The Schiller Institute collaborated with BC’s Forum on Racial Justice in America to host an environmental racism panel on Feb. 23 over Zoom. Mizelle and two other panelists spoke about the convergence of environmental and racial issues.
Editorials, Opinions
Newton Ordinance on Single-Use Bags Helps BC Students to be More Climate-Conscious
A City of Newton ordinance requiring businesses over 3500 sq. ft. to provide paper bags instead of plastic bags to customers went into effect Jan. 8. The ordinance also requires that businesses charge customers at least 10 cents per bag. In July, all Newton businesses regardless of size will be required to comply with the…
Metro, Newton
Newton Moves Forward with Climate Action Plan
“A strategy without numbers is not a strategy and a plan without choices is not a plan,” Groudy said.
News, On Campus, Featured Story
Former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter Talks Energy and Environment in Age of Trump
We had all this potential for wind energy, for solar energy, and there were so many barriers to developing [clean energy], that we set about trying to knock down barriers,” Ritter said.
News, On Campus
Pollan Examines Environmental Effects of Food Systems
“When we shorten the food chain, people learn more about how food is produced,” Pollan said.
Opinions, Column
Trump Must Seek Environmental Progress
“There’s a fine line to walk between fear-mongering alarmism and dispassionate, levelheaded advocacy. Both sides obscure progress by politicizing the issue and failing to compromise.”
News, Top Story
CJBC To Stand in Solidarity with Standing Rock Today at Rally
Alyssa Florack, a member of CJBC and MCAS ’17, believes that social justice and climate change are deeply intertwined.
News, On Campus
Climate Change Ignored by Voters, Alum Says
Stinnet believes environmentalists are “awful” voters who should be getting out to the polls in greater numbers.
Top Story, On Campus, News
CJBC Hosts Sleep-Out at Office of the President to Enforce Goal of Education, Divestment
On Thursday night, Climate Justice Boston College gathered outside of President Father Leahy’s house to protest the University’s investment in fossil fuels. CJBC also held a vigil for climate refugees around the world.
News, On Campus
CRS Screens ‘Chasing Ice’ to Promote Awareness for Climate Change
Student ambassadors of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) screened “Chasing Ice,” a film that follows nature photographer James Balog BC ’74, on Monday to promote awareness for climate change.
