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Universities Gear Up to Fight Climate Change

Legal Planet

The institutional developments are new, but university engagement with the climate issue goes back decades. University research has led in developing clean technologies, mapping the impacts of climate change, and identifying policy tools to reduce emissions. Institutional changes don’t accomplish anything by themselves.

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Environmental Science PhD Student Publishes Children’s Book on Climate Change

Academy of Natural Sciences

One day, she asked a young girl what she knew about climate change. The child’s caretaker jumped in to say, “Oh no — we don’t talk about climate change.”. How can we talk about climate change in an accessible way for children? Climate change is something that’s scary for parents and scary for me as well.

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Confronting the Effects of Coastal Climate Change

Academy of Natural Sciences

Environmental science major Kris Freyland sees the effects of climate change up close. Ecohydrology, the study of the interactions between water and ecosystems, allows the research team to analyze the way the landscape has changed and predict how it might continue to erode in the future. .

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

PennFuture celebrated 25 years of fighting climate change and industrial pollution by holding anniversary celebrations in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to honor seven Pennsylvanians for their contributions to restoring and protecting the environment. Prior to her involvement in environmental advocacy, Ms.

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Women Voices on Climate Change, Part 2

Academy of Natural Sciences

Inspired by the book All We Can Save , a celebration of the feminist climate renaissance , we asked 15 local women who are thinking about and working on climate change to respond to the question: “If we are at a crossroads of peril and promise, where do you see possibility alive and growing?”.

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The Dirty Truth Behind a Feel-Good Energy Story

Legal Planet

For a decade, Chevron partnered with the 49ers Foundation, a nonprofit that offers educational and athletic opportunities to students in the Bay Area. A video from 2019 shows a Chevron executive speaking to the children about career opportunities in science and engineering. Reason # 4 is that all jet travel is environmentally damaging.

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Carnegie Museum Of Natural History: We Get Questions - Climate Change, Hope And Action

PA Environment Daily

By Patrick McShea, Educator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History “Tell me what gives you hope?” The student’s question during a high school environmental science class in March left me scrambling to deliver a clear and honest answer. Patrick McShea is an educator at Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh.