October 17, 2022
by Megan Bechtel
Energy
On September 18, 2022, Category One Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico, bringing over 30-inches of rain to some areas of the island and leaving all 1.5 million of the island's electrical customers without power.[1] Two weeks later, over 100,000 customers…
April 30, 2022
by Eric Dolce
Climate change
International
Spring 2022 has brought big changes to America’s asylum system. On April 1st, President Joe Biden ended the controversial rule known as “Title 42” through which the Department of Homeland Security has expelled thousands of asylum seekers who crossed…
April 28, 2022
by Grace Gibson
Fossil Fuels
State and Local
Water
On November 20th, 2021, the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Honolulu leaked 14,000 gallons of water and fuel.[1] The facility, constructed in the early 1940s, holds over 100 million gallons of fuel a mere 100 feet above the Southern Oʻahu Basal…
April 18, 2022
by Avi Wolasky
Climate change
Regulations
If climate change doesn't slow down based on convenience, then why should our efforts to counter it?
April 11, 2022
by Hunter Johnston
Climate change
Regulations
Sustainability
Personal carbon trading refers to a variety of downstream cap-and-trade policies that allocate rights and responsibilities for those greenhouse gas emissions caused by individual consumption of energy during household energy use and/or personal travel…
April 11, 2022
by Eleanor Green
Natural Resources
Water
Spanning the border of Minnesota and Ontario is a pristine wilderness area called the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness, or simply the Boundary Waters. This natural area has held a place of importance for ecologists, outdoor recreationists, and native…
April 7, 2022
by Liz Goldstein
Air
Regulations
What should regulators pay attention to as rocket launches become more commonplace?
March 29, 2022
by Sam Abrams
International
Water
On February 20, 2022, the Ethiopian government announced that its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) began producing electricity.[i] The GERD, located on the Nile River, is viewed as a significant economic and symbolic achievement for the embattled…
March 25, 2022
by Abby Morenigbade
Fossil Fuels
International
What is the East African Crude Oil Pipeline?
In 2006, Uganda discovered what turned out to be 1.7 billion barrels of recoverable commercial oil in the Albertine Graben Region.[1] Since then, different activities relating to the exploration and potential…
March 13, 2022
by Reuben Siegman
Sustainability
Water
Water is one of the most precious resources on the planet. It is the foundation for life, something we all need to survive. As climate change brings about an increase in global temperature and greater frequency of droughts, usable water will become scarcer…