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Palo Alto’s Waste Ordinances by Jake Kim
Category: Environment
Written by Jake Kim
Did you know that as of 2018, â…” of landfills consisted of biodegradable organic matter? These unwelcome materials in our landfills emit hundreds of millions of tons of extremely potent greenhouse gasses, such as methane, as well as disease and...
Bioswales by Mark Menz
Category: Environment
Written by Mark Menz
Bioswales are a creative alternative to standard sewage piping during the aftermath of storms. A different mechanism of storm drainage that has pathways of vegetation soak the water. They funnel the water through groves of grasses and water plants, ...
Bike Lanes by Victoria Lin
Category: Environment
Written by Victoria Lin 8/21/20
Bike lanes have been a popular discussion amongst environmentalists as an easily adaptable option that significantly reduces our overall carbon emissions. Currently, San Mateo County has approximately twelve bike routes...
Encouraging Environmentally-Friendly Behavior
Category: Environment
I have been thinking about the problem of how to incentivize people to behave in an environmentally-friendly way. Some say that telling them about how much money they can save from switching to solar or turning off lights, for example, is the most effective way to get them to conserve...
Climate Change, Fish Migration, and Political Conflict
Category: Environment
As our planet heats up, fish are migrating north, spurring conflict between nations, especially among those that depend on fishing for a substantial proportion of their GDP.
Iceland, a nation whose fortunes rise and fall with their fishing industry, has been noticing that fish tha...
Local Climate Actions Are Critical
Category: Environment
Actions to combat climate change need to focus much more on local actions. Protecting open spaces, wetlands, wildlife, ecosystems, and getting local municipalities to prioritize transit-oriented housing and green building codes are all key actions that all of us can participate in.
Cutting Down Trees is NOT A Solution to Wildfires
Category: Environment
By Tina Zeng, Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter Youth Columnist
Wildfires, Human Triggers, and Climate Change
Fires are a natural part of the cycle of California forests; they help clean the forest floor and renew the soil with nutrients. In fact, ...
Car Companies: The Bad and the Good
Category: Environment
While Toyota is famous for its “green” hybrid Prius, a recent action they took will lead to increased carbon emissions from cars, perhaps significantly. Toyota, GM, Subaru, Chrysler , Nissan, Hyundai, Mazda, and Kia have sided with the Trump administration in its attack on Calif...
Endangered Species Act Significantly Undermined
Category: Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken a first step towards weakening the 1973 Endangered Species Act.
The new regulations will make it much easier to remove species from the Endangered Species list, and current wildlife on the threatened species list (one step down from En...
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