Fees Apply After Check Out: The Environmental Costs of Online Shopping

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By Elena Hsieh Overconsumption. Retail Therapy. Impulsivity. Dopamine. Two Day Shipping. Capitalism.  With the boom of mass production and the evergrowing ease and convenience of getting desired products at the click of a button, Americans have turned to online shopping as an alternative to going in stores. Adding the burden of the global pandemic, online …

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The Fact and the Fantasy of ESG Investing

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by Colin Mequet Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is transforming finance. In an industry known for sponsoring environmental degradation and worker exploitation, investors have diverted around $20 trillion into funds aimed at delivering sustainable and social impact.  Bloomberg projects ESG to represent one third of total assets under management by 2025. ESG funds are …

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Right Here, Right Now: Evolution, Human Activity, and Climate Change

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by Khaled Alqahtani Evolution is commonly thought to be a biological process that requires millennia to take place. And while this may hold true, we actually have witnessed the evolution of different species in our lifetimes.  Whether it is the color of a mouse’s fur or the shape of a finch’s beak, different traits evolve …

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Why the Insect Crisis Should Really Bug Us

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by Thuy-Tien Bui On rare occasions, you might be able to spot the endangered mission blue butterfly fluttering around lupine flowers in the coastal grasslands of San Francisco Bay. This beautifully iridescent butterfly was one of the first species added to the endangered species list in 1976 after losing its specialized grassland habitat to urbanization, …

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Sonoma County: The Future of Eco-Friendly Wine?

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by Mina Burns In Sonoma County, wine growers and makers alike are turning over a new leaf: sustainability in winemaking. The county’s vineyards have a 99% sustainability certification—making it the most sustainable winegrowing region in the world.  Sonoma County, in Northern California’s “wine country,” is a premier wine-growing region which contains 425 wineries. Spanning from …

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The Green Coastline, Blue Animals, and a Greener Solution

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by Dennis Song The waters of California, from its tranquil pearly lakes to the tempestuous salty coasts, are turning dollar green. Researchers have recently hypothesized that the transformation is induced by agricultural run-offs and unprocessed human feces. And unsurprisingly, civilians’ aquatic amusements and bodily health have become the unwilling victims of the water pollution. Recognized …

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Sudden Oak Death and the Coast Live Oaks of Garber Park

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by Ava Haddock Garber Park is a terrible place to watch the sunset. It’s dark, damp, and steep enough that before there were steps, visitors held onto tree trunks and scrabbled up the vertical face. But nobody there minds any of that. Entering Garber Park, light disappears as it passes through the overstory. Submerged in …

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Guest Op-Ed: The EPA needs to be doing more beyond the American Rescue Plan to protect American communities

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by Rhea Goswami In January, Representative John Yarmuth introduced an ambitious resolution to accelerate the nation’s recovery from the ongoing economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This resolution would eventually become the American Rescue Plan, which President Joe Biden signed into law on March 11. On June 25th, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) …

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Are Brands like Guayakí and Patagonia the Future?: Integrating Sustainability into Business

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It’s another beautiful day in Northern California, and you’re sitting on the beach, basking in the sun’s rays. Reaching inside your cooler, you pull out a cold Yerba Mate and crack it open, savoring the satisfying pop of the can. Your experience is not alone; Guayakí’s Yerba Mate is gaining popularity, having become a household …

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Sun Valley: a microcosm of environmental justice in the clean energy transition

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a brief look at current solar energy policy and an ongoing case of environmental justice in a Los Angeles suburb. by Ingrid Morales I. The Leak On August 21st, 2020, in a small, predominantly Latino community of Los Angeles, concerns about a 67-year-old power plant operated by the city’s Department of Water and Power (DWP) …

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