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State Climate Leadership? A review of Dr. Leah Stokes’ “Short Circuiting Policy”

November 20, 2020
| By Eric Scheuch

In recent years, most of the debate in the United States over government action to fight climate change has revolved around

COVID-19 and Biodiversity Loss: How Destruction of the Environment is Creating a Wave of Pandemics

November 13, 2020
| By Arooba Ahmed

The devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has left us all wondering: What have we done wrong to create a global

COVID Economic Recovery: What Might a Green Stimulus Look Like?

September 16, 2020
| By Eric Scheuch

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US Department of Energy, Flickr.

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Year in Review

July 24, 2020
| By Sophia Ahmed and Amar Bhardwaj, Co-Editors in Chief of Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development

Consilience is a cutting-edge sustainable development journal with global presence and scope, run by students at Columbia University. The Journal seeks to publish

Life After Coal: The Decline and Rise of West Virginia Coal Country

July 13, 2020
| By Eric Scheuch

Loaded coal in Ronceverte, West Virginia. Image courtesy of John Leopard, via Flickr.

Ecotourism and Indigenous Communities

May 22, 2020
| By Arooba Ahmed

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Members of the Maasai tribe dressed in traditional

Colonialism and the Pacific Diabetes Epidemic

May 22, 2020
| By Chloe Schneewind

 The average American might imagine the Pacific Islands to be filled with sunshine and blissful vacation spots, however there is an

Why We Need Climate Stoicism to Overcome Climate Despair

May 10, 2020
| By Max Goodman

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The phenomenon of climate despair is on the rise.  Among the young,

How A Citizens’ Climate Assembly Can Make Columbia University A Leader in Climate Action

May 3, 2020
| By Sasha Weber

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Climate change activists block the road near the House of Parliament in

An Atomic Catch 22: Climate Change and the Decline of America's Nuclear Fleet

April 25, 2020
| By Eric Scheuch

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The now shuttered nuclear power plant at Three Mile Island. Photo: Michele Sersch