Tag / fossil fuel
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China’s Impossible Environmental Dilemma
China’s pollution problem has eclipsed the allegations of its human rights violation. In recent years, the international community has harshly criticized China’s worsening pollution and overuse of fossil fuel. It is of no doubt that China’s enormous carbon footprint and industrial pollution heavily strain the environment. Yet, contrary to what many would believe, this current…
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A Reflection On Macroeconomics, Revolutionary Idealism, And The Green New Deal
As I sat in the second row of a 100-person lecture—my attempt at forcing myself to stay focused during my requirement-fulfilling introductory macroeconomics class—one slide caught my attention. In a sea of explanations for how to calculate GDP using the expenditure and income methods, the differences between capital and consumption goods, and the equations for…
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In Response to Perlblog: Why Divestment is the Real Activism Through Capitalism
[This op-ed is written in response to Steven Perlberg’s article, No, Wash U Shouldn’t Divest From Fossil Fuels — Yet] First, let’s get our facts straight. Contrary to what Steven Perlberg’s article suggests, the divestment campaign does not mandate investments in renewable energy, such as a “rural Oregon algae factory,” as he so colorfully puts…
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No, Wash U Shouldn’t Divest From Fossil Fuels — Yet
Environmentally conscious Wash U students are calling on the administration to sell off any investments in fossil fuel from the university’s $5.3 billion endowment. The “divestment” movement — spreading from campus to campus over the last month — draws its inspiration from environmental activist Bill McKibben, who spoke to a full Graham Chapel in November.…
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No More Doom-and-Gloom
We must take immediate action to drastically reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. The burning of dirty coal and oil is causing global temperatures to rise, which will lead to catastrophic climate change. Weather patterns will change. Famines will become more common. Polar ice will melt and sea levels will rise. Coastal areas will become uninhabitable.…
