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Climate Responsibility Falling on a Generation of Deaf Ears – A Conversation with Professor Rick Reibstein

While sitting on his porch in Newton, Massachusetts, enjoying the relative tranquility retirement and autumn has to offer, Rick Reibstein couldn’t help but be inundated with an obnoxious, droning noise that we are all unfortunately too-familiar with: a local Department of  Public Works employee using a leaf blower. You would think that the immediate environmental […]

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POLITICS

Massachusetts’ New Governor Makes Climate a Top Priority 

The city of Boston is a thriving metropolis best known for some of the finest academic institutions and healthcare centers in the country. However, something that may not come to mind right away when conjuring an image of the Massachusetts capital are the risks posed by climate change. According to a Harvard University study, Boston […]

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Election Season Restores Hope for Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest

As the United States election season comes to a close, it can sometimes be easy to forget that there are countries all over the world that are also casting their ballots for new leaders. One such country, Brazil, celebrated victory when former president leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was reelected, defeating unpopular far-right President […]

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A Low Point for the Highest Court: West Virginia v. EPA and its Implications

As the world stares down the barrel at the irreversible damage that can be done by climate change, experts are urging all countries to take responsibility and accountability for the amount of emissions they have produced. Across the pond, the United Kingdom has committed to lowering emissions by 78% by 2035. In stark contrast, the […]