Opinion: Local and Green: Let’s Own Our Power
The following column appeared previously in the Amherst Bulletin. Climate change is not just a...
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What Are Our Campuses Doing to Decarbonize?
From a new net-zero school and eliminating the use of fossil fuels in town facilities...
Opinion: Six Key Climate Truths
Love, Justice, and Climate Change While individual support for limiting the effects of climate change...
Opinion: Unstoppable Renewable Energy, More Heat, and a New Resource
Love, Justice and Climate Change Even while the Trump administration is cancelling renewable energy projects...
Opinion: Authoritarianism and the Fossil Fuel Industry
Love, Justice and Climate Change As a climate activist I have recently often wondered whether...
Opinion: International Court: Nations Are Liable for Fossil Fuel Harms
Love, Justice and Climate Change Last week, the highest court of the UN issued a landmark “advisory...
Opinion: It’s Time to Start Ending All Fossil Fuel Production
Love, Justice, and Climate Change Over the years I have written many posts about the...
Opinion: The Climate Bill – A Big ‘F’ for Massachusetts Legislators
After a pitiful performance by our elected representatives, this legislative session was a missed opportunity...
UMass Investment Portfolio: Weapons, Fossil Fuels, Illegal Settlements
UMass’ Investment Portfolio: As UMass backs out of a commitment to consider divestment, a Shoestring...
Opinion: Carrots and Sticks
Love, Justice and Climate Change There has been some discussion of carrots and sticks in...
The Hidden Potential of Bicycles
A Better World is Possible The following column, “The Hidden Potential of Bicycles” by Brian...
Letter: Berkshire Gas is Not an Appropriate Sponsor for Town Sustainability Festival
BY Violet Nolan and Julian Hynes Sunrise Amherst, the local hub of a youth-led, intersectional...