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Articles Tagged ‘ Climate Change ’

Apr
27

Climate Change and Activists Won’t Delay, but United Nations Will

By The Point News

From April 9 to 11 I attended the United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change interim negotiations in Bonn, Germany. This session was the first meeting of the convention since Copenhagen in December and the goal was to create a negotiating schedule for the months leading up to COP16 in Cancun. It was [...]

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Feb
09

Perspective From Inside of the Bella Center: Policy, With Some Protest

By The Point News

This opinion is a part of a Point-Counterpoint on the Copenhagen Conference, read Aaron French’s Opinion.
In December of 2009 I attended the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark as a delegate of the Sierra Student Coalition (SSC).  I was one of 500 US [...]

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Feb
09

Perspective From Outside of the Bella Center: We Need Direct Action

By The Point News

“How can we expect success at UN events like this when lobbyists...have more of a say than the youth of the world?” (Photo submitted by Chelsea Howard-Foley)

This opinion is a part of a Point-Counterpoint on the Copenhagen Conference, read Chelsea Howard’s Opinion.
In the months leading up to the COP 15 climate negotiations in Copenhagen this past December, I was confused about what my role would be. I had specifically planned to study abroad in the fall semester so I could be [...]

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Nov
03

Kolbert Talks Climate Change

By Caroline Selle, Features Editor

Kolbert

On Wednesday, Oct. 21, reporter Elizabeth Kolbert lectured on the history and future of climate change as revealed by Arctic ice. The lecture was based on her book, Field Notes from a Catastrophe, in which she chronicled the stories of scientists researching the arctic.

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Mar
31

Campus Turns Out the Lights to Celebrate Earth Hour

By Caroline Selle, Features Editor

Students turned off their lights and met in the circle between the dorms for a cookout during Earth Hour. (Photo by Brendan Larrabee)

On March 28, lights went out across the globe at 8:30 p.m. local time.  Starting with New Zealand, countries around the world began to turn off their lights as part of Earth Hour 2009.  Las Vegas, Nevada, went dark, as did Times Square in New York City.
As the official Flagship Campus of Maryland for Earth [...]

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Mar
31

Usage of Solar Panels to Cut Energy Costs

By The Point News

One reason St. Mary’s is not your run of the mill school is that students have a real say in a lot of the decision making that goes on (depending on the area of course).
In the past year alone, amongst other initiatives, students have spearheaded movements to change the controversial “protest policy” in “To The [...]

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