who championed environmental reform amid a sea of opposition. Ginsburg, best known for spearheading key decisions in gender equality and women’s …
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by Tessa Stapp In ninth grade biology, we learn that the cell has a semipermeable membrane that allows nutrients to pass through it from the surrounding environment. Stepping back and considering ourselves as the cell — as we too are affected by the nutrients and chemicals in our environment — is to believe in our …
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by Nicole Inaba From toxic pesticides to animal cruelty, efforts to increase transparency within the agricultural industry have led to a budding movement to transform food systems and grocery markets. Despite a global appetite for seafood, few know about the process behind how seafood makes it to their plate. Fishing is a major industry with …
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by Verona Teo The San Francisco Bay Area, once home to diverse populations, has been constantly changing since the 1990s. Lower income families are moving away at increasing rates to seek more affordable housing. According to the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, gentrification rates are higher in the Bay Area than anywhere else in the United …
by Lamiya Gulamhusein In 2009, U.S. Representatives Henry Waxman and Edward Markey authored the Waxman-Markey Bill, also known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act. It proposed a cap and trade scheme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 83% from 2005 levels by 2050, marking the first time the U.S. government would have regulated …
by Jacqueline Cox In February 2020, the former dean of UC Berkeley’s College of Natural Resources Gordon Rausser contributed a $50 million donation to the college, which was subsequently renamed Rausser College of Natural Resources. Shortly after, students created a petition to express their opposition to the renaming, which was followed by a social media …
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by Claire Sauter The Hawaiian monk seal, called “‘ilio holo i ka uaua”, in the native Hawaiian language, means “dog that runs in rough seas.” Unfortunately, the monk seal is currently living up to its name by being one of the most endangered mammals in the world. These primarily solitary marine mammals are underwater hunters …
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by Shani Lyubomirsky A grey, looming skyline peeking through the fog. Towering skyscrapers with smog blanketing everything in sight. Cars honking, traffic lights blinking, seas of people winding through concrete jungles, focused on getting to their next immediate destination. While these strike up an universally-recognized image of a modern city, this style of living is …
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by Teresa Campbell “The sky darkened… It was like night during the day.” This could be the opening line to a sci-fi movie, yet it was a farmworker’s description of a California vineyard in mid-September. As fires ravaged close by, he continued to pick grapes, working through the smoke dense enough to blot out the …
Toiling in the Smoke: Historic Wildfires Threaten California’s Agricultural Workforce Read More »
by Olivia Hemond UC Berkeley community members may have noticed the signs around campus advertising the goal of “Zero Waste by 2020.” The campaign has reduced the amount of waste the campus sends to landfills by 20% since 2012, although the pandemic has temporarily disrupted recent operations. Now, moving forward from its titular year, the …
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